lifestyle TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015 Gossip Veteran Indian-British actor Saeed Jaffrey dies aged 86 aeed Jaffrey, one of the best-known faces of Satyajit Ray’s “The Chess Players”, as well as the BBC tele- New Delhi. His death was announced on Sunday by his British-Indian cinema and television, has died at vision series and the film versions of “A Passage to India”. niece, Shaheen Aggarwal, in a posting on Facebook in Sthe age of 86, his family said. The Indian-born Other roles included parts on the long-running which she said: “Today, a generation of Jaffreys has British actor appeared in the biopic “Gandhi” as well as British soap opera “Coronation Street” as well as starring passed away. Saeed Jaffrey has joined his brothers and many Bollywood films and British television produc- roles in the British series “Tandoori Nights” and “Little sister and is rejoicing in the lap of his Heavenly Father, tions Among his screen credits in a career spanning Napoleons”. Jaffrey was born on Jan 8, 1929 into a eternally.”— Reuters more than 50 years, were roles in director John Huston’s Muslim family in Malerkotta, Punjab, and started his act- “The Man Who Would Be King” and Indian director ing career by setting up his own theatre company in Saeed Jaffrey Israel accidentally finds ‘impressive’ ancient mosaic srael will present to the public for the first time this museums worldwide. The authority called the first mosaic Amir Gorzalczany, excavation director, said in a statement. week an “impressive” mosaic accidentally discovered in “breathtaking” and “among the most beautiful” in Israel. It The authority said that numerous fragments of frescoes Iwhat was a wealthy neighborhood in Roman and depicts roaring lions, elephants in battle, giraffes and dol- discovered also “reflect the decoration and the meticulous Byzantine times, officials said yesterday. The colorful mosa- phins. and luxurious design, which are in the best tradition of the ic measuring some 11 by 13 meters (36 by 43 feet) discov- The recent excavation in 2014 was to prepare for the well-born of the period”. It said that “in light of the new dis- ered in Lod in central Israel is believed to have been the construction of a visitor center to house the first mosaic, coveries, this part of the villa will also be incorporated in courtyard pavement of a “magnificent villa,” the Israel currently on display at the Palazzo Cini Gallery in Venice, the visitor center”. Lod was known as Diospolis at the time, Antiquities Authority said. It is the second such mosaic when it returns. Scenes in the newly discovered mosaic and served as a district capital. Today it is located near Tel found in the area, following another uncovered in the include hunting and hunted animals, fish, flowers in bas- Aviv’s Ben Gurion international airport. — AFP 1990s that was the floor of the villa’s living room 1,700 kets, vases and birds. “The quality of the images portrayed years ago and has since been exhibited in prestigious in the mosaic indicates a highly developed artistic ability,” In this Thursday, Aug 13, 2015, file photo, Jay Leno partici- pates in the “Jay Leno’s Garage” panel at the The NBC Universal Summer TCA Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.—AP Jay Leno to host Nobel Peace Prize concert on Dec 11 ormer “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is set to host the Nobel Peace Prize concert next month. Organizers for Fthe event announced yesterday that Leno will host the Dec 11 event at the Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway. The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet was named the 2015 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for its “decisive contribu- tion to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011,” the Nobel Peace Prize jury said last month. For a first time, the concert will be A worker of the Israel Antiquities Authority cleans a 1,700-year-old mosaic, which served as pavement for the courtyard in a villa during the Roman and Byzantine periods, as it is pre- live-streamed and available on YouTube. — AP sented to the public and the press for the first time yesterday, in the Israeli central city of Lod. — AFP photos The Dixie Chicks to launch Egyptian Museum marks 113th US tour next summer anniversary amid tourism slump he Dixie Chicks are ready to Maguire. Their last album - “Taking party in the USA. The Grammy- the Long Way” - was in 2006. Robison gyptian authorities sought to project an bomb, is still ongoing. “We always have new things when it comes winning group will kick off its and Maguire, who are sisters, teamed T upbeat tone as the country yesterday As celebrations got underway outside the land- to antiquities,” El-Damaty said. El-Damaty said “DCX MMXVI World Tour” on June 1 in up to form the duo Court Yard marked the 113th anniversary of its famed mark museum building in the heart of the Egyptian the new, Grand Museum of Egypt, which is still Cincinnati. It wraps up the tour Oct Hounds and released two albums. E Egyptian Museum, the home of the world’s largest capital, Cairo, officials, band players and performers under construction, will partially open in May 10 in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale Maines released a solo album in 2013. collection of Pharaonic-era antiquities, amid a outnumbered the tourists. As he spoke to local TV 2018. The sprawling complex, being built adja- Friday. The group will visit more than The Dixie Chicks’ North American tour slump in tourism and massive tourist cancellations. stations, Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El-Damaty cent to the Pyramids in Giza, is now scheduled 40 cities, including New York, will follow the group’s European tour Battered by years of political turmoil, Egypt’s offered a traditional greeting for visitors: “Welcome to be finished in November 2022. It’s meant to Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, that begins in April. — AP tourism sector took another blow after the Oct 31 to Egypt.” He promised there will be more attrac- house artifacts, including the famed King Dallas, and Toronto. Russian passenger plane crash in the Sinai tions and breakthroughs, referring to last week’s Tutankhamun’s full collection. The new museum The Dixie Chicks are Natalie Peninsula that killed all 224 people on board, most- ministry announcement that thermal scanning was initially slated to open this year but the Maines, Emily Robison and Martie ly Russian vacationers returning home from a Red results on the Great Pyramid in Giza revealed some project has been delayed.—AP Sea resort. An investigation into the crash, which anomalies that could lead to new discoveries about Western officials say may have been caused by a its construction. The Dixie Chicks, Emily Robison, left, Natalie Maines, center, and Martie Maguire, who earned five Grammy nominations, arrive for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. — AP French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin, right, and Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El-Damaty, second right, stand near the limestone rocks that are displayed on the screen showing varying temperatures represented by different colors with live footage from a thermal camera, in front of the Khufu pyramid in Giza, Egypt, yesterday.—AP UK fans try to push Eagles of Death Metal to No 1 ritish fans of the US rock band Eagles climbing, with a new ranking set to be UK single’s chart position was number 73 of Death Metal, which was playing at released later yesterday ahead of the offi- with 2006 record “I Want You So Hard (Boy’s Ba Paris concert hall targeted in cial ranking on Friday. The campaign “has Bad News)”. The video featured Josh Friday’s attacks, have started a social media started gathering momentum,” the Official Homme-frontman of Queens of the Stone campaign to push one of its songs to num- Charts Company said in a statement. The Age-along with former Nirvana drummer ber 1. “Get Eagles Of Death Metal to the song is already at number three on the Dave Grohl and Hollywood comic actor No.1 this week as a statement of support Amazon UK singles chart and number 1 on Jack Black, all of whom have made live and peace,” read the description of the the iTunes rock chart. It was at number 35 cameos with the band. Messages about the campaign @EODMforNo1 on Twitter yester- on the main iTunes chart. campaign were being retweeted on the day. A Facebook page calling on supporters Gunmen attacked an Eagles of Death official account of the British band Duran to download the song “Save a Prayer”, a Metal gig at the Bataclan in Paris on Friday, Duran. It was unclear who would receive cover of Duran Duran’s hit single of the gunning down fans and blowing them- the royalties from the increased sales of the same name, had more than 6,500 “likes”. selves up as police stormed the building. single. — AFP Campaign organizers said that the The attack claimed 89 lives-by far the worst downloads would be “a nice gesture” and loss of life of the night. The band, which stressed they were not representing the was formed in 1998 in Palm Desert, US rock band band, who escaped unharmed, and their California, was celebrating the October Eagles of Death initiative was not being done for profit. The release of their album “Zipper Down” with a Metal. song is at number 96 in Britain’s charts and European tour. The band’s previous highest.