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Al-Ahram Weekly 3 - 9 August 2000 Issue No. 493 
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Al-Ahram Weekly 3 - 9 August 2000 Issue No. 493
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Egypt Region International Economy Opinion Culture Features Travel Living Sports Profile People Time Out Chronicles Cartoons Behind the scenes
- Veteran actress Nabila Ebeid may have been a bit shocked when her name was called out as Best Actress during last month's TV and Radio Festival, considering her low-rated made-for-TV-movie wasn't even one of the top nominees. In any case, she certainly didn't act surprised. In fact, she paraded grandly onto the stage and accepted the clearly undeserved award with unadulterated glee. The next day a severely embarrassed TV Union tried to cover its tracks, claiming Ebeid was set to receive a lifetime achievement award, but was mistakenly given best actress as a result of a secretarial mistake. The story was that a low-ranking employee named "Magda," who had supposedly been working for 24 hours straight in the lead-up to the Festival, had accidentally typed Ebeid's name in the wrong place, before fainting onto her computer, requiring resuscitation by medical personnel. No word on whether Ebeid's ego has been resuscitated after the truth about the award was revealed.
- It's easy to get the feeling that the entertainment press sometimes makes up items they wish would happen. A far-fetched rumour recently reported in Al-Akhbar holds that Hollywood superstar Salma Hayek is going to be in Egypt come September, to film her role in a new film by Lebanese director Joselyn Saab. But that's not all -- the fantasy goes even further. The item claims that the organisers of this year's Alexandria Film Festival, sensing an amazing opportunity to add some glamour to their otherwise drab annual affair set to take place from 13 to 19 September, are hoping to convince Hayek to participate in the festival, or at least drop by to accept an award. Not only was there no word yet on whether Hayek, who is half-Mexican, half-Lebanese and all sexy, had accepted the offer, an exhaustive search on the Internet for more clues revealed absolutely no information on her coming to Egypt, or working with Saab in the first place.
