In a town known for famous moviemakers, Queen Noor of Jordan is something of an anomaly in Hollywood — until you consider the movie she has helped make.
Queen Noor, the widow of King Hussein of Jordan, sat down with a small group of reporters at a private luncheon on Friday to discuss the documentary, Countdown to Zero about nuclear bomb proliferation, which hits US theatres in July.
As founding leader of Global Zero, a movement aimed at phasing out nuclear weapons around the world, Queen Noor served as a special consultant on the film in her first foray into Hollywood moviemaking.
“For me, this is a whole new world,” she said over lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills — a favourite haunt of Hollywood celebrities.
She was joined by producers Lawrence Bender and Diane Weyermann of Participant Media, who were both part of the team responsible for Oscar-winning global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
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Rahman to perform in Chicago
Chicago: Oscar-winning music maestro A.R. Rahman, who kick started his Jai Ho world tour to a full house in New York on Friday, will be performing here on June 18.
“New York, thanks for coming and all the support! Hope you enjoyed the show...,” wrote Rahman on his Facebook page.
The 44-year-old musician, popularly known as the “Mozart of Madras”, will be performing in New Jersey on Saturday and in Washington on Sunday.
The Chicago leg of the A.R. Rahman Jai Ho: The Journey Home World Tour will be held at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates.
Other singers performing in the show would be Hariharan, Javed Ali, Benny Dayal, Blaaze, Shweta Pandit of the Iktara fame, and Neeti Muhan. —PTI