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  Omar Sharif: How Doctor Zhivago provided the actor with the greatest role of his hit-and-miss career

  The great Egyptian film actor Omar Sharif (1932-2015) is remembered today on what would have been his 86th birthday. Google's latest Doodle captures the smouldering gaze that made Sharif an international star in the 1960s following his breakthrough supporting turn as the wry Sherif Ali in David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Ali's entrance, shot by Freddie Young, is one of the most famous in screen history: emerging from the desert haze as a dark figure on the horizon, he rides his camel to

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  Omar Sharif facts: what you need to know about the actor honoured by Google

  The Egyptian actor Omar Sharif is honoured in today’s Google Doodle, marking what would be his 86th birthday. Here are seven things you need to know about Omar Sharif. Sharif was born Michel Dimitri Chalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt in 1932 to Lebanese parents.

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  Ghost in the Shell: Original director Mamoru Oshii defends Scarlett Johansson casting

  Following the announcement Scarlett Johansson would play The Major in Hollywood’s live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, many fans of the series were outraged. "What issue could there possibly be with casting her?" Oshii told IGN. “The name 'Motoko Kusanagi' and her current body are not her original name and body, so there is no basis for saying that an Asian actress must portray her.

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  Doctor Zhivago Star Omar Sharif Dies Aged 83

  Doctor Zhivago star Omar Sharif has died after suffering a heart attack in hospital in Cairo. The 83-year-old Egyptian-born actor had been in a hospital for patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, his agent said. Sharif rose to international stardom with his role in the 1962 epic Lawrence Of Arabia - his first English-language film.

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  Questions Over 7/7 Bomber's Trip To Israel

  The inquests into the 2005 London bombings, presented at the time as the conclusive and final judgement on the attacks, did not examine a potentially crucial part of the lead bomber's back-story, a Sky News investigation has found. The timing of an unexplained visit to Israel in early 2003 by lead 7/7 bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan was not addressed in any of the parliamentary or judicial investigations into the London attacks, despite the fact it occurred just weeks before two British men - with

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  Actor Omar Sharif suffering from Alzheimer's: agent

  By Edward Baran LONDON (Reuters) - Acting legend Omar Sharif, best known for his title role as Doctor Zhivago in the Oscar-winning film, is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, his agent said on Tuesday. The 83-year-old Sharif, whose films also include "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Funny Girl" opposite Barbra Streisand, is being cared for by his son. "Omar is suffering from Alzheimer's. I don't know much else," said Steven Kenis, the actor's agent.

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  Lawrence Of Arabia Star Omar Sharif Has Alzheimer's

  The 83-year-old actor's condition was revealed by his son to a Spanish newspaper.

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  'Doctor Zhivago' musical brings epic love story to Broadway

  By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fifty years after Omar Sharif and Julie Christie captivated audiences in David Lean's Oscar-winning epic film "Doctor Zhivago," the musical adaptation of the love story set during the upheaval of the Russian Revolution will open on Broadway. The musical is based on Boris Pasternak's novel that became an international bestseller after it was smuggled out of the Soviet Union and published in Italy in 1957. The musical, which premiered at the La Jolla Play

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