The Egyptian Journalists Syndicate witnessed earlier this week extreme anger towards the entire cast of the television drama series “Malak Rouhi” (King of My Heart), which was aired last Ramadan. The cast of the drama were to hold a press conference, which was organized in their honor, but to the journalists surprise none of the actors showed up causing extreme anger and disappointment.
According to the Qatar based daily, Al Raya, the journalists filed a complaint against all the cast especially the lead actors like Egyptian prominent actress Yusra, actor Ahmad Izz, Ahmad Khalil and the rest. The complaint in the form of a petition to the head of the syndicate demanding that some form of action be taken against the actors for not attending the conference and not even sending any form of apology. The journalists stressed that the actors have disrespected them and they should in turn submit an apology explaining why they did not attend.
On a different note, the American Network Company Showtime, the largest television entertainment network in the Middle East, has recently signed a new long-term contract with Universal Studios that allows them to choose from any of their films or television series upon request. Showtime also has similar contracts with Paramount Pictures, Sony Columbia, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers, MGM, and Dream Works in order to offer a larger variety of shows and films for their viewers. Yusra and Ahmad Izz have been chosen to be the official ambassadors for Showtime in the Middle East to advertise for their variety of films.
Yusra and Ahmad have just completed shooting a new commercial for Showtime in which the two highlight the extent of entertainment found in the different channels of Showtime, and how the network offers more films and shows than any other network.
Yusra had recently signed a contract with Showtime to be the star of their advertising campaign in the Arab world. Yusra has already completed a number of TV commercials that are being advertised on Showtime’s Arabic channels and intends on appearing in more. –Albawaba.com
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