tabloid! The weekly wrap #3

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As Nicki Minaj eyes Dubai, Salman Khan takes up singing with Priyanka Chopra and Anil Kapoor brings 24 to India. Hollywood also gets nasty as tabloid! brings you this week's highlights in entertainment from the UAE and abroad. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00No plans for December 28th? No sweat, we've got it covered with the exclusive announcement

00:11that Nicki Minaj is coming to Dubai. Before that, there's plenty more entertainment

00:15news in the UAE, from Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Jack Bauer to Colin Firth, Cate Blanchett

00:21and Priyanka Chopra. Plus, what to watch at the cinema this weekend.

00:26This is your weekly wrap with Tabloid. You read it here first, colourful US rapper

00:31Nicki Minaj will play her debut concert in Dubai on December 28th at Maidan. That's

00:36just two weeks after Chris Brown hits the stage there and four days before Snoop Dogg

00:41closes out the year with a New Year's Eve extravaganza.

00:44If you're looking for live music sooner than that, look no further than this weekend

00:48when Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, not exactly known for his singing, takes to the

00:53stage at Dubai Festival City on Sunday at the Aalan Bollywood concert.

00:58One person who's hoping to be known for her singing is Priyanka Chopra, who'll join him

01:01on stage at the concert. She recently released her first pop single and is hoping to make

01:06it big as a pop star. Also on stage are singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, actress Zarin Khan and

01:12Sophie Chaudhry. Performing for UAE National Day are Dayana

01:16Haddad, Ali Al-Katiri and Ali Al-Nagpi at Global Village. Also there are fireworks,

01:21theatre shows, processions and exhibitions all over the city. We've got the full listings

01:25of events at gulfnews.com.

01:28In Abu Dhabi on Friday, Michael Jackson will be present, in spirit at least. The King of

01:32Pop may no longer be with us, but he's very much with his brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Tito

01:37and Marlon who bring their Jackson's Unity Tour to Dew Forum this weekend. Jackie says

01:42the show is a tribute to a brother they love and miss deeply.

01:51If it's hot news you're after, look no further than the Dubai International Film Festival,

02:14which begins its 9th edition on December 9th. This week, we learned that Life of Pi, Ang Lee's

02:19Oscar-tipped adaptation of the novel by Jan Martel, will open the festival with its young

02:24Indian star Suraj Sharma due to walk the red carpet.

02:28Also expected at the festival are Colin Firth, Cate Blanchett, Kevin Spacey, Frida Pinto,

02:33Rooney Mara and Sex and the City star Kristen Davis, who will attend a charity function

02:38raising money for Oxfam and Dubai Cares. Tickets for the festival, which will screen more than

02:44160 films, are on sale now.

02:46If you're in Kuwait or Bahrain this weekend, you'll be graced with the presence of Kim

02:49Kardashian who's in the GCC to open more of her milkshake counters.

02:55And in international news, Halle Berry's men are throwing their toys out of the sandpit

02:59in some very primary school-style fighting. Her ex Gabrielle Aubrey showed pictures this

03:03week of the heavy bruising he got from her current boyfriend Olivier Martinez when they

03:08fought on Thanksgiving. Aubrey's comment, he started it.

03:12And then there was fighting of the verbal kind over on Chris Brown's Twitter account,

03:16which he deactivated over the weekend after a foul-mouthed argument with an American comedian

03:20about whether Rihanna was mad about being assaulted.

03:23Speaking of Rihanna, her seventh album Unapologetic went straight to number one in the UK and

03:28the US this week.

03:30There was no fighting, just excitement in New Zealand on Wednesday, where Peter Jackson's

03:34long-awaited Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit, premiered.

03:37More than 100,000 fans in Middle Earth costumes lined the streets of Wellington.

03:41The film releases in the UAE on December 13th.

03:45In Bollywood news, it's official. Anil Kapoor will play India's version of Jack Bauer.

03:50The actor, who appeared in a small role in the hit US series 24, is producing his own

03:54version for India. Kapoor told Tabloid that his television debut is bigger than any film

03:59he's done.

04:00He's been away for two years, but your hunt for Aamir Khan ends today as his thriller

04:04Talaash hits the theatres this weekend. He plays a no-nonsense cop in this film, but

04:09he revealed his soft side to Tabloid.

04:12I'm constantly living in the fear that I'll lose people who are close to me, said Khan

04:15in an interview.

04:16Also at the cinema this weekend is Christmas animation Rise of the Guardians, 80s remake

04:21Red Dawn and Clint Eastwood's Baseball Saga, The Trouble with the Curve.

04:27And that's your weekly wrap.

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