Avengers: Doomsday Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth Directors: Anthony and Joe Russo In cinemas: Dec. 16 Robert Downey Jr. returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but this time around he’s the villain — Doctor Doom — in this latest entry in MCU Phase Six (the increasingly convoluted multiverse phase). As the multiverse is collapsing, heroes from three different universes team up to face Doom’s “existential threat.” Those heroes include the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, th

DUBAI: Saudi DJ and producer Vinyl Mode, a pioneer of the ‘Hejazi House’ sound, is taking it south with his new single “Seedboya,” out Oct. 22, which sets the dialect of the Kingdom’s southwestern Jazan region to a house beat. “I don’t want to follow any trend. I want to make my own trend,” the artist, whose real name is Muhanned Nassar, tells Arab News. “I want to export my own language to the world.” Hejazi House pairs Chicago and Detroit house influences with the slang of Saudi Arabia’s west

Ivorian reggae musician Alpha Blondy used his concert platform to comment on the political situation in the Sahel, highlighting tensions between Ivory Coast and military-led governments in Africa.