Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day, Barkhad Abdi was driving taxicabs in Minneapolis and the next, he was on movie sets in Malta and Morocco, making his ...

EXCLUSIVE: Written and directed by Bryan Buckley (Asad) comes Dabka, the true story of one reporter’s risk-taking adventure that ultimately brought the world an unprecedented first-person account of ...

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Fessenden has set the cast for his new film, eco-noir Alfalfa. The list includes two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz (Weapons), Toby Huss (Halt and Catch Fire), Virginia Kull ...

Barkhad Abdi, the Oscar-nominated star of Captain Phillips, reportedly earned just $65,000 (£38,880) for his role in the $55 million-budgeted Hollywood movie. The 28-year-old Somalian-born actor made ...

He's the replicant now. The list of potential replicants continues to grow with today’s news that Barkhad “I’m the captain now” Abdi has joined Denis Villeneuve‘s “Blade Runner” sequel. An Academy ...

Despite missing out on the opportunity to watch the The 86th Annual Academy Awards from the lovely Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Nairobi during the wee hours of the morning, it is clear I was ...

There were some pretty nasty accusations flying round on what was otherwise a cordial affair at the Baftas last night; when Emma Thompson read out Barkhad Abdi’s name for the Best Supporting Actor ...

Barkhad Abdi has revealed some details about his character in Blade Runner 2049. Talking to The Hollywood Reporter, Abdi – who was Oscar-nominated for Captain Phillips – said that he is playing a ...