Total media coverage Kutubna 2024-2025

In this week's Arts Edit for The National News, we look at the growing importance of celebrity endorsements from the worlds of arts and culture in the upcoming American presidential election, and how the rise of generative AI has been muddying the waters. We also look at an independent bookshop in Dubai that has grown into a cultural space, and speak to Alien: Romulus director Fede Alvarez about how his film was crafted to be a deliberate rejection of the modern blockbuster.