After sold-out gigs in Dubai last year, the comedian Trevor Noah returns this week with a four-night run of his new stand-up show, Lost in Translation. The South African comic has taken his brand of observational and cultural comedy all over the world in the past two years, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. He has made appearances on the television shows Live at the Apollo and QI, and at the prestigious Royal Variety Performance in the UK. Last year, Noah also became a regular correspondent on the award-winning American show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Noah's Lost in Translation is at Ductac, Mall of the Emirates, every night from Wednesday, March 25, until Saturday, March 28, at 8.30pm. To book tickets, visit www.ductac.org. – The National staff
Shetty denies fraud claims
The Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has dismissed accusations of “fraudulently inducing” the Kolkata company M K Media to invest nine crore rupees (Dh5.3 million) in a firm she runs, NDTV reports. On Sunday, the Kolkata police said they had registered a case against Shetty and her company, Essential Sports and Media. According to the complaint, “Shilpa and others allegedly induced the complainant company to invest a sum of Rs9 crore with the promise of 10 times return against the invested amount within two years”. The actress accused Manoj Jain, the chairman of M K Media, of seeking fame at the cost of her reputation. “Crazy news! I dare this Manoj Jain 2 submit proofs 2 his ridiculous claims. His 2minute Fame can’t b @ the cost of my hard earned reputation,” she tweeted. – The National staff
Prolific artist Erni dies at 106
The Swiss artist Hans Erni, whose prolific work ranged from postage stamps to enormous frescoes, died on Saturday at the age of 106, his daughter, the artist Simone Fornara-Erni, announced. Erni produced paintings, sculptures, lithographs, engravings, etchings and ceramics, and maintained a punishing work schedule well into old age, completing a series of paintings for the International Olympic Committee in his 80s and painting a fresco at a church in southern France, where he had a holiday home. His early communist sympathies got him into him trouble – Swiss bank notes he designed in the 1940s were never printed because he was deemed a Marxist. However, the crushing of Hungary’s 1956 uprising against communist rule was an ideological turning point for him. – AP
Storming set by J Cole At SXSW
J Cole helped close the annual South by Southwest festival with a top-notch performance. He delivered his smart rhymes as if they were club anthems at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas, on Saturday night in a show that went on into the early hours. "Don't get it twisted, I don't care if you only like one song or just the first album," he told a feverish crowd in the middle of his set. "If you came through tonight to show love, I appreciate you." The Grammy-nominated performer kicked off his set with Nobody's Perfect from his 2011 debut album, but switched to tracks from his critically acclaimed third release, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, including Wet Dreamz and Fire Squad. He also performed his popular hits Work Out and Crooked Smile. – AP
