Short Cuts: Clooney's yoga routine to prepare for Gravity and the rest of the week in pop culture

A handout photo of George Clooney on "Gravity" (Courtesy: Warner Bros. Picture)

George Clooney says that he did yoga to prepare for his role in the new space drama Gravity, which premiered at this week's Venice Film Festival. He said the biggest challenge was learning how to 'move slowly to mimic body movement in space while speaking quickly

Benny Dayal, Atif Aslam and Honey Singh will be churning out the latest Indian and Pakistani foot-tapping numbers at the 9/12 Hungama concert, to be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 12. The show, organised by Cre8 Events, will start at 7.30pm

Want to stand out from the crowd? Check out Kanztee.com, a T-shirt company that invites local artists to have their work on T-shirts and have them tailor-made for each customer. It's completely green, using environmentally friendly biodegradable packaging

Dubai's thejamjar is launching its Young Artist Programme – a 10-week fine art course for children ages 9 to 12. It aims to provide an understanding of contemporary art practices and an insight into how to begin a career as an artist. It begins September 17; applications close Sunday

The pop culture site Cosmic Book News reported this week that Bryan Cranston will play Lex Luthor in the sequel to Man of Steel. The film's director Zack Snyder told Yahoo! Movies UK that his Luthor will be a 'combination of, you know, Richard Branson and Brad Pitt I guess

Asked for her 'beauty secret', the actress Anna Friel told the UK's Daily Express: 'A sink full of ice. As horrible as it is when you first get out of bed, splash cold water on your face every morning and keep splashing for a minute. All the old movie stars used to do it'