As the fireworks and celebrations around the world ushered out one year and welcomed in the next, it also heralded the arrival of a milestone birthday for many celebrities.
As these athletes, singers and actors all prepare to bid farewell to one decade, and embark on the next, we round up the birthdays of note.
Stars turning 21 in 2022
Billie Eilish
Date of birth: December 18, 2001
The award-winning singer Billie Eilish, who became the youngest person ever to win a Grammy in 2020, and has already recorded a James Bond film's title track, will celebrate her 21st birthday on December 18.
Kaia Gerber
Date of birth: September 3, 2001
Daughter of one of the original "supermodels", Cindy Crawford, Gerber made her runway debut aged just 16, walking for Raf Simon's Calvin Klein Collection. Since then, she has appeared on runways for most major fashion brands.
Caleb McLaughlin
Date of birth: October 13, 2001
Best known for playing Lucas Sinclair in the Netflix series Stranger Things, he earned a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance with the rest of the cast.
Rowan Blanchard
Date of birth: October 14, 2001
An actress and activist, Blanchard protests on issues of gun violence, human rights and feminism, and has addressed the UN Women and US National Committee, campaigning for feminist rights.
Stars turning 30 in 2022
Neymar
Date of birth: February 5, 1992
Neymar Jr, widely regarded as one of the best football players in the world, and who plays for Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazilian international team, turns 30 on February 5.
Taylor Lautner
Date of birth: February 11, 1992
Best known for playing shape-shifter Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga film series, he will be celebrating his 30th birthday on February 11.
Selena Gomez
Date of birth: July 22, 1992
Selena Gomez, the third most followed woman on Instagram and Come & Get It singer, will celebrate her 30th birthday this summer.
Demi Lovato
Date of birth: August 20, 1992
Another famous Disney alumnus to celebrate 30 this year is Demi Lovato. The performer, who starred in the children's television series Barney & Friends and Camp Rock, is now better known for their singing and will turn 30 on August 20.
Nick Jonas
Date of birth: September 16, 1992
Jonas Brother, Lovato's fellow Camp Rock star and husband of Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas will be blowing out candles on September 16.
Cara Delevingne
Date of birth: August 12, 1992
Model, actress and the youngest of the Delevingne sisters, Cara Delevingne turns 30 on August 12.
Cardi B
Date of birth: October 11, 1992
Cardi B, who in 2018 became the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album as a solo artist, and who has eight Billboard Music Awards, five Guinness World Records and six American Music Awards, and has been streamed over one billion times on Spotify, turns the big 3-0 on October 11.
Miley Cyrus
Date of birth: November 23, 1992
Like Lovato, Gomez and Jonas, Miley Cyrus rose the ranks at Disney care of Hannah Montana, and it feels like she has been famous for a lifetime. The singer, who has vastly turned her back on acting, will celebrate turning 30 this November.
Stars turning 40 in 2022
Seth Rogen
Date of birth: April 15, 1982
A Judd Apatow favourite, the Canadian comedian broke out in Freaks and Geeks, and has gone on to star in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Superbad, Drillbit Taylor and Knocked Up with the comedy director, producer and screenwriter.
Jessica Biel
Date of birth: March 3, 1982
The actress who starred alongside Edward Norton in The Illusionist, and more recently in Netflix hit The Sinner, is married to singer Justin Timberlake. The couple have two sons, Silas and Phineas Timberlake.
Kirsten Dunst
Date of birth: April 30, 1982
Dunst first appeared in the film Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles aged only 12, before going on to star as Mary Jane in the first Spider-Man films. She has twice worked with director Sofia Coppola, starring in The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette.
Anne Hathaway
Date of birth: November 12, 1982
Having starred as the long-suffering assistant in The Devil Wears Prada with Meryl Streep, Hathaway then sang her way through Les Miserables, a role that bagged her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Stars turning 50 in 2022
Eminem
Date of birth: October 17, 1972
The perennially baby-faced rapper, and 8 Mile star, Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, will turn 50 on October 17.
Shaquille O’ Neal
Date of birth: March 6, 1972
Standing at 2.16 metres tall, former professional NBA is known as simply "Shaq", and will celebrate his 50th birthday this year.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Date of birth: May 2, 1972
The world's highest-paid actor of 2020, the wrestler-turned-action star has appeared in Baywatch, Jumanji reboots and numerous Fast & Furious films, as well as voicing the character of Maui in the animated movie Moana.
Sofia Vergara
Date of birth: July 10, 1972
The Colombian-American actress is best known for playing Gloria in the television sitcom Modern Family, and for being a judge on the ongoing America's Got Talent.
Cameron Diaz
Date of birth: August 30, 1972
Having started out as a model, Dias appeared alongside Jim Carrey in the 1994 film The Mask, however, she is probably best known for There's Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich and Charlie's Angels.
Idris Elba
Date of birth: September 6, 1972
Once tipped as the next James Bond, Elba played Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire, DCI John Luther in the BBC One series Luther, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Date of birth: September 27, 1972
The star of Se7en, Shakespeare in Love (for which she won the Oscar for Best Actress) and founder of the lifestyle site Goop, Paltrow is set to turn 50 this year.
Ben Affleck
Date of birth: August 15, 1972
Affleck won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1997 for Good Will Hunting, a film that he wrote with his childhood friend Matt Damon. Since then, he has starred in Armageddon and Pearl Harbor, but is now in the news for his relationship with Jennifer Lopez.
Jennifer Garner
Date of birth: April 17, 1972
Like ex-husband Affleck, Garner is turning 50 this year. The acclaimed 13 Going on 30, Alias and Dallas Buyers Club actress is mum to three children, Violet, Seraphina and Samuel.
Jude Law
Date of birth: December 29, 1972
British actor Jude Law, who plays a young Albus Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, turns 50 at the end of this year. Law is dad to six children; three with ex-wife actress Sadie Frost, Rafferty, 25, Iris, 21, and Rudy, 19; Sophia, 12, with American model Samantha Burke; Ada, 6, with British singer Catherine Harding; and a baby, aged 1, with current wife, Phillipa Coan.
Stars turning 60 in 2022
Jim Carrey
Date of birth: January 17, 1962
Star of The Mask, Man on the Moon, The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind will celebrate turning 60 on January 17. Carrey is already a grandfather, having become one at age 48 when his daughter Jane Carrey had a son in 2010.
Tom Cruise
Date of birth: July 3, 1962
Star of Top Gun, Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July, and Jerry Maguire, Cruise is famous for doing his own stunts, such as in the Mission: Impossible franchise, for which he was suspended on the outside of the Burj Khalifa.
Michelle Yeoh
Date of birth: August 6, 1962
A former Miss Malaysia pageant winner, Yeoh found fame in Hong Kong action films during the 1990s where she did all her own stunts. She found international fame for the 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, going on to appear in Memoirs of a Geisha, and lending her voice to Kung Fu Panda 2.
Steve Carell
Date of birth: August 16, 1962
Star of the American version of The Office, Carell also appeared in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), and Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011). Carell is also the voice of Gru, the supervillain in the animated films Despicable Me and Minions.
Demi Moore
Date of birth: November 11, 1962
A member of the so-called Brat Pack in the 1980s, Moore appeared in St Elmo's Fire before going on to make Ghost, Indecent Proposal and A Few Good Men.
Jodie Foster
Date of birth: November 19, 1962
Widely regarded as one of the foremost acting talents of her generation, Foster has starred in Taxi Driver, the musical Bugsy Malone, The Accused, Silence of the Lambs and Panic Room, before switching to mainly directing, including episodes of Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards and Black Mirror.
Ralph Fiennes
Date of birth: December 22, 1962
A stage and cinema actor, Fiennes has won numerous awards for his portrayal in Shakespearean plays, and appearing in the films Schindler's List, The English Patient, The Constant Gardener and The Duchess, while some will know him best as Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films and as M in the most recent James Bond films.
The Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index
The Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index
Mazen Abukhater, principal and actuary at global consultancy Mercer, Middle East, says the company’s Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index - which benchmarks 34 pension schemes across the globe to assess their adequacy, sustainability and integrity - included Saudi Arabia for the first time this year to offer a glimpse into the region.
The index highlighted fundamental issues for all 34 countries, such as a rapid ageing population and a low growth / low interest environment putting pressure on expected returns. It also highlighted the increasing popularity around the world of defined contribution schemes.
“Average life expectancy has been increasing by about three years every 10 years. Someone born in 1947 is expected to live until 85 whereas someone born in 2007 is expected to live to 103,” Mr Abukhater told the Mena Pensions Conference.
“Are our systems equipped to handle these kind of life expectancies in the future? If so many people retire at 60, they are going to be in retirement for 43 years – so we need to adapt our retirement age to our changing life expectancy.”
Saudi Arabia came in the middle of Mercer’s ranking with a score of 58.9. The report said the country's index could be raised by improving the minimum level of support for the poorest aged individuals and increasing the labour force participation rate at older ages as life expectancies rise.
Mr Abukhater said the challenges of an ageing population, increased life expectancy and some individuals relying solely on their government for financial support in their retirement years will put the system under strain.
“To relieve that pressure, governments need to consider whether it is time to switch to a defined contribution scheme so that individuals can supplement their own future with the help of government support,” he said.
Ten tax points to be aware of in 2026
1. Domestic VAT refund amendments: request your refund within five years
If a business does not apply for the refund on time, they lose their credit.
2. E-invoicing in the UAE
Businesses should continue preparing for the implementation of e-invoicing in the UAE, with 2026 a preparation and transition period ahead of phased mandatory adoption.
3. More tax audits
Tax authorities are increasingly using data already available across multiple filings to identify audit risks.
4. More beneficial VAT and excise tax penalty regime
Tax disputes are expected to become more frequent and more structured, with clearer administrative objection and appeal processes. The UAE has adopted a new penalty regime for VAT and excise disputes, which now mirrors the penalty regime for corporate tax.
5. Greater emphasis on statutory audit
There is a greater need for the accuracy of financial statements. The International Financial Reporting Standards standards need to be strictly adhered to and, as a result, the quality of the audits will need to increase.
6. Further transfer pricing enforcement
Transfer pricing enforcement, which refers to the practice of establishing prices for internal transactions between related entities, is expected to broaden in scope. The UAE will shortly open the possibility to negotiate advance pricing agreements, or essentially rulings for transfer pricing purposes.
7. Limited time periods for audits
Recent amendments also introduce a default five-year limitation period for tax audits and assessments, subject to specific statutory exceptions. While the standard audit and assessment period is five years, this may be extended to up to 15 years in cases involving fraud or tax evasion.
8. Pillar 2 implementation
Many multinational groups will begin to feel the practical effect of the Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax (DMTT), the UAE's implementation of the OECD’s global minimum tax under Pillar 2. While the rules apply for financial years starting on or after January 1, 2025, it is 2026 that marks the transition to an operational phase.
9. Reduced compliance obligations for imported goods and services
Businesses that apply the reverse-charge mechanism for VAT purposes in the UAE may benefit from reduced compliance obligations.
10. Substance and CbC reporting focus
Tax authorities are expected to continue strengthening the enforcement of economic substance and Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting frameworks. In the UAE, these regimes are increasingly being used as risk-assessment tools, providing tax authorities with a comprehensive view of multinational groups’ global footprints and enabling them to assess whether profits are aligned with real economic activity.
Contributed by Thomas Vanhee and Hend Rashwan, Aurifer
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Director: Athale
Rating: 4/5
Teams
Punjabi Legends Owners: Inzamam-ul-Haq and Intizar-ul-Haq; Key player: Misbah-ul-Haq
Pakhtoons Owners: Habib Khan and Tajuddin Khan; Key player: Shahid Afridi
Maratha Arabians Owners: Sohail Khan, Ali Tumbi, Parvez Khan; Key player: Virender Sehwag
Bangla Tigers Owners: Shirajuddin Alam, Yasin Choudhary, Neelesh Bhatnager, Anis and Rizwan Sajan; Key player: TBC
Colombo Lions Owners: Sri Lanka Cricket; Key player: TBC
Kerala Kings Owners: Hussain Adam Ali and Shafi Ul Mulk; Key player: Eoin Morgan
Venue Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Format 10 overs per side, matches last for 90 minutes
Timeline October 25: Around 120 players to be entered into a draft, to be held in Dubai; December 21: Matches start; December 24: Finals
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If you go
The flights
Emirates and Etihad fly direct to Nairobi, with fares starting from Dh1,695. The resort can be reached from Nairobi via a 35-minute flight from Wilson Airport or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, or by road, which takes at least three hours.
The rooms
Rooms at Fairmont Mount Kenya range from Dh1,870 per night for a deluxe room to Dh11,000 per night for the William Holden Cottage.
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6.30pm Mazrat Al Ruwayah – Group 2 (PA) $36,000 (Dirt) 1,600m
7.05pm Handicap (TB) $68,000 (Turf) 2,410m
7.40pm Meydan Trophy – Conditions (TB) $50,000 (T) 1,900m
8.15pm Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2 - Group 2 (TB) $293,000 (D) 1,900m
8.50pm Al Rashidiya – Group 2 (TB) $163,000 (T) 1,800m
9.25pm Handicap (TB) $65,000 (T) 1,000m
Who has been sanctioned?
Daniella Weiss and Nachala
Described as 'the grandmother of the settler movement', she has encouraged the expansion of settlements for decades. The 79 year old leads radical settler movement Nachala, whose aim is for Israel to annex Gaza and the occupied West Bank, where it helps settlers built outposts.
Harel Libi & Libi Construction and Infrastructure
Libi has been involved in threatening and perpetuating acts of aggression and violence against Palestinians. His firm has provided logistical and financial support for the establishment of illegal outposts.
Zohar Sabah
Runs a settler outpost named Zohar’s Farm and has previously faced charges of violence against Palestinians. He was indicted by Israel’s State Attorney’s Office in September for allegedly participating in a violent attack against Palestinians and activists in the West Bank village of Muarrajat.
Coco’s Farm and Neria’s Farm
These are illegal outposts in the West Bank, which are at the vanguard of the settler movement. According to the UK, they are associated with people who have been involved in enabling, inciting, promoting or providing support for activities that amount to “serious abuse”.
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Name: Hassan Mohsen Elhais
Position: legal consultant with Al Rowaad Advocates and Legal Consultants.
Who's who in Yemen conflict
Houthis: Iran-backed rebels who occupy Sanaa and run unrecognised government
Yemeni government: Exiled government in Aden led by eight-member Presidential Leadership Council
Southern Transitional Council: Faction in Yemeni government that seeks autonomy for the south
Habrish 'rebels': Tribal-backed forces feuding with STC over control of oil in government territory
Key figures in the life of the fort
Sheikh Dhiyab bin Isa (ruled 1761-1793) Built Qasr Al Hosn as a watchtower to guard over the only freshwater well on Abu Dhabi island.
Sheikh Shakhbut bin Dhiyab (ruled 1793-1816) Expanded the tower into a small fort and transferred his ruling place of residence from Liwa Oasis to the fort on the island.
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Shakhbut (ruled 1818-1833) Expanded Qasr Al Hosn further as Abu Dhabi grew from a small village of palm huts to a town of more than 5,000 inhabitants.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Shakhbut (ruled 1833-1845) Repaired and fortified the fort.
Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoon (ruled 1845-1855) Turned Qasr Al Hosn into a strong two-storied structure.
Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa (ruled 1855-1909) Expanded Qasr Al Hosn further to reflect the emirate's increasing prominence.
Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan (ruled 1928-1966) Renovated and enlarged Qasr Al Hosn, adding a decorative arch and two new villas.
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan (ruled 1966-2004) Moved the royal residence to Al Manhal palace and kept his diwan at Qasr Al Hosn.
Sources: Jayanti Maitra, www.adach.ae
Tips for taking the metro
- set out well ahead of time
- make sure you have at least Dh15 on you Nol card, as there could be big queues for top-up machines
- enter the right cabin. The train may be too busy to move between carriages once you're on
- don't carry too much luggage and tuck it under a seat to make room for fellow passengers
Dhadak
Director: Shashank Khaitan
Starring: Janhvi Kapoor, Ishaan Khattar, Ashutosh Rana
Stars: 3
Winners
Ballon d’Or (Men’s)
Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain / France)
Ballon d’Or Féminin (Women’s)
Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona / Spain)
Kopa Trophy (Best player under 21 – Men’s)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona / Spain)
Best Young Women’s Player
Vicky López (Barcelona / Spain)
Yashin Trophy (Best Goalkeeper – Men’s)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City / Italy)
Best Women’s Goalkeeper
Hannah Hampton (England / Aston Villa and Chelsea)
Men’s Coach of the Year
Luis Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain)
Women’s Coach of the Year
Sarina Wiegman (England)
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Name: Hassan Mohsen Elhais
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The Florida Project
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Coming soon
Torno Subito by Massimo Bottura
When the W Dubai – The Palm hotel opens at the end of this year, one of the highlights will be Massimo Bottura’s new restaurant, Torno Subito, which promises “to take guests on a journey back to 1960s Italy”. It is the three Michelinstarred chef’s first venture in Dubai and should be every bit as ambitious as you would expect from the man whose restaurant in Italy, Osteria Francescana, was crowned number one in this year’s list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
Akira Back Dubai
Another exciting opening at the W Dubai – The Palm hotel is South Korean chef Akira Back’s new restaurant, which will continue to showcase some of the finest Asian food in the world. Back, whose Seoul restaurant, Dosa, won a Michelin star last year, describes his menu as, “an innovative Japanese cuisine prepared with a Korean accent”.
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
The highly experimental chef, whose dishes are as much about spectacle as taste, opens his first restaurant in Dubai next year. Housed at The Royal Atlantis Resort & Residences, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal will feature contemporary twists on recipes that date back to the 1300s, including goats’ milk cheesecake. Always remember with a Blumenthal dish: nothing is quite as it seems.
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Dubai works towards better air quality by 2021
Dubai is on a mission to record good air quality for 90 per cent of the year – up from 86 per cent annually today – by 2021.
The municipality plans to have seven mobile air-monitoring stations by 2020 to capture more accurate data in hourly and daily trends of pollution.
These will be on the Palm Jumeirah, Al Qusais, Muhaisnah, Rashidiyah, Al Wasl, Al Quoz and Dubai Investment Park.
“It will allow real-time responding for emergency cases,” said Khaldoon Al Daraji, first environment safety officer at the municipality.
“We’re in a good position except for the cases that are out of our hands, such as sandstorms.
“Sandstorms are our main concern because the UAE is just a receiver.
“The hotspots are Iran, Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq, but we’re working hard with the region to reduce the cycle of sandstorm generation.”
Mr Al Daraji said monitoring as it stood covered 47 per cent of Dubai.
There are 12 fixed stations in the emirate, but Dubai also receives information from monitors belonging to other entities.
“There are 25 stations in total,” Mr Al Daraji said.
“We added new technology and equipment used for the first time for the detection of heavy metals.
“A hundred parameters can be detected but we want to expand it to make sure that the data captured can allow a baseline study in some areas to ensure they are well positioned.”
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What it means to be a conservationist
Who is Enric Sala?
Enric Sala is an expert on marine conservation and is currently the National Geographic Society's Explorer-in-Residence. His love of the sea started with his childhood in Spain, inspired by the example of the legendary diver Jacques Cousteau. He has been a university professor of Oceanography in the US, as well as working at the Spanish National Council for Scientific Research and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Biodiversity and the Bio-Economy. He has dedicated his life to protecting life in the oceans. Enric describes himself as a flexitarian who only eats meat occasionally.
What is biodiversity?
According to the United Nations Environment Programme, all life on earth – including in its forests and oceans – forms a “rich tapestry of interconnecting and interdependent forces”. Biodiversity on earth today is the product of four billion years of evolution and consists of many millions of distinct biological species. The term ‘biodiversity’ is relatively new, popularised since the 1980s and coinciding with an understanding of the growing threats to the natural world including habitat loss, pollution and climate change. The loss of biodiversity itself is dangerous because it contributes to clean, consistent water flows, food security, protection from floods and storms and a stable climate. The natural world can be an ally in combating global climate change but to do so it must be protected. Nations are working to achieve this, including setting targets to be reached by 2020 for the protection of the natural state of 17 per cent of the land and 10 per cent of the oceans. However, these are well short of what is needed, according to experts, with half the land needed to be in a natural state to help avert disaster.
