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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - Barkhad Abdi, a tall wisp of a man with a narrow face and a wide grin, sat on the sofa in his hotel suite with one eye on the television and another on a view of ...

Editor’s Note: Every week, Inside Africa takes its viewers on a journey across Africa, exploring the true diversity and depth of different cultures, countries and regions. In 2013, Barkhad Abdi shot ...

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 ...