LUANDA (Reuters) – When the Angolan government imposed its coronavirus lockdown in late March, local entrepreneur and innovator Claudio Kiala saw a gap in the market when it came to virtual entertainment. Kiala and his team had been developing a performance pl... More »
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s most popular band, Dubioza Kolektiv, invites its audience to “stay connected and disinfected” during a weekly “Quarantine Show” online to cheer up fans locked in their homes due to the coronavirus. Bosnia, like most states in Euro... More »
MALAGA, Spain (Reuters) – Pedro Almodovar’s Oscar-nominated “Pain and Glory” was the big winner at the 34th Goya Awards, Spain’s top film honors, held in Malaga on Saturday night, going home with seven awards including best actor for Antonio Banderas, best dir... More »
LAGOS (Reuters) – “Oya!” shouts the director in Nigerian Pidgin English. Actors take their marks. Lighting blinks on. The film crew snaps into action after the order to hurry up. It’s another day in Nollywood, the affectionate nickname for Nigeria’s film indus... More »
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – “Fauda”, an Israeli TV series that has become a Netflix hit for its unsparing portrayal of undercover commandos who pose as Palestinians to pursue Hamas guerrillas, promises to dig deeper into the conflict in its third season. The first tw... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – A member of South Korean K-pop band Big Bang, who goes by the stage name Seungri, has been charged with providing prostitutes to foreign investors in his private club, media reported on Sunday, sending shares of his agency as much as 14 perce... More »
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The Han Solo origin film began its international run with a dismal $65 million this weekend. Its three-day domestic total of $84 million and four-day estimate of $101 million would bring “Solo’s” worldwide launch to $148 million. “S... More »
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s main sovereign wealth fund will set up a network of entertainment centers across the kingdom as the government tries to jump-start a domestic leisure industry, the chairman of the company carrying out the plan sa... More »
(Reuters) – Hedge fund manager Carl Icahn is cashing out of casino business Tropicana Entertainment Inc (TPCA.PK) in a deal selling most of its properties and operations for $1.85 billion, Icahn Enterprises and the companies involved said in statements on Mond... More »
ROME (Reuters) – Celebrated Italian director Vittorio Taviani, who made more than 20 films alongside his brother Paolo, has died aged 88, his family said on Sunday. The pair worked together for more than half a century producing some of the most famous films o... More »
(Reuters) – The goofy voice behind the “I’m cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs” call for breakfast cereal fell silent Sunday, as comedian and voice actor Chuck McCann died, his publicist said. “His work was legendary,” said his publicist Edward Lozzi. “What baby boomer do... More »
FILE PHOTO: Entertainer Ken Dodd poses for photographers after being made a Knight Bachelor of the British Empire by Britain’s Prince William at an investiture at Buckingham Palace in central London, March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Yui Mok/Pool/File Photo LONDON (Reute... More »
Zambia on Saturday deported a controversial female South African dancer, Zodwa Wabantu, who is popularly known for performing without underwear, on the grounds that her performance would "undermine national values". More »
FILE PHOTO – Cast member Rebel Wilson poses at the premiere for “Pitch Perfect 3” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian media companies on Monday sought to join German magazine publisher Bauer ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Madame Tussauds waxwork museum is offering fans of actor Tom Hardy a new and unusual chance to get close to their idol – launching a waxwork figure of the actor with a beating heart, that visitors can pose with and even cuddle. The figure de... More »
FILE PHOTO – A woman walks with her dog into the surf at Fingal Beach, located just 1 km (0.62 miles) south of the Queensland and New South Wales border, near the town of Tweed Heads June 22, 2013. REUTERS/David Gray NEW YORK(Reuters) – Try to imagine the “wor... More »
Czech history enthusiasts dressed as soldiers march ahead of a re-enactment of Napoleon’s famous battle of Austerlitz, that will take place tomorrow, near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic December 1, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny (Reu... More »
A South Korean actress is promoting cosmetics on China's biggest online mall, in a subtle sign of easing diplomatic tension that has seen once-ubiquitous South Korean celebrities vanish from Chinese marketing campaigns. More »
A new exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book's publication is offering 'muggles' with an interest in magic the chance to view rare memorabilia, combined with historic artifacts referenced in the popular series. More »
In his baseball cap and baggy yellow t-shirt, the rap star Li Yijie - better known by his stage name "Pissy" - is an unlikely face of China's strait-laced ruling Communist Party. More »
An African safari has inspired a new book by Julia Donaldson in which the creator of children's favorite "The Gruffalo" homes in on an unsightly bunch of wild animals known as "The Ugly Five." More »
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Sayed Jamal Mubarez 23, a singer finalist of the music contest ‘Afghan Star’, practices during a rehearsal for the show in Kabul, Afghanistan March 19, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail A barber-turned-rapper has been crowned the winner of an Afghan talent show th... More »
FILE PHOTO: Matt Forde talks about his TV show ”Unspun” in an interview at Reuters’ office in Canary Wharf, London, Britain March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Heavens/File Photo They were the two stories that rocked the Western world last year. But while Donald Tru... More »
Jane Austen’s fictional character, Fitzwilliam Darcy, is seen in this historically accurate portrait by Nick Hardcastle, released in London, Britain, on February 9, 2017. Courtesy of UKTV/Nick Hardcastle/Handout via REUTERS Mr Darcy, the romantic hero of Jane ... More »
By Jacob BryantLOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Tyrus Wong, whose paintings served as visual inspiration for Disney’s animated classic “Bambi,” died Frida More »
Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick attend a photocall to promote the film Trolls at the London Eye, in London, Britain, September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls By Seth KelleyLOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Doctor Strange” is doing its part to heal what has be... More »
LONDON A new “Harry Potter” play that opened to swooning reviews and delighted gasps from the audience marks the end of the journey for the beloved boy wizard, his creator J.K. Rowling said at the play’s premiere in London on Saturday. Billed as the eighth ins... More »
LONDON A new “Harry Potter” play that opened to swooning reviews and delighted gasps from the audience marks the end of the journey for the beloved boy wizard, his creator J.K. Rowling said at the play’s premiere in London on Saturday. Billed as the eighth ins... More »
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK It’s been five years since fans of “Harry Potter” tearfully said goodbye to the boy wizard they had grown up with, but a new play, book release and spin-off film are casting his spell all over again. Fans around the world went into mournin... More »
Anne Hathaway, Julianne Moore and some 30 other Hollywood actors and directors added their voice on Thursday to entertainment industry threats to boycott Georgia if the U.S. state’s governor signs a new law seen as discriminating against gay people. Movie and ... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Amnesty International has given its top 2015 human rights award to both Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, a fierce critic of Beijing who has been banned from leaving China after an 81-day detention in 2011, and U.S. folksinger Joan Baez. ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comedian Will Ferrell cemented his place on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame on Tuesday by parading his three young sons around his newly minted star plaque. Ferrell, 47, asked his sons Magnus, Mattias and Axel to take a lap around the star to ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A white collar criminal gets a stealth education in prison life from a fake ex-con in the raunchy new film “Get Hard,” in which comedy giants Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart take on race with provocative humor. “Get Hard,” out in U.S. theat... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Award-winning British actor James Corden settled in to his new late-night gig on U.S. television on Monday, welcoming stars Tom Hanks and Mila Kunis to his first show as host of CBS’ “The Late Late Show.” Corden, not widely known in the Un... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Cult television thriller “The X-Files” will return for a limited series with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprising their FBI agent roles, Fox Broadcasting network said on Tuesday. “The X-Files,” which premiered on Fox in 1993, f... More »
CHICAGO (Reuters) – One hundred years after the mass killing of Armenians, a Chicago artist has created a monumental painting to honor the victims and celebrate a culture that nearly vanished. The 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman troops became a defining ... More »
CHICAGO (Reuters) – One hundred years after the mass killing of Armenians, a Chicago artist has created a monumental painting to honor the victims and celebrate a culture that nearly vanished. The 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman troops left up to an esti... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Whether it’s the earnest Josiah Bartlet from “The West Wing” or the manipulative Frank Underwood in “House of Cards,” Americans prefer television presidents to their real-life POTUS, President Barack “No Drama” Obama. A Reuters-Ipsos pol... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. rapper Kendrick Lamar scored his first British number one album on Sunday when his “To Pimp A Butterfly” knocked Sam Smith’s “In the Lonely Hours” off the top spot in its first week of release, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday... More »
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Insurgent” topped the weekend box office with $54 million, but its opening will likely fall just short of the numbers put up a year ago by the first film in the “Divergent” series. That’s a disappointment for Lionsgate, the studio ... More »
UNITED NATIONS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It’s time to go “from climate change to climate action” in efforts to save the planet, U.S. pop star Pharrell Williams said at the United Nations on Friday. Singer-producer Williams, 41, partnered with the United N... More »
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – With a DJ spinning vinyl tracks and attendees browsing music in racks, the famed music retailer Tower Records came alive for one night only in Austin, Texas this week, to celebrate a documentary on the rise and fall of a music giant. ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Singer and actress Liza Minnelli has returned to rehab for treatment of substance abuse, her spokesman said on Wednesday. “Liza Minnelli has valiantly battled substance abuse over the years and whenever she has needed to seek treatment ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A west Los Angeles diner that is celebrated as a classic example of mid-20th century Space Age-style Googie architecture has been mentioned on a record by singer Tom Waits and depicted with fiery streaks of orange by painter Edward Rusc... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Early daguerreotype photos of Venice that were auctioned off as an odd lot belonged to John Ruskin and provide new insight into the Victorian art critic’s work, the authors of a book about the images said on Thursday. The Venice scenes, take... More »
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A San Diego judge has dismissed gang conspiracy charges against a rapper whose music prosecutors said encouraged gun violence against rival gangs, in a ruling his lawyer characterized as a victory for free speech. Rapper Brandon Duncan, w... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Actress and media magnate Oprah Winfrey is selling antique furniture, paintings, prints, ceramics and memorabilia from her Chicago apartment next month to benefit her education foundation, the auction house running the sale said on Tuesday... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Outraged celebrities tore into Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana on Monday after Dolce described children born to gay couples through fertility treatment as “synthetic”. Pop superstar Elton John, leading the chorus... More »
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Paul Walker’s final appearance in the street-racing franchise “Fast & Furious” left a preview audience teary-eyed at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival for the first public screening of the last film the actor made before he died ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – British singer-songwriter Sam Smith secured a UK music charts double on Sunday, topping both the singles and album chart simultaneously, the Official Charts Company said. Smith’s collaboration with John Legend, “Lay Me Down”, in aid of chari... More »
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – When Sony Pictures announced this month plans for another “Ghostbusters” film with male leads, no one was more surprised than Paul Feig, the writer-director of the studio’s reboot of the classic comedy franchise with an all-female cas... More »
ROME (Reuters) – British singer Elton John slammed Italian fashion duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana on Sunday and called for a boycott of their brand after the pair championed “traditional” families. John, who has used his fame to speak out for lesbian, ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Cinderella” enchanted audiences this weekend, racking up a royal $70.1 million to lead the domestic box office and a massive $132 million globally. The adaptation of the classic fairy tale follows Walt Disney Studios’ strategy of r... More »
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – With a drop of a microphone, Ryan Gosling dispelled his Internet infamy, saying he had never once uttered the phrase, “Hey Girl,” which has made him a viral phenomenon. “I understand if you’re in a movie and you say something like ‘I’... More »
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A century-old Seattle house that was featured in a marketing stunt to publicize Walt Disney Co’s balloon adventure movie “Up” because it is wedged in the middle of a modern development failed to attract any bids at an auction on Friday, loc... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Terry Pratchett, the British author whose fantasy novels sold in their tens of millions worldwide, has died of a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease aged 66, his publisher said on Thursday. News about the death of Pratchett – who campaigned dur... More »
MIAMI (Reuters) – Spanish-language U.S. television network Univision fired presenter Rodner Figueroa after he likened first lady Michelle Obama to a cast member of the film “Planet of the Apes,” the network said on Thursday. Figueroa made the comment during an... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Andy Samberg, a star of the comedy TV show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” will host the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards, the highest honors in U.S. television, organizers of the show said on Thursday. The comedian, actor, writer and producer, whose brea... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A butterfly he address, feathered gowns and garments crafted from horns, hair and seashells went on display in London this week in a exhibition celebrating the work of the late British fashion designer Alexander McQueen. McQueen was famous f... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Walt Disney Co has started work on a sequel to “Frozen,” the best-selling animated movie of all time and a global merchandising phenomenon that helped push the media giant to record profits. Directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee are... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Terry Jones, a founding member of the Monty Python comedy team, targets the global financial system in a provocative new documentary and warns of more meltdowns if the system isn’t fixed soon. Jones, co-writer and co-director of “Boom Bust B... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly 450,000 fans from around the world have backed a petition calling for British presenter Jeremy Clarkson to be reinstated to his job hosting the “Top Gear” motoring show after the BBC suspended him following a “fracas” with a producer.... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Recording stars Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams will contest the $7.4 million jury verdict that found they plagiarized Motown soul great Marvin Gaye in creating their hit single “Blurred Lines,” the duo’s lawyer said on Wednesday. A ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A videotape posted on celebrity news website TMZ on Monday shows Marion “Suge” Knight running over two men with his pick-up truck at a Los Angeles area burger stand, killing one of them, in an incident that led to hit-and-run charges ag... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – Loose but tailored, flowing but structured – Stella McCartney presented a study in contrasts for her Winter 2015 ready-to-wear show on Monday in Paris in a collection both supremely luxurious and as relaxed as sportswear. McCartney’s affinity... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sam Simon, a co-creator of Fox’s long-running hit animated series “The Simpsons” and an ardent philanthropist for animals, died after a battle with colon cancer, his agent said on Monday. He was 59. Simon won nine Emmy awards for his wo... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Forget about likeable, upstanding characters doing what is right. Kevin Spacey is convinced that like the ruthless, morally corrupt politician he portrays in Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning political drama “House of Cards,” the anti-hero is h... More »
PARIS/NEWYORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) has made every effort to convince the fashion world that the Apple Watch is the next chic accessory. Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns became the timepiece’s highest-profile advocate from the fashion world when ... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nearly a decade after winning an Academy Award for her role as Britain’s Elizabeth II in “The Queen,” Helen Mirren is ruling over Broadway in “The Audience,” a new play about the monarch’s weekly meetings with her prime ministers. Mirren s... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – “Fish in the Dark,” a new play by comedian Larry David, is the hottest ticket on Broadway, but critics said the lightweight, 60s-style comedy flounders with one liners and a weak plot. The play racked up a record of more than $13.5 million... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Film star Harrison Ford was injured on Thursday when the “Star Wars” actor crashed his vintage plane on a Los Angeles golf course shortly after taking off from a nearby airport, his publicist said. The single-engine plane clipped a tree... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oprah Winfrey has prevailed in a trademark lawsuit challenging her use of the phrase “Own Your Power” in her namesake magazine, on TV, on websites and in social media accounts. U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty in Manhattan ruled on Thursday... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Harrison Ford was injured on Thursday in the crash of a small airplane outside Los Angeles, celebrity website TMZ reported. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report on TMZ, which said that Ford, 72, suffered multiple gashe... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After playing both real and mythical queens, a golden age screen idol and Bob Dylan, Cate Blanchett is taking on another iconic, complex character – Cinderella’s evil stepmother. In Disney’s live-action “Cinderella,” out in U.S. theater... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rapper Big Sean topped the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday for the first time, beating out rocker Kid Rock. Big Sean’s “Dark Sky Paradise” sold 139,000 album copies, 218,000 songs and was streamed more than 17 million... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has stripped veteran entertainer Rolf Harris of an honor she bestowed on him in 2006, basing the move on his conviction for child sex crimes last year, an official notice on Tuesday revealed. Harris, a household nam... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – International conducting star Simon Rattle said he hoped to make the concert experience more theatrical to attract younger audiences, as the London Symphony Orchestra announced on Tuesday he would become its fulltime music director in 2017. ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Cable network operator Discovery Communications Inc said it is boosting investment in original Web video with a new channel focused on adventurers, in an effort to reach younger audiences who have grown up watching media online. The own... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight told a judge in Los Angeles on Monday that he had fired his attorneys and could not understand court proceedings against him, the Los Angeles Times reported, before he was taken to a jail medical facility.... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Madonna will begin an international tour to promote her new album “Rebel Heart” with a concert at the American Airlines Arena in Miami in August, her promoters, Live Nation, said on Monday. The Aug. 29 show will kick-start the North Americ... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. video service provider Netflix Inc is likely to enter the Chinese market without a local partner, which could make it harder to do business in the world’s biggest internet market widely known for censorship and strict regulation. The ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Fallout from the Brit awards shook up the music charts on Sunday, knocking U.S. rock band Imagine Dragons off the top spot in favor of English singer/songwriter Sam Smith, data from the Official Charts company showed. Smith won the British B... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – William Shatner cannot attend the funeral of his friend and “Star Trek” co-star Leonard Nimoy because of a prior commitment for a charity ball, the actor said on Twitter on Saturday. Shatner and Nimoy portrayed the two best-known charac... More »
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey’s greatest writers who celebrated the lives of the downtrodden and whose works were translated into 40 languages, died on Saturday. He was 91 years old. An ethnic Kurd, he was born Kemal Sadik Gokceli in a villag... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The $150,000 Oscar gown worn by actress Lupita Nyong’o that was stolen two days ago was returned on Friday by the thief, who tipped off celebrity news site TMZ.com after learning the pearls on the dress were fake, according to officials... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The number of people who watched Sunday’s Oscars was down and the critics were less than impressed, but Hollywood’s biggest night is still a top draw for television advertisers. This year’s telecast – which producers believed could buil... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The top British music awards went to young men on Wednesday as Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith bagged the most important trophies in a star-studded Brit Awards show in London. But the grand dame of pop music, Madonna, who performed at the ceremony ... More »
