Daisy Ridley says 'Star Wars' return feels 'exciting and nerve-racking'
LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Daisy Ridley says reprising her role as Jedi hero Rey feels "exciting and nerve-racking" as she returns to the "Star Wars" franchise for a new film. Walt Disney Co, which purchased Star Wars producer Lucasfilm in 2012 and r...
May 30, 2024
Grammy winner Arooj Aftab speaks on new record and upcoming Glastonbury performance
By Sarah Mills , 2024 - Arooj Aftab, the first Pakistani artist to win a Grammy, used night as the theme for her new record "Night Reign," which will be released on Friday. The New York-based musician's career soared in 2022 when she won best globa...
May 29, 2024
Open sea swimming scared 'Young Woman and the Sea' lead Daisy Ridley
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Daisy Ridley realized she had to conquer one of her fears to truly embrace her role as Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel. "I'm scared of open water," Rid...
May 29, 2024
Exotic dancer drama 'Anora' wins Cannes Film Festival's top prize
CANNES, France (Reuters) - "Anora," a darkly funny and touching drama about a young exotic dancer who becomes involved with a Russian oligarch's son, won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or, on Saturday. The film by U.S. director S...
May 25, 2024
Prosecution of Alec Baldwin for 'Rust' shooting
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - On Oct. 21, 2021 a Colt Single Action Army Revolver actor Alec Baldwin was using to set up a camera shot on the movie "Rust" fired a live round that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. T...
May 24, 2024
'Black Dog' wins Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - "Black Dog," about a man released from prison who returns home to his remote town in China to rid it of stray dogs before the Olympics, only to befriend one of them, won the Cannes Film Festival's "Un Certain Regard" comp...
May 24, 2024
Kodi, star of 'Dog on Trial,' takes home Cannes' top dog prize
CANNES, France (Reuters) - There was lots of tail-wagging and face-licking as Kodi, this year's winner of the Palm Dog, the canine equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, went up to receive his red collar for the French comedy "Dog on T...
May 24, 2024
Live Nation ticket buyers sue in wake of US Justice Department case
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit have been hit with the first in a likely wave of new consumer antitrust lawsuits after the U.S. government and states sued to break up the two companies on Thursday. The first cons...
May 24, 2024
Cassie Ventura thanks people who supported her over Diddy assault video
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Cassie Ventura, ex-girlfriend of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, on Thursday publicly thanked the people who supported her after the release of a 2016 surveillance video that appeared to show him assau...
May 23, 2024
Cher to entertain guests at glamorous Cannes fundraiser for AIDS
CANNES, France (Reuters) - From Cher to Tommy Hilfiger, the fashion and entertainment industry's biggest names decamped to Antibes for the night on Thursday to raise money for AIDS research in one of the most luxurious, and secluded, settings on th...
May 23, 2024
US Justice Department, states file lawsuit against Live Nation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice and a group of states have filed a lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, according a court docket on Thursday. (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch, David Shepardson, Mike Scarcella and Chris Sand...
May 23, 2024
Reliance, Disney seek India antitrust nod with cricket rights assurance, sources say
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Reliance Industries and Walt Disney have sought antitrust clearance for their $8.5 billion India media merger by arguing their combined power, especially on cricket broadcasting, will not hit advertisers, two p...
May 23, 2024
Warner Bros Discovery's TNT signs deal with ESPN for College Football Playoff
(Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery's TNT network has signed a five-year deal with Walt Disney-owned ESPN to broadcast select College Football Playoff games, starting from the upcoming college football season. Walt Disney said on Wednesday TNT will p...
May 22, 2024
Dreamy Cannes drama 'Parthenope' embodies Naples' character, says director
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The heroine of "Parthenope," Paolo Sorrentino's new coming-of-age drama, is the embodiment of the city of Naples and all its mysteries and freedoms, the Italian director said on Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival, wher...
May 22, 2024
Cannes entry 'Anora' aims to destigmatize sex work, says director
By Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - Part of director Sean Baker's aim in making "Anora," a darkly funny and touching drama about a young exotic dancer who becomes involved with a Russian oligarch's son, was to remove the stigma surrounding...
May 22, 2024
Korea's Ryoo promises fresh action, relatable problems in 'Veteran' sequel
By Hanna Rantala CANNES, France (Reuters) - Nine years after his box office hit "Veteran," South Korean filmmaker Ryoo Seung-wan is bringing the Violent Crime Investigation Division back to the big screen with "Veteran 2". The action-thriller, whic...
May 21, 2024
Cronenberg says ghoulish Cannes entry 'The Shrouds' did not lessen his grief
By Alicia Powell and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - David Cronenberg, who has made a career out of the macabre, found that making his deeply personal new film "The Shrouds" did not lessen the grief he feels over his wife's death. "I don'...
May 21, 2024
Actors union backs Scarlett Johansson after claim of voice misuse by OpenAI
(Reuters) - SAG-AFTRA, an influential body representing television and radio artists, on Tuesday backed Scarlett Johansson after the American actress raised concerns over the voice feature of a new OpenAI system that she said sounded "eerily simila...
May 21, 2024
Comcast prices Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+ streaming bundle at $15 a month
(Reuters) - Comcast's new streaming bundle, packaging its Peacock service with Netflix and Apple TV+, will cost $15 per month for all Xfinity internet and TV customers, the media and broadband company said on Tuesday. The new bundle, StreamSaver, i...
May 21, 2024
Trump would be surprised by Cannes biopic 'The Apprentice,' says director
By Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - Donald Trump would likely be surprised by "The Apprentice," director Ali Abbasi said on Tuesday of his biopic about Trump's early years as a real estate mogul, adding he was open to meeting with the form...
May 21, 2024
Election year Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' premieres at Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - "The Apprentice", Iran-born director Ali Abbasi's much-anticipated drama of a young Donald Trump's ascendancy as a New York real estate mogul, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. Part of the pull of the film ...
May 20, 2024
Russian director and playwright say they oppose terrorism at start of trial
By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) - A Russian theatre director and playwright told a court on Monday they were not guilty of charges of justifying terrorism on the first day of their trial over the staging of an award-winning play, Mediazona re...
May 20, 2024
At Cannes, Russian director criticises trial of director and playwright
By Tom Little and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - Exiled Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov used his appearance at the Cannes Film festival on Monday to launch a protest against the detention and trial of a playwright and a theatre dir...
May 20, 2024
Demi Moore says Cannes body horror 'The Substance' demanded full vulnerability
By Mike Davidson CANNES, France (Reuters) - Movie star Demi Moore said the vulnerability required for her role in body horror film "The Substance," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, was both demanding and exciting. Moore stars ...
May 19, 2024
Selena Gomez relieved focus on Cannes entry 'Emilia Perez,' not personal life
By Alicia Powell CANNES, France (Reuters) - Selena Gomez said that she was relieved focus had shifted to her role in the new Mexican cartel musical "Emilia Perez" rather than her personal life, the singer told Reuters on Sunday. "It's a relief. I'd...
May 19, 2024