'Inside Out 2' explores new feelings for teenager Riley
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The filmmakers behind "Inside Out 2" believe it is important for the animated Pixar film to get people talking about how they have wrestled with and processed complicated emotions. "This movie is for any...
Jun 12, 2024
Jin, oldest member of K-pop's BTS, finishes army service in South Korea
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - Jin, the oldest member of K-pop phenomenon BTS, was discharged from South Korea's army on Wednesday after 18 months of duty, the first member of the group to wrap up mandatory national service that put their music ca...
Jun 12, 2024
Film 'The Bikeriders' recreates heyday of 60s motorcycle clubs
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Actors Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy immersed themselves in 1960s American motorcycle culture for their new film "The Bikeriders". The drama's writer and director Jeff Nichols was inspired to make the ...
Jun 11, 2024
Martin Shkreli copied one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album, lawsuit claims
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Martin Shkreli has been sued in New York by a digital art collective that said it paid $4.75 million for a one-of-a-kind album by the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, only to learn that the convicted pharmaceutic...
Jun 11, 2024
Biden to celebrate Juneteenth early with White House concert on Monday
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will celebrate the Juneteenth holiday early on Monday with a White House concert that includes singers Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle. Biden signed a law in 2...
Jun 10, 2024
Netflix faces $170 million 'Baby Reindeer' defamation lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Netflix was sued on Thursday for at least $170 million by a Scottish woman who said she was defamed over her portrayal as a stalker in the hit mini-series "Baby Reindeer." The plaintiff Fiona Harvey has publicly clai...
Jun 06, 2024
Dolby Labs to acquire GE's licensing business in $429 million deal
(Reuters) - Dolby Laboratories said on Thursday it was acquiring GE Licensing, an intellectual property business targeting the consumer digital media and electronics sectors, in a $429 million deal. The takeover, which aims to further Dolby's exist...
Jun 06, 2024
With thistles and tartan, Dior pays tribute to Scotland in cruise collection
LONDON (Reuters) - French fashion house Christian Dior paid homage to Scotland at a catwalk show in a Perthshire castle, with tartan designs and thistle motifs adorning its cruise 2025 collection. Celebrities, including Hollywood actors Jennifer La...
Jun 04, 2024
Mick Jagger, strutting at 80, teases new album and more touring
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - How does it feel for Mick Jagger to be back on tour singing, dancing and strutting across stadium concert stages at 80 years old? "Like being on stage at 78," the Rolling Stones frontman, who has thrilled au...
Jun 04, 2024
'Star Wars' show 'Acolyte' merges murder mystery with family drama
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For Amandla Stenberg, the "Star Wars" franchise is about how trauma affects everyone and how the inability to accept and process it makes people more vulnerable to corruption. The "Hunger ...
Jun 03, 2024
Tencent, Tencent Music value Thailand's GMM Music at $700 million with stake buy
(Reuters) - Thai entertainment platform GMM Music on Monday said Tencent and Tencent Music Entertainment will acquire a 10% stake in the company, valuing it at $700 million. (Reporting by Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniw...
Jun 03, 2024
ABBA members reunite to receive top Swedish honour
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The four members of iconic Swedish pop group ABBA reunited on Friday to receive one of the country's top honours, "the Royal Vasa Order", during a ceremony in the royal palace in Stockholm. Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Ben...
May 31, 2024
'Rick and Morty' team lands Netflix adult animated series 'The Undervale'
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix said on Thursday it has ordered the adult animated series "The Undervale," with "Rick and Morty" veterans Matt Roller and Dan Harmon set to lead the project. Roller is the creator and showrunner,...
May 30, 2024
Police monitor Taylor Swift gig decibels as Madrid locals fume at noise
By Charlie Devereux and Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) - Police measured the decibel count of Taylor Swift's concert in Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium after locals have complained of unbearable noise since the venue began hosting musical events last...
May 30, 2024
Curtain falls on Paris puppet theatre to make way for Olympics
By Ardee Napolitano May 30 (Reuters) - Blue and pink lights lit the stage as the curtain rose at the Champs de Mars puppet theatre in Paris, with audience members welcomed to the show by a Guignol marionette against a background of cheerful carnival mu...
May 30, 2024
K-pop agency HYBE asks US court to help unmask X account in defamation case
By Hyunsu Yim and Peter Henderson SEOUL (Reuters) - Entertainment group HYBE, home to K-pop group BTS, has asked a U.S. court to compel social media platform X to reveal the identity of a user it accuses of defamation and harassment, according to a...
May 30, 2024
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