LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Seven years ago, a nephew of Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked the U.S. Supreme Court justice to help him with a screenplay that would chronicle one of her early cases seeking equal rights for men and women. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen during a group
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Shortly after the release of his 2015 Wall Street drama “The Big Short,” writer and director Adam McKay was home sick with the flu and picked up a book about former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. Director Adam McKay (C) and cast members (L-R) Sam Rockwell, Amy Adams, Christian Bale and
BEIJING (Reuters) – Juice is a one-foot tall canine wonder who has starred in dozens of Chinese film and television productions. FILE PHOTO: A Beagle with the ID number NTR1917, who is the surrogate mother of the 24 day-old clone of Juice, shares an enclosure with its offspring at the biotech company Sinogene in Beijing,
FILE PHOTO: British musician Paul McCartney performs during the “One on One” tour concert in Porto Alegre, Brazil October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Diego Vara LONDON (Reuters) – Former Beatle Paul McCartney has teamed up with Oscar winner Emma Stone on the music video for his new single “Who Cares”, a song he hopes will inspire youngsters
FILE PHOTO: Penny Marshal attends the 16th annual Race to Erase MS, in Los Angeles May 8, 2009. REUTERS/Phil McCarten WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Penny Marshall, who played an endearingly graceless character with a thick Bronx accent in U.S. television’s “Laverne & Shirley” before becoming a pioneering film director with hits including “Big” and “A League
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Filmmaker George Lucas’s “Star Wars” empire – the movie franchise, not Darth Vader’s fictional galactic government – planted him firmly atop Forbes magazine’s third annual ranking of the wealthiest U.S. celebrities which was released on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Kennedy Center Honoree and filmmaker George Lucas walks the red carpet before the
LONDON (Reuters) – Actor Steve Carell takes on the real-life story of a man recovering from a brutal attack in his latest Hollywood offering “Welcome to Marwen”, as he uses art as a form of therapy. FILE PHOTO: Cast member Steve Carell poses at the premiere for the movie “Welcome to Marwen” in Los Angeles,
(Reuters) – CBS Corp said on Monday it has fired Leslie Moonves for cause and has denied a $120 million severance package as it girds for a likely legal battle with its former chief executive who has been accused of sexual harassment and assault that allegedly took place before and after he joined the company.
FILE PHOTO: Leslie Moonves, who was chief executive of CBS Corp at the time, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo (Reuters) – CBS Corp said on Monday it will not pay Leslie Moonves a $120 million severance package as it girds for a
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Decked out in skin-tight leopard print spandex, his eyelids smeared with black make-up, singer Vega de la Rockha roars into a sea of raised “devil horn” hand gestures – the appreciation symbol of heavy metal music. FILE PHOTO: Metalachi, the self-proclaimed first and only heavy metal mariachi band, perform on stage
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Catriona Gray from the Philippines was crowned Miss Universe on Monday, the fourth time the Southeast Asian country has won the international beauty pageant. Miss Philippines Catriona Gray waves after being crowned Miss Universe during the final round of the Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Gray,
Actor Garcelle Beauvais attends the world premiere for the movie “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Monica Almeida LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is the new box office king, collecting a solid $35.4 million during its first three days of release. That’s hardly the biggest opening
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – CBS Corp on Friday named the Time’s Up anti-sexual harassment group and 17 other organizations that will share a $20 million donation stemming from the exit of its chief executive Les Moonves following allegations of sexual misconduct. FILE PHOTO: CBS chairman Moonves arrives for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” at
FILE PHOTO: Colombian singer Shakira reacts during her visit to Tannourine Cedars Reserve, in Tannourine, Lebanon July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s public prosecutor has filed an accusation of tax fraud against Colombian singer Shakira, the prosecutor’s spokesman said. The prosecutor alleges she avoided more than 14.5 million euros ($16.34 million) in
LONDON (Reuters) – A selection of costumes worn by the cast of period film “The Favourite” went on display at London’s Kensington Palace on Friday, in the same rooms where the royal characters the movie is based on once walked. Olivia Colman, soon to be seen in hit Netflix drama “The Crown”, plays Britain’s 18th-century
FILE PHOTO: Jazz singer Nancy Wilson (L) and Oscar Peterson Quartet pianist Monty Alexander perform at the “Oscar Peterson – Simply the Best” memorial concert at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto January 12, 2008. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo (Reuters) – Grammy award-winning singer Nancy Wilson, whose hits ranged from R&B to jazz and funk, died at
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Janet Jackson finally won her place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Thursday when the pop singer was named as one of seven music acts to be getting a place in music history. FILE PHOTO: Singer Janet Jackson makes a heart symbol after receiving the Global Icon award
FILE PHOTO: Keith Richards and Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones perform during a concert at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, October 12, 2017. TT NEWS AGENCY/Stina Stjernkvist via REUTERS LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Keith Richards, the hard-partying lead guitarist of the Rolling Stones, has quit drinking – almost – saying he “just got fed
LONDON (Reuters) – The return of Mary Poppins to the big screen brings some much needed magic to the world in uncertain times, the cast of the new film about the beloved nanny said on Wednesday as they premiered the highly anticipated movie in London. Actor Emily Blunt attends the European premiere of “Mary Poppins
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Nominations were announced on Wednesday for the 2019 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards for film and television. The SAG-AFTRA Foundation 3rd Patron of the Artists Awards – Arrivals – Beverly Hills, California, U.S., November 8, 2018 – Artists Inspiration Award Recipient Lady Gaga poses. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni The winners will be announced
HAVANA (Reuters) – For Carlos Acosta, the son of a black truck driver in Communist-run Cuba, overcoming poverty, prejudice and politics to become a global ballet legend, write a best-selling memoir and create his own dance company was not enough. Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta gives an interview as he attends the film premiere for “Yuli”,
(Reuters) – Attorneys for Bill Cosby outlined their grounds on Tuesday for appealing his sexual assault conviction, citing what they called errors in legal procedure that may have biased the jury and warrant a new trial for the once-beloved comedian. FILE PHOTO: Actor and comedian Bill Cosby leaves the Montgomery County Courthouse after his first
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Almost 60 years after it was first published as a book, “To Kill a Mockingbird” opens this week in a first Broadway theater adaptation whose themes of racial injustice are just as relevant today. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President George W. Bush (R) before awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to American
Actor Rami Malek and members of Queen Roger Taylor and Brian May attend the world premiere of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ movie in London, Britain October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (Reuters) – They said it would never sell, with its six-minute playing time, operatic passages and lyrics about Galileo and Scaramouche, but the Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody”
The original Luke Skywalker Lightsaber from the “Star Wars: A New Hope” movie, is among items on the auction block by Profiles in History in Calabasas, California, U.S., is shown in this photo provided November 29, 2018. Courtesy Profiles in History Auctions/Handout via REUTERS LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California auction house on Monday withdrew
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Disney’s “Ralph Breaks the Internet” topped a quiet weekend at the domestic box office, marking the third straight win for the animated sequel. It earned $16.2 million in its third week of release, generating $140 million since it opened over Thanksgiving. FILE PHOTO: Cast member Auli’i Cravalho signs autographs at the
FILE PHOTO: Musician Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac arrives to attend the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year show honoring Fleetwood Mac at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, New York, U.S., January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and his former Fleetwood Mac bandmates have settled a lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake led Grammy Award nominations on Friday, but Cardi B, Lady Gaga, Brandi Carlile and American newcomer H.E.R helped make it a female-dominated line-up for the year’s top prizes in the music industry. FILE PHOTO: Drake performs during the iHeartRadio Music Festival at The T-Mobile Arena in
(Reuters) – U.S. singer Beyonce will perform at the wedding of the daughter of India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, along with Bollywood stars, and guests will be flown in on 100 chartered flights in lavish marriage celebrations. Construction workers install glass on the exterior of Gulita, a bungalow which according to local media will be
(Reuters) – Comedian Kevin Hart stepped down on Thursday from hosting the 2019 Oscar ceremony after “insensitive words” about gays he tweeted in the past resurfaced online. The 39-year-old comedian and “Ride Along” actor had announced on Tuesday that he would host the Academy Awards, the film industry’s highest honors. “I have made the choice
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