Entertainment
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Will Ferrell promises smart jokes and slapstick in ‘Holmes & Watson’
FILE PHOTO: Actor Will Ferrell at the premiere for ‘Daddy’s Home 2’ in London, Britain, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comic actors Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly reunite on the…
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Movie maker Harvey Weinstein loses bid to dismiss criminal case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state judge on Thursday denied Harvey Weinstein’s motion to dismiss criminal charges that he sexually assaulted two women, rejecting the movie producer’s argument that the case was tainted…
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Biopic tells Justice Ginsburg’s story long before ‘Notorious R.B.G’
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…
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‘Vice’ movie explores U.S. Vice President Cheney’s ‘shadowy’ rise to power
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…
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Two of a kind: China’s first pet cloning service duplicates star pooch
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…
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Paul McCartney, Emma Stone join on anti-bullying music video
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…
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Penny Marshall, ‘Big’ director and TV’s ‘Laverne,’ dead at 75
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…
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George Lucas’s film empire tops Forbes list of richest U.S. celebrities
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…
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Steve Carell tells tale of hope from trauma in ‘Welcome to Marwen’
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…
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CBS fires CEO Leslie Moonves and denies $120 million severance
(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…
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CBS denies former CEO Leslie Moonves $120 million severance
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…
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Metal or mariachi? Metalachi offers best of both music worlds
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…
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Philippines wins fourth Miss Universe crown
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…
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Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Swings to $35 Million Debut, ‘Mortal Engines’ Sputters
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…
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Anti-harassment groups share $20 million CBS handout after Moonves exit
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…
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Spain’s prosecutor accuses singer Shakira of tax fraud
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…
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‘The Favourite’ corset dresses go on display at Kensington Palace
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…
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Grammy Award-winning singer Nancy Wilson dies at 81
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…
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Janet Jackson gets Rock Hall of Fame place on Brit-heavy list
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…
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Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards (almost) quits drinking
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…
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‘Mary Poppins’ return brings world some magic, cast say
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…
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Key nominations for the 2019 Screen Actors Guild awards
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,…
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Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta stars in own biopic
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…
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Cosby’s lawyers cite grounds for appealing sexual assault conviction
(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…
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Broadway’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ puts new spin on racial injustice
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…
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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ now most-streamed 20th century song
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…
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U.S. auctioneer withdraws ‘Star Wars’ lightsaber on authenticity issue
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…
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Box Office: ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Narrowly Defeats ‘Grinch’ in Sleepy Pre-Holiday Weekend
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…
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Ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Buckingham says his lawsuit is settled
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.…
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Drake and Lamar lead but women shine through in Grammy nods
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…