Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Entertainment News (Master Feed)
WHO opens sleek new site as iconic building cleansed of asbestos
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization, which is leading the fight against the COVID pandemic, has relocated its operations to a new building while its 1960s structure i...
Dec 21, 2021
Chimes from Crusader times: Recreating Nativity Church’s Mediaeval music
By Rinat Harash JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Crusader-era bells and organ pipes from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem are inspiring researchers' efforts to re-create music as it may have sounded in th...
Dec 21, 2021
‘Spider-Man’ box office numbers climb in record books
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Final box office figures showed "Spider-Man: No Way Home" hauled in an even bigger audience than originally estimated, for a weekend total of $260 million at U...
Dec 20, 2021
Spain returns smuggled figurines, funeral jars to Egypt
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain returned 36 stolen antiquities to Egyptian officials on Monday, including figurines of gods and goddesses and ancient jars meant to hold human remains. The artefacts - among t...
Dec 20, 2021
Champagne to pop sales record as demand flows again
PARIS (Reuters) - France's champagne producers are preparing to toast record annual sales, an unexpectedly brisk turnaround from last year's pandemic-related troubles that is making them confident the...
Dec 20, 2021
Light rains and mild wind help Ivory Coast cocoa crop, say farmers
By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Light rains and mild seasonal winds in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions last week should boost the quality and size of the October-to-March main ...
Dec 20, 2021
‘Licorice Pizza’ turns on the charm in quirky coming-of-age tale
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - There's no pizza and no licorice in director Paul Thomas Anderson's latest movie, but like a lot of the quirky characters and events in his coming-of-age story...
Dec 20, 2021
‘Titane’ director Ducournau flies flag for genre films, female voices
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Director and writer Julia Ducournau says France's decision to pick her movie "Titane" as its official contender in the Oscar race for best international feature fil...
Dec 20, 2021
Chinese influencer Viya fined 1.3 billion yuan for tax evasion
BEIJING (Reuters) - A top Chinese social media influencer 1.34 billion yuan has been fined ($210 million) for tax evasion. Viya was fined for hiding personal income and other offences in 2019 and 2020...
Dec 20, 2021
‘Spider-Man’ bursts into theaters with $253 million domestic opening
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Spider-Man: No Way Home" racked up an estimated $253 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales over the weekend, setting a pandemic-era record and ranking as the third-biggest...
Dec 19, 2021
