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‘And Just Like That’: ‘Sex and the City’ characters return to the small screen
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the original cast of the popular U.S. television show "Sex and the City" reunited on the red carpet in New York on Wednesday to celebrate the release o...
Dec 09, 2021
Robbie Shakespeare of reggae duo Sly and Robbie dies at 68
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare, the Jamaican bass guitarist best known as half of the reggae and dub duo Sly and Robbie, died on Wednesday, Jamaica's culture ministe...
Dec 08, 2021
‘West Side Story,’ ‘Dune’ among AFI’s top 10 movies of 2021
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Musical "West Side Story," sci-fi epic "Dune," and "King Richard," the biopic about the father of tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams, were among the top 10 movies of 20...
Dec 08, 2021
Trial of actor Jussie Smollett, accused of faking hate crime, goes to jury
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - The jury began deliberations on Wednesday in the trial of actor Jussie Smollett, a one-time star of the TV drama "Empire" who stands accused of orchestrating a h...
Dec 08, 2021
Dutch government budgets 175 million euros to buy Rembrandt – ministry
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government has put aside 175 million euros for the purchase of a "top" painting by Rembrandt, the ministry of education said in a letter to parliament on Wednesday. The...
Dec 08, 2021
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor sculptures to be auctioned in New York
(Reuters) - Sculptures of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor - two of the Black Americans killed at the hands of police in 2020 - are to be auctioned to aid the non-profit groups set up by their families...
Dec 08, 2021
DiCaprio calls ‘Don’t Look Up’ a ‘unique gift’ to climate change fight
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Leonardo DiCaprio calls his new movie "Don't Look Up" a gift. Not because he got to work with a cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Str...
Dec 08, 2021
Nigerian heritage inspires jewellery for all time
By Nneka Chile LAGOS (Reuters) - A Nigerian designer is incorporating artefacts like the famous Benin Bronzes into fashion accessories, hoping to promote the country's cultural heritage as well as mak...
Dec 08, 2021
Ancient Peruvian mummy goes on show at Lima museum
By Carlos Valdez LIMA (Reuters) - A pre-Incan mummy found in Peru and thought to be between 800 and 1,200 years old, went on display on Tuesday at the San Marcos University in Lima after archaeologist...
Dec 07, 2021
S.Korea “webtoon” firms leverage low-cost stories with potential huge upside
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - Netflix's most-watched series in late November, "Hellbound", is making a splash on TV, but it first appeared on much smaller screens as an online comic, or "webtoon", op...
Dec 07, 2021
