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‘Dune’ Opens to $40 Million at the Box Office. Strong Enough for a Sequel?
By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "Dune," an adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic, opened to $40.1 million at the North American box office. It's a respectable start given the ongoing ...
Oct 24, 2021
Motor racing-Ecclestone offered ski role, agrees with Verstappen on Netflix
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Ex-Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone, 91 on Thursday, is adamant about one thing after being offered an advisory role by the new head of skiing's governing body ...
Oct 24, 2021
Broadway’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ plots a cautious return to the stage
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Meghan Picerno was back at work after 18 months of pandemic limbo, overjoyed to be singing and dancing again with her "Phantom of the Opera" castmates as they re...
Oct 24, 2021
Somali drama wins Pan-African film festival grand prize
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Somalia's entry "The Gravedigger's Wife" by Finish-Somali writer-director Khadar Ayderus Ahmed won the prestigious Stallion of Yennenga grand prize for best film at the Pan-Afr...
Oct 23, 2021
Director ‘gutted’ by death of cinematographer in accidental shooting
By Lisa Richwine SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - The movie director who was shot and injured in an on-set accident involving actor Alec Baldwin said on Saturday he was "gutted" by the death of the cinemato...
Oct 23, 2021
Spain vows to speed up aid to volcano-hit La Palma
LA PALMA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Spain would speed up aid to the hard-hit agriculture and fishing industries on the island of La Palma, where part of the volcano's cone collapsed...
Oct 23, 2021
Prop guns spark debate after cinematographer’s death on set
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - An on-set shooting death has reignited concern about the use of prop guns like the weapon actor Alec Baldwin discharged in the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchin...
Oct 22, 2021
Hollywood remembers cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ immense talent
(Reuters) - A heartbroken Hollywood rushed to pay tribute to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Friday after she was accidentally shot dead by actor Alec Baldwin on a movie set. The 42-year-old was wo...
Oct 22, 2021
Reactions to actor Alec Baldwin’s fatal shooting of cinematographer
By Peter Szekely and Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - Hollywood was shaken on Friday by news that actor Alec Baldwin had fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins while firing a prop gun on the "Rust" ...
Oct 22, 2021
Alec Baldwin fired prop gun that killed crew member on movie set – authorities
By Adria Malcolm and Alexandra Ulmer SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - Hollywood star Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer and wounded a director when he fired a prop gun on a New Mexico movie set, au...
Oct 22, 2021
