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KKR-led group nears deal for rights to hits by The Weeknd, Lorde – FT
(Reuters) - A consortium led by private equity giant KKR & Co is nearing a deal to buy rights to music by pop icons Lorde and The Weeknd for $1.1 billon, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citin...
Oct 12, 2021
Amy Winehouse possessions hit the auction block
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 800 of Amy Winehouse's belongings, including the short dress the late British singer wore in her final concert, are up for auction. The green-and-black dre...
Oct 12, 2021
Mini-series ‘Dopesick’ tells stories from all sides of the opioid epidemic
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New television series "Dopesick" aims to tell stories from the opioid epidemic still ravaging the rural United States, weaving together accounts from Purdue Pharm...
Oct 12, 2021
Media veteran Alan Horn to retire as Disney Studios head
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's Alan Horn, who turned the company's studio business into a media powerhouse and oversaw blockbusters such as "Avengers:Endgame" and "Black Panther", is retiring at the end...
Oct 12, 2021
With ‘Captain Kirk’ aboard, Blue Origin to return to ‘space, the final frontier’
By Mike Blake VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) - Three months after billionaire U.S. businessman Jeff Bezos soared into space aboard a rocketship built by his Blue Origin company, the craft is set on Wednesd...
Oct 12, 2021
Hong Kong closes schools and raises typhoon warning
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities closed schools on Tuesday and raised the third highest storm warning as a typhoon threatened the financial hub for the second time in less than a week. The ...
Oct 12, 2021
It’s an allegory: North Korea website says ‘Squid Game’ reflects South Korea’s ‘beastly’ society
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean propaganda website said on Tuesday that the international Netflix hit "Squid Game" exposes the reality of South Korean capitalist culture where "corrupti...
Oct 12, 2021
Superman comes out as bisexual; ‘not a gimmick,’ writer says
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Out, out and away! - for Superman on National Coming Out Day. Jon Kent, the son of original Superman Clark Kent and journalist Lois Lane, turns out to be bisexual...
Oct 11, 2021
France bans plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - France will ban plastic packaging for nearly all fruit and vegetables from January 2022 in a bid to reduce plastic waste, the environment ministry said on Monday. ...
Oct 11, 2021
Ancient factory exposes secrets of winemaking in the Holy Land
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A 1,500-year-old wine factory the size of a modern-day football field has been unearthed in Israel, showing how vintners met demand for high quality white wine popular throughout...
Oct 11, 2021
