Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Entertainment News (Master Feed)
Meet a pint-size U.S. piano prodigy
(Reuters) - Brigitte Xie reads music, can play Beethoven's Sonatina in F Major and has won a spot to perform at Carnegie Hall. She is 4 years old. Brigitte's feet dangle above the ground when the peti...
Aug 02, 2021
In Bolivia, ritual fires honor earth goddess Pachamama
(Reuters) - High atop the Andes Mountains in Bolivia, indigenous people gathered at dawn for a ritual ceremony in honor of Pachamama, the goddess of Earth and fertility, with fires and offerings. On t...
Aug 02, 2021
Funeral service for rapper Biz Markie held in New York
(Reuters) - A funeral for rapper Biz Markie was held on Monday after the hip-hop personality known for his 1989 hit "Just a Friend" died in July. Fans gathered outside the Patchogue Theatre on Long Is...
Aug 02, 2021
Amazon’s pricey ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV series to launch Sept 2022
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amazon's multi-million dollar TV version of "The Lord of the Rings" will launch in September 2022, Amazon Studios said on Monday. The streaming platform said filming on the fir...
Aug 02, 2021
U.S. comedian and non-smoker Kathy Griffin to undergo surgery for lung cancer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American comedian Kathy Griffin said on Monday that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer although she has never been a smoker. Griffin, 60, said in social media postings tha...
Aug 02, 2021
Reese Witherspoon’s media firm to be sold to Blackstone-backed company
(Reuters) -Academy award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon's media venture, Hello Sunshine, said on Monday it would be bought by a newly formed Blackstone Group Inc-backed media firm for an undisclose...
Aug 02, 2021
Wildfires blaze on in drought-hit Turkey as criticism grows
By Mehmet Emin Caliskan MARMARIS, Turkey (Reuters) - Firefighters using planes and helicopters, and locals with buckets of water, battled wildfires raging for a sixth day near southern coastal resorts...
Aug 02, 2021
‘I’m fighting for my community’ says Miss South Africa’s first transgender contestant
By Nqobile Dludla and Sisipho Skweyiya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The first transgender contestant in South Africa's national beauty pageant, 24-year-old Lehlogonolo Machaba hopes she will inspire great...
Aug 02, 2021
Teenage girls in northern Nigeria ‘open their minds’ with robotics
By Seun Sanni and Nneka Chile KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Teenage girls in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are learning robotics, computing and other STEM subjects as part of an innovative project th...
Aug 02, 2021
Blackstone and Hudson Pacific plan $1 billion film studios in UK
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. firms Blackstone and Hudson Pacific Properties said they planned to create a major film, TV and digital production complex in Broxbourne, north of London, in the first overseas...
Aug 01, 2021
