Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Entertainment News (Master Feed)
Colorful ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ hits theaters, and living rooms, on Christmas
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comic book hero Wonder Woman returns to the screen on Christmas Day with a hefty mission: bring holiday cheer to pandemic-weary audiences, provide a boost to s...
Dec 21, 2020
Box Office: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Sputters in China, Grosses $38.5 Million Overseas
By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) - Diana Prince may be able to best Cheetah, but she's no match for a global pandemic. "Wonder Woman 1984" opened to a less than heroic $18.8 million in China o...
Dec 20, 2020
Movie by gondola: Philippine cinema offers Venice-themed pandemic escape
MANILA (Reuters) - Some moviegoers in the Philippine capital, tired of lengthy COVID-19 restrictions, are opting for a taste of Venice, bobbing in front of the big screen in socially distanced gondola...
Dec 19, 2020
Dr. Seuss’s estate can sue over ‘Star Trek’ ‘mash-up’
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Dr. Seuss's estate may sue the publisher of a "Star Trek"-themed "mash-up" of the famed children's author's final book because it was not protected as "fair use," a fed...
Dec 18, 2020
K-Pop? How about T-Pop? Thai artists shoot for global audience
By Chayut Setboonsarng and Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Move over K-Pop. Here comes T-Pop. Thai female band Lyra, backed by the world's biggest music label Universal Music Group (UMG), is hopi...
Dec 18, 2020
Justin Bieber teams up with former rivals for Christmas song
By Mindy Burrows LONDON (Reuters) - Five years ago pop star Justin Bieber was locked in a contest for Britain's favourite Christmas song with a group of little known health workers. He gave in. This y...
Dec 18, 2020
Berlin rejigs film festival for pandemic times
BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin became the first of next year's big European film festivals to bow to the coronavirus pandemic, announcing it would hold a reduced, online-only programme in March, a month la...
Dec 18, 2020
The Empires Strike Back: Disney, Comcast, AT&T set streaming battle
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Next year, as coronavirus vaccines roll out around the world, consumers are expected to return to restaurants, sports arenas and cinemas. But with films like "Matrix 4," "I...
Dec 18, 2020
‘I Feel Fine’ – Beatles legend McCartney gives COVID vaccine a shot in the arm
LONDON (Reuters) - Beatles legend Paul McCartney gave Britain's COVID-19 vaccine rollout a big shot in the arm by vowing to be among the first global superstars to be inoculated, The Sun newspaper rep...
Dec 18, 2020
‘#ChangeMusic’ plan aims to give Black artists bigger clout
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The organizers of the Grammy awards on Thursday launched an initiative to elevate Black voices at all levels of the music industry and ensure that Black artist...
Dec 17, 2020
