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British entertainment, left in dark, seeks government insurance help
By Carolyn Cohn and Barbara Lewis LONDON (Reuters) - British theaters and live music venues say the show will only go on if the government provides a financial backstop, as the COVID-19 pandemic means...
Sep 07, 2020
Czech director Jiri Menzel dies aged 82, wife says
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech director Jiri Menzel, whose 1966 film "Closely Watched Trains" won an Academy Award for best foreign film, has died aged 82, his wife Olga posted on her Facebook page. (Report...
Sep 06, 2020
Box Office: ‘Tenet’ Kicks Off With $20 Million in the U.S., Nears $150 Million Globally
By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) - After months of delays, Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic "Tenet" finally arrived in U.S. theaters and generated $20.2 million over Labor Day weekend. Ticke...
Sep 06, 2020
Australian film-maker braves double COVID quarantine for Venice festival
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Australian director Roderick MacKay braved COVID-19 restrictions to make a "daunting" trip to the Venice film festival, where his debut feature "The Furnace" premieres on Fri...
Sep 04, 2020
How Disney should handle ‘Black Panther 2’ after Chadwick Boseman’s death
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Soon after learning that "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman had died at age 43, fans urged Marvel Studios not to recast the role, setting up a dilemma for the studio pla...
Sep 04, 2020
Actor Robert Pattinson tests positive for Covid-19, pausing production of ‘The Batman’: U.S. media
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for COVID-19, causing production in Britain on the set of his film "The Batman" to pause, Vanity Fair and the Hollywood Reporter repo...
Sep 03, 2020
Nintendo to re-release Mario games in 35th anniversary year
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd said on Thursday it would re-release classic titles featuring popular character Mario for a limited time on its hit Nintendo Switch console to mark 35 y...
Sep 03, 2020
Watchdog orders Netflix to block ‘Cuties’ film in Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's broadcasting watchdog said on Thursday it was ordering the U.S. online streaming service Netflix to block access to the soon-to-be-released film "Cuties" on grounds that it...
Sep 03, 2020
Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre reopens with a socially distanced ‘Don Carlo’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's opera aficionados will flock to the Bolshoi Theatre for the first time in almost six months on Sunday, wearing masks and sitting apart in a half-empty auditorium for a perf...
Sep 03, 2020
‘Tenet’ tests American appetite for coronavirus movie-going
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Christopher Nolan's thriller "Tenet" finally arrives in U.S. movie theaters this weekend, hoping to revive movie going after a pandemic-induced closure of indo...
Sep 03, 2020
