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Wireless music festival cancelled after UK blocks Kanye West from entering country
LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - Britain's Wireless music festival has been cancelled after U.S. rapper Kanye West was blocked from entering the country, its organiser Festival Republic said on Tuesday. Th...
Apr 07, 2026
Ackman's Pershing Square proposes $64 billion merger deal with Universal Music Group
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Dawn Chmielewski and Mateusz Rabiega April 7 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square proposed a takeover of Universal Music Group on Tuesday in a $64 bil...
Apr 07, 2026
Netflix debuts new 'Playground' gaming app for kids
By Harshita Mary Varghese April 6 (Reuters) - Netflix doubled down on its gaming efforts on Monday, launching a new app called "Netflix Playground" that would feature games built around popular childr...
Apr 06, 2026
Kanye West refused entry to UK, Wireless Festival cancelled
By Suban Abdulla and Sam Tabahriti LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - Britain has blocked U.S. rapper Kanye West from travelling to the country to headline London's Wireless Festival in July over his past an...
Apr 06, 2026
‘All bets are off’: Brutal battles beckon in final season of ‘The Boys’
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 6 (Reuters) - American actor Jensen Ackles said no character is safe in the fifth and final season of "The Boys," the bloodsoaked superhero satire arriving on P...
Apr 06, 2026
HBO Max brings 'Euphoria' to Coachella with late-night Season 3 premiere
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 2 (Reuters) - HBO Max will air the third and final season premiere of "Euphoria" on Sunday, April 12, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the first...
Apr 02, 2026
Director Lin-Manuel Miranda will make musical ‘Octet’ into movie
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 2 (Reuters) - Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the 11time Tony Award-winning musical "Hamilton," will direct a musical film adaptation of Dave Malloy's c...
Apr 02, 2026
US judge tosses Blake Lively's sexual harassment case against Justin Baldoni
By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK, April 2 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed actor Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims in her lawsuit against actor and director Justin Bal...
Apr 02, 2026
Rapper Pooh Shiesty, 7 others arrested, charged with robbing, kidnapping
By Jasper Ward April 2 (Reuters) - American rapper Pooh Shiesty and seven others were arrested on charges of robbery and armed kidnapping of music industry figures, the U.S. Justice Department said on...
Apr 02, 2026
Netflix searches for franchises after losing out on Harry Potter
(Corrects paragraph 19 to show Sony Pictures Animation produced KPop Demon Hunters) By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, April 2 (Reuters) - After losing its bid for Warner Bros Discover...
Apr 02, 2026
