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Eurovision winner wants Israel excluded from 2026 contest over Gaza war
MADRID (Reuters) - Austrian singer JJ, who won this year's Eurovision song contest, called in an interview published on Thursday for Israel to be excluded from the 2026 edition in Vienna due to the wa...
May 22, 2025
Jodie Foster, in Cannes for new French film, prefers life outside US
By Francesca Halliwell and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) -Jodie Foster prefers to be outside the United States right now, the Oscar-winning actor told Reuters at the Cannes Film Festival on ...
May 21, 2025
Scarlett Johansson centres Cannes directorial debut on forgiveness
By Hanna Rantala CANNES, France (Reuters) - Award-winning actor Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut at the Cannes Film Festival is a story she hopes will challenge audiences to reconsider their per...
May 21, 2025
Director Panahi ready to return to Iran after Cannes to work on next film
By Miranda Murray and Michaela Cabrera CANNES, France (Reuters) -Although he is now free to travel again after a 15-year ban, Iranian director Jafar Panahi said on Wednesday he would be returning imme...
May 21, 2025
US singer Chris Brown granted bail by UK court ahead of world tour
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. singer Chris Brown was on Wednesday granted bail by a London court after he was charged with a serious assault, clearing the way for his world tour to begin next month. Brown h...
May 21, 2025
Universal’s new Epic Universe park challenges Disney in Florida
By Dawn Chmielewski ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - For decades, Universal Orlando Resort was a pit stop on a vacationer's way to the "Most Magical Place on Earth," Walt Disney World. Now, NBCUniversal o...
May 21, 2025
Kevin Spacey 'glad to be working' as he is feted in Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) -Oscar-winning U.S. actor Kevin Spacey said that "it was nice to be back" at an awards ceremony on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday evening. Spacey, who wo...
May 20, 2025
Directors of Cannes' Gaza entry say festival provides much-needed platform
By Francesca Halliwell and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) -The decision to include a film set in Gaza in the Cannes Film Festival's official selection comes at a particularly urgent time for ...
May 20, 2025
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi in Cannes for first time in over 20 years
By Miranda Murray and Michaela Cabrera CANNES, France (Reuters) -Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was barred from travelling by the government in Tehran for 15 years, appeared on the Cannes Film Fe...
May 20, 2025
Sean 'Diddy' Combs took ecstasy shaped like Obama's face, jury hears
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs once took an ecstasy pill shaped like President Barack Obama's face, the hip-hop mogul's former personal assistant testified on Tuesday at Combs' ra...
May 20, 2025
