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Adidas to start selling Yeezy shoes at the end of May
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Adidas will start selling some of the shoes from its defunct Yeezy partnership with rapper Kanye West at the end of May, the company said on Friday, and plans to donate the procee...
May 19, 2023
Auschwitz drama ‘Zone of Interest’ marks director Glazer’s first Cannes foray
CANNES (Reuters) - British director Jonathan Glazer will compete for the Cannes Film Festival's top prize for the first time this year with his Auschwitz drama "The Zone of Interest," whose premiere o...
May 19, 2023
Soggy Cannes premiere for Turkish director Ceylan’s ‘About Dry Grasses’
CANNES (Reuters) - Turkish auteur filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan returned to the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet on a particularly rainy Friday with his latest competition entry, "About Dry Grasses." C...
May 19, 2023
Away from the Cannes glamour, hospitality staff protest over harsh conditions
By Mindy Burrows CANNES, France (Reuters) - French hospitality workers demonstrated on Friday at a five-star hotel a few blocks from the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet to draw attention to the diff...
May 19, 2023
Sean Penn: Studios’ AI stance in Hollywood writers strike a ‘human obscenity’
CANNES (Reuters) - Actor Sean Penn said on Friday he supported striking Hollywood writers and called studios' rejection of their demand to restrict the use of artificial intelligence in writing script...
May 19, 2023
Emotional Harrison Ford reflects on his years as Indiana Jones
CANNES (Reuters) - Harrison Ford teared up on Friday as he recalled his years playing Indiana Jones, after the Cannes premiere of what he has said will be his last outing in the blockbuster film franc...
May 19, 2023
Hammer of gun in ‘Rust’ shooting possibly modified -prosecutors
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - The hammer of the gun actor Alec Baldwin was holding when it fired a live round killing "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins may have been intentionally modified, New Mexic...
May 18, 2023
Disney to close Star Wars hotel that opened in Florida last year
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co will shutter its immersive Star Wars-themed luxury hotel in Orlando this September, less than two years after it opened, as the media giant cuts...
May 18, 2023
Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan reunite on screen in Cannes competitor ‘Black Flies’
CANNES (Reuters) - Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan are reunited on the big screen after more than a decade in "Black Flies," a gritty tale about New York City paramedics that premiered in Cannes on Thursda...
May 18, 2023
Canada’s antitrust regulator sues Cineplex over misleading ticket prices
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's competition regulator said on Thursday it was suing Cineplex Inc for allegedly advertising movie tickets at a lower price than what many consumers actually have to pay. Com...
May 18, 2023
