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Opera singer Yende ‘too excited to be nervous’ at king’s coronation
By Matteo Witt VIENNA (Reuters) - South African soprano Pretty Yende first met King Charles when she was invited to sing at Windsor Castle by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra last year. On Saturday, s...
May 05, 2023
On ‘Star Wars’ day, Carrie Fisher receives posthumous star on Walk of Fame
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - May the 4th, the annual unofficial "Star Wars" day, was bittersweet for fans in Hollywood as Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher, who died at age 60 in 2016, rece...
May 04, 2023
Hollywood insiders predict writers strike to drag on through summer
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Hollywood writers' strike that kicked off this week could last well into the summer and likely beyond, top executives close to the dis...
May 04, 2023
Hollywood studios push back against striking writers’ claim of ‘gig’ workforce
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The group representing Hollywood studios fired back on Thursday at claims from striking film and television workers that they have been forced into the "gig ec...
May 04, 2023
US jury sides with Ed Sheeran in ‘Let’s Get It On’ copyright trial
By Blake Brittain and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - British pop superstar Ed Sheeran's 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud" did not unlawfully copy from Marvin Gaye's classic 1973 song "Let's Get It On," a jury...
May 04, 2023
Topless Italian climate protesters block Rome traffic
ROME (Reuters) - Topless climate activists on Thursday blocked traffic on a busy street in central Rome to protest over the Italian government's climate policy after torrential rains killed two people...
May 04, 2023
‘Guardians’ Vol. 3, a bittersweet goodbye for eclectic space crew
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Chris Pratt, whose movie career took off with the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" in 2014, decided that he wouldn't watch the third an...
May 04, 2023
Water fight: Farms, wildlife at risk as Spanish wetland shrinks
By Elena Rodriguez and Guillermo Martinez EL ROCIO, Spain (Reuters) - Spain's Donana wetland has been a rich farming area for decades and a wildlife haven for centuries, but climate change is drying i...
May 04, 2023
Nigerian hijab-wearing chef seeks to break stereotypes about Muslim women
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian Sherifah Yunus Olokodana looks like any Muslim woman with a veil that only exposes her eyes, but the entrepreneur who has carved a niche as a chef in Lagos is seeking to bre...
May 04, 2023
No evidence Ed Sheeran copied ‘Let’s Get It On,’ jury is told
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran's lawyer on Wednesday urged jurors to reject a lawsuit accusing Sheeran of copying Marvin Gaye's classic "Let's Get it On,"...
May 03, 2023
