Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Entertainment News (Master Feed)
New “Avatar” film gets rare China release
By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The long-awaited sequel to James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar", will be released in mainland Chinese cinemas on Dec. 16, 20th Century Studios announced on Wednesday...
Nov 22, 2022
First nationwide map of Italy’s fascist monuments goes online
By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) - More than 1,400 monuments, street signs and plaques honouring fascism have been put online in the first nationwide attempt to document the symbols of Benito Mussol...
Nov 22, 2022
At Disney, Iger confronts succession problem he helped create
By Dawn Chmielewski and Helen Coster (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's Bob Iger will once again be asked to identify his successor as chief executive -- one of his greatest failures in his first go-around ...
Nov 22, 2022
Art or torture? France debates banning bullfighting
By Eric Gaillard and Elizabeth Pineau ARLES, France (Reuters) - Sixteen-year old Baptiste is training to be a bullfighter in the southern French city of Arles and says lawmakers who want to ban it acr...
Nov 22, 2022
Eurovision Song Contest voting to be opened up to non-participating countries
LONDON (Reuters) - Viewers from countries not participating in the Eurovision Song Contest will be able to cast a vote for their favourite act next year for the first time in the competition's history...
Nov 22, 2022
Italy’s La Scala defends its choice of Russian opera for season opening
MILAN (Reuters) - Milan's famous La Scala opera house has defended its decision to open its new season next month with "Boris Godunov" despite criticism from Ukrainians about staging a Russian work. E...
Nov 22, 2022
‘Good Night Oppy’ about NASA’s rover mission may make you cry
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When "Good Night Oppy", which follows NASA rovers Opportunity and Spirit before and after they land on Mars, launched at a film festival in September, the documen...
Nov 22, 2022
China resumes streaming South Korean content after six-year suspension
SEOUL (Reuters) - A Chinese streaming platform has resumed distributing South Korean content after suspending it for nearly six years, South Korean officials said on Tuesday, in what Seoul called a si...
Nov 22, 2022
Cuba’s Pablo Milanes, songwriter and social crusader, dies at 79
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Pablo Milanes, a Cuban singer-songwriter and one of the founders of the "Nueva Trova" musical movement that emerged after Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, died early...
Nov 22, 2022
Disney’s Iger may have to cut costs as streaming loses money
(Reuters) - Bob Iger must show Wall Street a new side to his character as he returns to lead Walt Disney Co by cutting costs and restoring profits in just two years after splurging cash on acquisition...
Nov 21, 2022
