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‘Armageddon Time’ casts critical eye on American society at outset of Reagan Era
CANNES, France (Reuters) - "Armageddon Time," which premiered Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, whisks the audience to the cusp of the Ronald Reagan presidency, exploring issues of race and privil...
May 19, 2022
Musicians Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcome baby boy, TMZ reports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer Rihanna and rapper A$AP Rocky are new parents of a baby boy, according to a report on the TMZ website on Thursday. Rihanna, 34, gave birth on May 13 in Los Angeles, ...
May 19, 2022
U.S. says ‘Hotel Rwanda’s’ Rusesabagina ‘wrongly detained’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has determined that Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed in the movie "Hotel Rwanda" sheltering hundreds of people during the 1994 genocide, was "wrong...
May 19, 2022
Cannes premieres ‘Mariupolis 2’ documentary by slain Lithuanian director
By Mimosa Spencer CANNES, France (Reuters) - "Mariupolis 2," a documentary showing a close-up view of life under bombardment in Ukraine, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival Thursday with an emotional ...
May 19, 2022
Bono and the pope harmonize on climate change, girls’ education
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - They didn't sing together but U2 frontman Bono and Pope Francis were in harmony about their concern for the planet and the power of women to change the world when t...
May 19, 2022
Dave, Ed Sheeran and Shakira among winners at Ivor Awards
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Rapper Dave, chart-topper Ed Sheeran and music star Shakira were among the winners at the Ivors in London on Thursday, the annual awards honouring songwrit...
May 19, 2022
Vangelis, composer of ‘chariots of fire’ score, dies at 79
ATHENS (Reuters) - Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning "Chariots of Fire" was one of the best-known film scores of the 1980s, has died at the age of...
May 19, 2022
UK lottery winner says she was ready for record $228 million jackpot
LONDON (Reuters) - A married couple from England announced on Thursday that they had landed Britain's biggest-ever lottery jackpot of 184 million pounds ($228.4 million), and one of the lucky winners ...
May 19, 2022
After 78 years, Holocaust survivors meet in L.A
By Rollo Ross and Daniel Trotta LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - George Berci and Frank Shatz could have crossed paths in a Nazi labor camp or working in the Hungarian underground nearly 80 years ago. But as f...
May 18, 2022
It’s gonna be all right, Taylor Swift tells NYU graduates at commencement
By Alicia Powell and Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift received an honorary doctorate from New York University on Wednesday and told graduates that everything would ...
May 18, 2022
