Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Entertainment News (Master Feed)
Media veteran Alan Horn to retire as Disney Studios head
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's Alan Horn, who turned the company's studio business into a media powerhouse and oversaw blockbusters such as "Avengers:Endgame" and "Black Panther", is retiring at the end...
Oct 12, 2021
With ‘Captain Kirk’ aboard, Blue Origin to return to ‘space, the final frontier’
By Mike Blake VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) - Three months after billionaire U.S. businessman Jeff Bezos soared into space aboard a rocketship built by his Blue Origin company, the craft is set on Wednesd...
Oct 12, 2021
Hong Kong closes schools and raises typhoon warning
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities closed schools on Tuesday and raised the third highest storm warning as a typhoon threatened the financial hub for the second time in less than a week. The ...
Oct 12, 2021
It’s an allegory: North Korea website says ‘Squid Game’ reflects South Korea’s ‘beastly’ society
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean propaganda website said on Tuesday that the international Netflix hit "Squid Game" exposes the reality of South Korean capitalist culture where "corrupti...
Oct 12, 2021
Superman comes out as bisexual; ‘not a gimmick,’ writer says
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Out, out and away! - for Superman on National Coming Out Day. Jon Kent, the son of original Superman Clark Kent and journalist Lois Lane, turns out to be bisexual...
Oct 11, 2021
France bans plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - France will ban plastic packaging for nearly all fruit and vegetables from January 2022 in a bid to reduce plastic waste, the environment ministry said on Monday. ...
Oct 11, 2021
Ancient factory exposes secrets of winemaking in the Holy Land
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A 1,500-year-old wine factory the size of a modern-day football field has been unearthed in Israel, showing how vintners met demand for high quality white wine popular throughout...
Oct 11, 2021
Paul McCartney blames John Lennon for breakup of the Beatles
LONDON (Reuters) - Paul McCartney has said he wanted to continue performing with the Beatles when the band famously split in 1970 and that John Lennon instigated the breakup. Speculation about what ca...
Oct 11, 2021
‘They just talk’: Prince Charles understands Thunberg’s frustrations
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles says he shares the concerns of Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists that world leaders "just talk" about climate change and were not doing enoug...
Oct 11, 2021
Director Villeneuve hopes to win over fans old and new with ‘Dune’ film
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Denis Villeneuve hopes to win over fans of Frank Herbert's epic 1965 science fiction novel "Dune" as well as introduce new ones to the story with his mammo...
Oct 11, 2021
