Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Entertainment News (Master Feed)
In Bolivia, ritual fires honor earth goddess Pachamama
(Reuters) - High atop the Andes Mountains in Bolivia, indigenous people gathered at dawn for a ritual ceremony in honor of Pachamama, the goddess of Earth and fertility, with fires and offerings. On t...
Syndicated Content Aug 02, 2021
Funeral service for rapper Biz Markie held in New York
(Reuters) - A funeral for rapper Biz Markie was held on Monday after the hip-hop personality known for his 1989 hit "Just a Friend" died in July. Fans gathered outside the Patchogue Theatre on Long Is...
Syndicated Content Aug 02, 2021
Amazon’s pricey ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV series to launch Sept 2022
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amazon's multi-million dollar TV version of "The Lord of the Rings" will launch in September 2022, Amazon Studios said on Monday. The streaming platform said filming on the fir...
Syndicated Content Aug 02, 2021
U.S. comedian and non-smoker Kathy Griffin to undergo surgery for lung cancer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American comedian Kathy Griffin said on Monday that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer although she has never been a smoker. Griffin, 60, said in social media postings tha...
Syndicated Content Aug 02, 2021
Reese Witherspoon’s media firm to be sold to Blackstone-backed company
(Reuters) -Academy award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon's media venture, Hello Sunshine, said on Monday it would be bought by a newly formed Blackstone Group Inc-backed media firm for an undisclose...
Syndicated Content Aug 02, 2021
Wildfires blaze on in drought-hit Turkey as criticism grows
By Mehmet Emin Caliskan MARMARIS, Turkey (Reuters) - Firefighters using planes and helicopters, and locals with buckets of water, battled wildfires raging for a sixth day near southern coastal resorts...
Syndicated Content Aug 02, 2021
‘I’m fighting for my community’ says Miss South Africa’s first transgender contestant
By Nqobile Dludla and Sisipho Skweyiya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The first transgender contestant in South Africa's national beauty pageant, 24-year-old Lehlogonolo Machaba hopes she will inspire great...
Syndicated Content Aug 02, 2021
Teenage girls in northern Nigeria ‘open their minds’ with robotics
By Seun Sanni and Nneka Chile KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Teenage girls in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are learning robotics, computing and other STEM subjects as part of an innovative project th...
Syndicated Content Aug 02, 2021
Blackstone and Hudson Pacific plan $1 billion film studios in UK
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. firms Blackstone and Hudson Pacific Properties said they planned to create a major film, TV and digital production complex in Broxbourne, north of London, in the first overseas...
Syndicated Content Aug 01, 2021
Police in China detain Canadian pop star Kris Wu over rape allegation
BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in China said they have detained a 30-year-old Canadian man surnamed Wu on suspicion of committing rape, with state media identifying him as Chinese-born pop singer Kris Wu....
Syndicated Content Jul 31, 2021




