Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Entertainment News (Master Feed)
Opera singer serenades Paris in second lockdown
By Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) - French tenor Stephane Senechal has been subsisting on pasta and potatoes since the coronavirus pandemic forced opera houses to close and work dried up, but he has at le...
Nov 12, 2020
Going for a song? Eric Clapton’s yacht up for auction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British rocker Eric Clapton is unloading his luxury yacht, offering it up for auction at a sale of Hollywood memorabilia. The 47.5 meter long (156 foot) Va Bene yacht, which th...
Nov 12, 2020
Elvis ring, Woodstock tapes grab spotlight at Hollywood auction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A gold and diamond "TCB" ring worn by Elvis Presley is expected to fetch more than $500,000 at a memorabilia auction in Los Angeles that ranges from rock guitars to a set of ma...
Nov 12, 2020
BTS to celebrate New Year with first show since coronavirus shut-down
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean boyband sensation BTS will welcome in the New Year with their first live concert since they were forced to call off a world tour because of the novel cor...
Nov 12, 2020
UK broadcaster ITV predicts advertising will grow in fourth quarter
LONDON (Reuters) - Programming by Prince William and gritty dramas helped British broadcaster ITV rebuild its advertising base and predict growth in ad sales in the fourth quarter following a plunge e...
Nov 12, 2020
Collapse in BTS label’s shares sparks South Korean soul searching over IPO process
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Big Hit Entertainment Co., the management label behind K-pop sensation BTS, debuted with a bang, but its dramatic crash after a pop on the first day of trading is caus...
Nov 12, 2020
‘Come Away’ lets Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan take flight with multiracial cast
By Alicia Powell (Reuters) - Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan are brother and sister in the new fantasy film "Come Away" that puts a new spin on two of the best-known British children's classic stori...
Nov 11, 2020
Czech group offers ‘take-away’ theatre amid COVID lockdown
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic may have shut Czech theatres for now but some Prague residents hungry for entertainment have found that watching a live performance can be as easy as grabbi...
Nov 11, 2020
India’s broadcasting ministry to regulate steaming services, online content
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's federal government will regulate content on video streaming platforms including global services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Walt Disney's Hotstar as part of n...
Nov 11, 2020
‘Old Town Road’ singer Lil Nas X to perform in first virtual Roblox concert
(Reuters) - Rapper Lil Nas X will perform in a virtual concert and debut a new music video on Roblox this weekend, in the first such venture for the hugely popular kids gaming platform. Roblox said on...
Nov 10, 2020
