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Liam Neeson Thriller ‘Honest Thief’ Leads Cratering U.S. Box Office
By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) - Liam Neeson's thriller "Honest Thief" limped to first place at the domestic box office, debuting at $3.7 million. Those ticket sales, among the lowest eve...
Oct 18, 2020
Movie theaters outside New York City to reopen at 25% capacity, Cuomo says
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Movie theaters outside of New York City will be allowed to reopen on Oct. 23 after a months-long hiatus spurred by the coronavirus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo...
Oct 17, 2020
Veteran Warner Bros. TV executive Roth to step down next year
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran television executive Peter Roth will leave his job as chairman of Warner Bros. Television Group in 2021, the AT&T Inc-owned studio said in a statement on Friday. Roth, ...
Oct 16, 2020
BTS manager Big Hit takes a beating as stock loses more than a fifth
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - Big Hit Entertainment Co Ltd , the management agency of South Korean K-pop group BTS, saw its stock fall as much as 23% on Friday, extending losses from its debut the pr...
Oct 16, 2020
Disney’s ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘Aristocats’ get racism advisories
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Classic Disney animated movies "Peter Pan," "The Aristocrats" and "Dumbo" have been given content advisory notices warning viewers that they contain outdated or stereotyped dep...
Oct 15, 2020
‘Jagged Little Pill’ musical leads Tony nominations as Broadway remains dark
(Reuters) - The stage adaptation of Alanis Morissette's album "Jagged Little Pill," led nominations for the annual Tony Awards on Thursday although Broadway theatres remain dark in a prolonged pandemi...
Oct 15, 2020
Bands from 1980s and 90s stream hits to make up for lost live earnings
WORTHING, England (Reuters) - Pop acts from the 1980s and 1990s including Right Said Fred, Paul Young and Toyah, whose income from live performances has slumped during the coronavirus pandemic, are re...
Oct 15, 2020
Taylor Swift, Bradley Cooper guitars to be auctioned for Nashville COVID-19 relief
(Reuters) - Taylor Swift, Bradley Cooper and Keith Urban have donated guitars to a celebrity country music auction to raise funds for everyday workers in the industry whose livelihoods have been devas...
Oct 15, 2020
Bollywood stays away as Indian cinemas reopen after eight months
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - Movie theatres in some parts of India opened for the first time in eight months on Thursday, but with no major Bollywood releases likely any time soon, beleag...
Oct 15, 2020
K-pop group BTS’ label Big Hit debuts at double its IPO price
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - Big Hit Entertainment , the management label of popular South Korean boy band BTS, debuted at double its initial public offering (IPO) price on Thursday as investors scr...
Oct 14, 2020
