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Fans of boy band BTS join swarm of Ants chasing South Korea’s hit IPO
By Cynthia Kim and Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Eun-hee wants to complete her collection of memorabilia of Korean boy band BTS by bidding more than $120,000 to buy shares in the group's music lab...
Sep 24, 2020
Rio de Janeiro samba schools delay 2021 Carnival parade over coronavirus
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Samba schools in Rio de Janeiro decided on Thursday to delay Brazil's most famous Carnival parade that would normally have been held in February 2021, ...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. senators, citing Uighurs, urge Netflix to drop planned Chinese sci-fi series
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Five Republican U.S. senators have urged Netflix Inc to reconsider plans to adapt a Chinese science-fiction book trilogy into a TV series because they said the...
Sep 24, 2020
Spotify, Hollywood producer Chernin to adapt podcast shows for films, TV
(Reuters) - Spotify Technology SA has signed a deal with Hollywood production house Chernin Entertainment to adapt the music streaming firm's podcast shows for films and television and sell them to ot...
Sep 24, 2020
South African hit ‘Jerusalema’ inspires people worldwide to shake off COVID-19 blues
JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - From Sao Paulo to Sweden, thousands of people around the world, including priests, police, ministers and frontline workers, have posted clips of themselves dancing t...
Sep 24, 2020
Hollywood superhero coming to Wrexham? Why not, say fans
LONDON (Reuters) - Even for a Hollywood script the idea of a couple of household name American actors investing in a fifth-tier British soccer club for no apparent reason sounds a little far-fetched. ...
Sep 24, 2020
New York’s Metropolitan Opera to remain closed for another year
(Reuters) - New York's famed Metropolitan Opera canceled its entire upcoming season on Wednesday and said it would remain closed until September 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a sign of the con...
Sep 23, 2020
K-pop band BTS delivers ‘message of hope’ at 75th U.N. General Assembly
By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - South Korean K-pop band BTS delivered a "message of hope" in a pre-recorded video posted by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday as par...
Sep 23, 2020
Disney delays releases of ‘Black Widow’ ‘West Side Story’ until 2021
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co postponed the release of Marvel superhero movie "Black Widow" by six months until May 2021, the company said on Wednesday. The movie studio also pushed the relea...
Sep 23, 2020
Some social media stars chafe at COVID restrictions, angering authorities
By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A handful of social media stars and influencers have publicly flouted rules aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic and even encouraged others to do so, a...
Sep 23, 2020
