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Australian film-maker braves double COVID quarantine for Venice festival
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Australian director Roderick MacKay braved COVID-19 restrictions to make a "daunting" trip to the Venice film festival, where his debut feature "The Furnace" premieres on Fri...
Sep 04, 2020
How Disney should handle ‘Black Panther 2’ after Chadwick Boseman’s death
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Soon after learning that "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman had died at age 43, fans urged Marvel Studios not to recast the role, setting up a dilemma for the studio pla...
Sep 04, 2020
Actor Robert Pattinson tests positive for Covid-19, pausing production of ‘The Batman’: U.S. media
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for COVID-19, causing production in Britain on the set of his film "The Batman" to pause, Vanity Fair and the Hollywood Reporter repo...
Sep 03, 2020
Nintendo to re-release Mario games in 35th anniversary year
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd said on Thursday it would re-release classic titles featuring popular character Mario for a limited time on its hit Nintendo Switch console to mark 35 y...
Sep 03, 2020
Watchdog orders Netflix to block ‘Cuties’ film in Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's broadcasting watchdog said on Thursday it was ordering the U.S. online streaming service Netflix to block access to the soon-to-be-released film "Cuties" on grounds that it...
Sep 03, 2020
Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre reopens with a socially distanced ‘Don Carlo’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's opera aficionados will flock to the Bolshoi Theatre for the first time in almost six months on Sunday, wearing masks and sitting apart in a half-empty auditorium for a perf...
Sep 03, 2020
‘Tenet’ tests American appetite for coronavirus movie-going
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Christopher Nolan's thriller "Tenet" finally arrives in U.S. movie theaters this weekend, hoping to revive movie going after a pandemic-induced closure of indo...
Sep 03, 2020
Netflix India’s ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’ show on hold following court order
By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - The release of a Netflix series on four Indian tycoons facing fraud allegations has been put on hold following a state court order, two sou...
Sep 03, 2020
K-Pop band BTS to become multimillionaire shareholders with label’s IPO
SEOUL (Reuters) - Members of hugely popular South Korean K-Pop band BTS are expected to become multimillionaire shareholders after receiving shares in their label, Big Hit Entertainment, as it prepare...
Sep 03, 2020
Actor Dwayne Johnson says he and family have recovered from COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pro-wrestler turned Hollywood actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said in a video message posted on social media on Wednesday that he, his wife and their two young children tested ...
Sep 02, 2020
