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Daredevil David Blaine floats high above Arizona desert on balloons
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - Daredevil David Blaine performed his latest stunt on Wednesday, ascending nearly 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) into the Arizona sky while hanging from a cluster of jumbo-size...
Sep 02, 2020
Revised Weinstein settlement draws opposition at court hearing
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein's bankrupt film studio on Wednesday presented a revised proposal to settle sexual misconduct claims against the disgraced former p...
Sep 02, 2020
Venice film festival opens with show of support for battered industry
VENICE (Reuters) - The heads of Europe's main film festivals came together for the opening of the Venice movie showcase on Wednesday in a show of solidarity for an industry which has been hit hard by ...
Sep 02, 2020
Prince Harry and Meghan sign deal with Netflix to produce programmes
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan have signed a multiyear contract with Netflix to produce different types of programmes, the company said on Wednesday. The couple...
Sep 02, 2020
BBC reverses course in ‘Rule Britannia’ singing row
LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC has rowed back on a plan to omit the words from two patriotic songs at the pomp-laden climax of a classical music festival this month after critics including Prime Minister ...
Sep 02, 2020
Netflix to launch Russian version service: local partner
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Streaming giant Netflix and Russia's National Media Group (NMG) have set up a partnership to run the U.S. group's Russian service, NGM said in a statement on Wednesday. Netflix's in...
Sep 02, 2020
After blowing up Billboard chart, K-pop colossus BTS eyes Grammies ‘Dynamite’
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Fresh from scoring Korea's first-ever no. 1 hit on the main U.S. Billboard music chart, K-pop juggernaut BTS on Wednesday set its sights on a standalone performance a...
Sep 02, 2020
Couples design their own ‘virtual babies’ at Dutch art exhibit
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Couples who want children of their own got a brief taste of parenthood by creating their own "digital babies" during a virtual reality art exhibit in the Netherlands. Visitors se...
Sep 01, 2020
‘Game of Thrones’ creators to adapt Chinese sci-fi trilogy for Netflix
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The creators of television's "Game of Thrones" are to adapt a best selling Chinese science-fiction book trilogy for a Netflix series. Netflix said on Tuesday that the English-l...
Sep 01, 2020
Scaled-down Venice film festival hopes to shake off virus gloom
By Hanna Rantala VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Fewer Hollywood stars will grace the red carpet and there will be no fans clamouring for autographs. But for all the COVID-19 restrictions, director Alberto ...
Sep 01, 2020
