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Israel opens floating cinema for coronavirus-safe viewing
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Movie-goers boarded boats floating on the shimmering waters of a Tel Aviv lake on Thursday for a test screening at Israel's first "sail-in" cinema. With indoor film theatres shut ...
Aug 20, 2020
‘Tiger King’ zoo closing down, owner blames animal rights ‘loons’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The private wildcat zoo at the center of the hit Netflix series "Tiger King" is closing its doors permanently, its owner said, citing pressure from animal rights activists and ...
Aug 19, 2020
‘Stuttering John,’ of Howard Stern fame, sues Sirius XM
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Melendez, who became known as Stuttering John as a longtime sidekick to radio and television host Howard Stern, has sued Sirius XM Holdings Inc for using ...
Aug 19, 2020
Brazil vice president invites DiCaprio to see reality of Amazon rainforest
By Ricardo Brito and Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Wednesday called on actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the Amazon to see the reality of the situation th...
Aug 19, 2020
Pop star Britney Spears wants her dad out of the picture
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britney Spears wants her father to be removed as the person that controls her business and personal affairs in a major change to her 12-year court-appointed co...
Aug 19, 2020
Can Russell Crowe and cut-price popcorn bring people back to U.S. movies?
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - AMC Theatres and other cinema chains will fire up projectors in some major U.S. cities this week, offering lower-priced admission, discounted popcorn and new s...
Aug 19, 2020
Expect less extravagant shows in post-coronavirus world, ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus says
By Hanna Rantala STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Extravagant musical productions such as "Mamma Mia!" will need to be scaled down when they go again after the coronavirus lockdowns end, ABBA star and Swedish po...
Aug 19, 2020
Second man pleads not guilty in ‘brazen’ killing of Jam Master Jay
(Reuters) - A second man pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of murdering Run-DMC rapper Jam Master Jay in New York in 2002 in what prosecutors said was a brazen act of violence over a disputed d...
Aug 18, 2020
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. accused of 2013 rape in lawsuit filed by unnamed woman
(Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has been accused of raping a woman twice in a New York City hotel room in 2013, according to a civil lawsuit filed on Tuesday. The woman, identified in...
Aug 18, 2020
Belarus sacked director for backing protests. His actors promptly resigned
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - For theatre director Pavel Latushko, the sight of detainees emerging from prison with bruises and complaining of punishment beatings convinced him to join mass pr...
Aug 18, 2020
