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Comedians support CBS 'Late Show' host Colbert, Jon Stewart rips Paramount
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Late-night rivals and other celebrities rallied to support CBS "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert after the network canceled his show, and co...
Jul 22, 2025
Reactions to the death of Ozzy Osbourne
LONDON (Reuters) -Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 76, his family said on Tuesday. No cause of death was given but Osbourne revealed in 2...
Jul 22, 2025
National Ballet of Japan set to make UK debut with 'Giselle'
LONDON, 2025 -The National Ballet of Japan is set to perform in Britain for the first time on Thursday when artistic director Miyako Yoshida's production of "Giselle" opens at the Royal Opera House in...
Jul 22, 2025
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath's bat-biting frontman, dies aged 76
LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s heavy metal band Black Sabbath, earned his infamy biting the head off a bat on stage and pursuing a drug-fuelled lifestyle before reinven...
Jul 22, 2025
Universal's $775 million Downtown deal may hinder competition, EU regulators warn
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Universal Music Group unit Virgin Music Group's $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music may hinder competition and remove an important competitor, EU antitrust r...
Jul 22, 2025
'South Park' creators reach $1.5 billion streaming deal with Paramount, LA Times reports
(Reuters) -"South Park," the animated comedy featuring foul-mouthed children, has reached a $1.5 billion streaming deal with Paramount, the LA Times reported on Monday. Paramount has agreed to acquire...
Jul 22, 2025
'Cosby Show' star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies by drowning at 54
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES/SAN JOSE (Reuters) -American actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played Bill Cosby's son Theo on the 1980s groundbreaking television hit "The Cosby Show," died at age 54 o...
Jul 21, 2025
Italy cancels concert with pro-Putin conductor Gergiev
ROME (Reuters) -Italian authorities have cancelled a classical concert scheduled for Sunday following criticism over the attendance of a top Russian conductor shunned in the West since Moscow's invasi...
Jul 21, 2025
Colbert is latest casualty of late-night TV's fade-out
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Late-night television had been fighting for its survival even before "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" was canceled this week. The annou...
Jul 19, 2025
Alan Bergman, great American lyricist, dies at 99
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Alan Bergman wrote a song with his future wife on the day they first met. Over the next 60 years they never stopped making music together. Bergman was one half o...
Jul 18, 2025
