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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s loss-making Disneyland theme park reopened on Thursday to a limited number of local visitors and with enhanced health measures after the coronavirus outbreak forced it to close in late January. An employee holds balloons at the Disneyland theme park after it reopened following a shutdown due to the coronavirus

FILE PHOTO: Cast member Kristen Stewart poses at a screening for the film “Underwater” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Kristen Stewart will play Britain’s Princess Diana in an upcoming movie about the breakdown of her marriage to Prince Charles, Hollywood trade publication Deadline reported on

FILE PHOTO: Ava DuVernay attends the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Beverly Hills during the 92nd Academy Awards, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File Photo LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Television series, movies and documentaries about the experience of black people in the United States have seen a surge in viewership amid

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Primetime Emmy Awards for television, one of the biggest events on the showbusiness calendar, are going ahead in September as planned with Jimmy Kimmel as host, broadcaster ABC said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Television host Jimmy Kimmel poses at a premiere for the movie Dumplin’ in Los Angeles, California, U.S.,

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian police will probe whether an up-and-coming Bollywood actor who committed suicide at the weekend was depressed in part due to “professional rivalry,” in a film industry that is dominated by big names and has been accused of being insular. FILE PHOTO: File picture of actor Sushant Singh Rajput talking to the

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The 2021 Oscars ceremony was moved to April from February on Monday due to the havoc caused in the movie industry by the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Finished mounted Oscar Statuettes are seen at the Polich Tallix foundry in Walden, New York, U.S., January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo The ceremony

FILE PHOTO: A locked gate is seen after the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park closed due to the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong, China, Jan. 26, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s Disneyland theme park said on Monday it will reopen on June 18 to a reduced number of visitors and with

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who won acclaim for his role in the 2016 biopic of then Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was found dead at his home in Mumbai on Sunday, police said. Actor Sushant Singh Rajput performs (C) at the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) show at MetLife

FILE PHOTO: 71st Cannes Film Festival – Screening of the new print of the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” presented as part of Cinema Classic – Red Carpet Arrivals – Cannes, France, May 13, 2018 – Director Christopher Nolan poses. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Director Christopher Nolan’s thriller “Tenet” will debut in

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The organization that hands out the Academy Awards said Friday it would form a group to develop diversity and inclusion guidelines that filmmakers will have to meet in order for their work to be eligible for Oscars. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has been criticized for honoring

Riot police officers use teargas to disperse mourners and fans of Kenyan musician Bernard Obonyo, whose stage name is Abenny Jachiga, as they proceed his burial under the rules for the suspected coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, at Chiga village near Kisumu, Kenya June 12, 2020. REUTERS/Fred Ooko BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE. KISUMU (Reuters) – Hundreds of

(Reuters) – A trove of historic TV performances by The Supremes, The Jackson 5, The Beach Boys and others on “The Ed Sullivan Show” will be made available around the world starting on Friday under a deal to bring the program’s large archive to online streaming. Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), a unit of Vivendi’s Universal

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russians got a taste of open-air cinema under balmy twilit skies on Thursday when a Moscow drive-in movie theater re-opened for business after the city’s coronavirus lockdown ended. On the bill was “My Spy”, a U.S. action comedy and, with regular cinemas still closed three days after the two-month lockdown was lifted,

(Reuters) – Oscar-winning Civil War epic “Gone with the Wind” was pulled from the HBO Max streaming service and reality TV show “Cops” was canceled as America’s reckoning with systemic racism extended to its popular culture. FILE PHOTO: A mosaic depicting a scene from the film “Gone with the Wind” is shown on fencing surrounding

FILE PHOTO: Concertgoers use their mobile phones during Eminem’s performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, U.S., April 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (Reuters) – The 2020 editions of the Coachella music festival and its country music counterpart Stagecoach have been canceled due to concerns over

FILE PHOTO: 2019 Hollywood Film Awards – Show – Beverly Hills, California, U.S., November 3, 2019 – Presenter Viola Davis speaks on stage. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Viola Davis, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Cynthia Erivo joined some 300 actors and playwrights on Tuesday in decrying racism in the U.S. theatre world, saying it