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FILE PHOTO: Hafthor Julius Bjornsson arrives for the premiere of the final season of “Game of Thrones” at Radio City Music Hall in New York, U.S., April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo (Reuters) – Icelandic actor and strongman Hafthor Bjornsson set a world record for the deadlift on Saturday when he lifted 1,104 pounds (501

(Reuters) – For a glimpse at how Disney recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, look no further than Shanghai, where the entertainment giant has staged a limited reopening of Shanghai Disney Resort. Adults, kids and senior citizens wear masks while wandering among staff and security guards who carry contact-less thermometers and hand sanitizer. FILE PHOTO: Fireworks

FILE PHOTO: Justin Bieber performs at Z100’s Jingle Ball in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop superstars Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande are teaming up for the first time on a duet that will fund scholarships for the children of health and emergency workers on the frontlines

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Even Tim Gunn, the immaculately dressed fashion mentor from “Project Runway” and Amazon’s new competition show “Making the Cut,” is finding it hard to get out of his pajamas these days. FILE PHOTO: American fashion consultant and television personality Tim Gunn arrives at a private cocktail event celebrating the grand opening

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Dressed in black and wearing a facemask, the dancer leaps and pirouttes across Budapest’s deserted central Heroes Square – to the strains of a melody that mirrors the molecular structure of the coronavirus. Hungarian ballet dancer Zsolt Kovacs performs a choreographic piece he has designed for the ‘coronavirus melody’, a musical composition

GENEVA (Reuters) – Dressed in a black trench coat and hat, 36-year-old Audrey Lecomte performed “Singing in the Rain” on a drizzly Tuesday evening to the residents of Geneva’s Round House apartment complex, who twirled umbrellas from balconies to the music. Residents of the St-Jean apartments building take part in their choir session, when they

(Reuters) – AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc, the world’s largest movie theater operator, said on Tuesday it would no longer play Universal Studios films in any of its theaters globally, arguing that the studio is “breaking the business model”. FILE PHOTO: Three women use the emergency exit stairs of an AMC movie theater as a makeshift

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it would renew its partnership with National Football League (NFL) to live stream Thursday night games exclusively on its video streaming platforms, Prime Video and Twitch. These

FILE PHOTO: Three women use the emergency exit stairs of an AMC movie theater as a makeshift gym in Smyrna, Georgia, U.S. April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage (Reuters) – AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc, the world’s largest movie theater operator, said on Tuesday it would no longer play any Universal Studios films in any of its

FILE PHOTO: V, Suga, Jin and Jungkook, members of South Korean boy band BTS pose on the red carpet during the annual MAMA Awards at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Japan, December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s K-pop boyband BTS will suspend their world tour over worries about the spread of the

(Reuters) – HBO Max, the forthcoming streaming service from AT&T Inc.-owned WarnerMedia, will be available on Apple Inc. devices when it launches on May 27, the company said on Monday. Customers will be able to access HBO Max on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, as well as the Apple TV 4K and Apple

Norbert Hosszu prepares to imitate a scene from the television series ‘Game of Thrones’ during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Pecs, Hungary, April 25, 2020. Picture taken April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Balazs Kaufmann NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Bored by the weeks-long coronavirus lockdown? Not Hungarian film buffs Fanni and Norbert who have

FILE PHOTO: 77th Golden Globe Awards – Arrivals – Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 5, 2020 – Taylor Swift. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Taylor Swift on Thursday revived her feud with her former record company, complaining that the release of a 2008 collection of recordings for a radio show was “tasteless.” “I want

(Editor’s note: paragraph 7 contains language that some readers may find offensive) LONDON (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones gave their fans some satisfaction on Thursday by releasing a new track “Living in a Ghost Town”, part-recorded during the coronavirus lockdown. The song, powered by a Keith Richards’ riff and a chanted refrain, comes with a

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Coronavirus quarantine has supermodel Naomi Campbell reinventing herself as a talk show host with the new series “No Filter with Naomi.” FILE PHOTO: International supermodel and activist Naomi Campbell speaks to Reuters during an interview in London, Britain, June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo The catwalk queen is chatting live on

FILE PHOTO: 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 19, 2020 – Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. REUTERS/Monica Almeida MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Tom Hanks has sent a letter and a Corona brand typewriter to an Australian boy who wrote to him about being bullied over his name, Corona, Australian