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Cannes Film Festival 2024: What can we expect?
Reuters, Published on 07/05/2024
» BERLIN - The Cannes Film Festival will bring together the industry's biggest luminaries in southern France next week to celebrate cinema, with Hollywood stars including George Lucas, Meryl Streep and Demi Moore expected to grace the red carpet.
Alec Baldwin asks judge to dismiss charges in 'Rust' shooting
Reuters, Published on 15/03/2024
» NEW MEXICO - Actor Alec Baldwin's lawyers on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss manslaughter charges against him for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of a Western movie, alleging prosecutorial misconduct.
Singapore wooing drivers to buy EVs with splashy campaign
Reuters, Published on 05/03/2024
» SINGAPORE - A young couple leans in for a kiss as the sun casts shades of purple, pastel pink and orange across a city skyline. In the background, a line of sleek electric vehicles (EVs) charge their batteries.
Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before polls
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2024
» LONDON - Divyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI videos, or deepfakes, for their election campaign?
Rebel fire and China's ire: Inside Myanmar's anti-junta offensive
Reuters, Published on 15/12/2023
» YANGON - Generals from Myanmar's junta held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue cloth and decorated with elaborate bouquets.
Actor Andre Braugher, star of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine', dead at 61
Reuters, Published on 13/12/2023
» NEW YORK - Two-time Emmy-winning actor Andre Braugher, star of the television comedy "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and the 1990s police drama "Homicide: Life on the Street," died on Monday after a brief illness, his publicist said on Tuesday. He was 61.
Universal Music wants to take Frank Zappa into Metaverse
Reuters, Published on 30/06/2022
» Universal Music Group said it is planning to launch Frank Zappa NFTs and Web3 projects, after buying the late musician’s estate and likeness from his family for an undisclosed sum.
U2's Bono gives concert in Kyiv metro
Life, Reuters, Published on 10/05/2022
» Irish rock group U2's frontman Bono and his bandmate The Edge performed a 40-minute concert in a metro station in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday and praised Ukrainians fighting for their freedom from Russia.
Philippines pulls Hollywood action flick from cinemas over South China Sea map
Reuters, Published on 27/04/2022
» MANILA: The Philippines has pulled the plug on all domestic screenings of a Hollywood film called "Uncharted", over a scene showing a disputed map of the South China Sea, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
France summons Russian envoy over 'obscene' Bucha tweet
Reuters, Published on 07/04/2022
» The French government on Thursday summoned Russia's ambassador to Paris for talks after his embassy posted a photo on Twitter claiming to show a "film set" by Ukrainians staging civilian killings in Bucha that have stoked global outrage.