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FACTBOX-Facts about actor-activist Harry Belafonte
(Reuters) - Here are some facts about actor-activist Harry Belafonte, who has died at the age of 96: * Belafonte was born in New York's Harlem neighborhood but his mother took him to her Jamaican home...
Apr 25, 2023
Harry Belafonte, who mixed music, acting, and activism, dies at 96 – NY Times
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Harry Belafonte, a singer, songwriter and groundbreaking actor who started his entertainment career belting "Day O" in his 1950s hit song "Banana Boat" before turning to poli...
Apr 25, 2023
Official promo video for Italy tourism features Slovenia
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's tourism ministry has faced ridicule after an official video to attract tourists to Italy used footage of people in Slovenia drinking Slovenian wine. The video, part of a 9-mil...
Apr 25, 2023
Trevor Noah wins Webby for ‘Daily Show’ segment supporting gun control
By Alicia Powell and Danielle Broadway NEW YORK (Reuters) - Months after his departure from "The Daily Show" in late 2022, comedian Trevor Noah won a Webby Award for comedy in the "America's Door Prob...
Apr 25, 2023
Archaeologists in Peru find adolescent mummy wrapped in bundle
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian archaeologists unearthed a more than 1,000-year-old mummy on the outskirts of the modern capital on Monday, in the latest discovery dating back to pre-Inca times. The mummy w...
Apr 24, 2023
Crab cakes, beef and banana splits: Biden’s South Korea state dinner menu unveiled
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Guests at President Joe Biden's and first lady Jill Biden's state dinner with their South Korean counterparts will feast on Maryland crab cakes and braised beef sh...
Apr 24, 2023
Comic and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ regular Richard Lewis diagnosed with Parkinson’s
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comic actor Richard Lewis, a longtime regular on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm," says he is under a doctor's care for Parkinson's disease but that despite giving up his ...
Apr 24, 2023
Brazilian legend Buarque receives prestigious literary award…four years late
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira QUELUZ, Portugal (Reuters) - Brazilian writer and musician Chico Buarque received on Monday the most prestigious literary award for Portuguese-language, with the ...
Apr 24, 2023
Rare outing for six Shakespeare’s First Folio copies in London
LONDON (Reuters) - Six highly rare first edition collections of William Shakespeare's plays will go on show in London next week in what auction house Christie's says will be the largest display of the...
Apr 24, 2023
Super-sized screens, rumble seats draw moviegoers back to blockbusters
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jason Stark's two young sons talked excitedly for months about seeing the "The Super Mario Bros. Movie." When the film debuted this month,...
Apr 24, 2023
