Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Entertainment News (Master Feed)
Hollywood blockbuster ‘Barbie’ opens in Japan after atomic bomb controversy
By Kantaro Komiya and Akiko Okamoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Hollywood blockbuster "Barbie" hit theatres in Japan on Friday, where "Barbenheimer" memes linking the doll-themed film with the atomic bomb cause...
Aug 11, 2023
Striking Hollywood writers, studios to return to bargaining table
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Negotiators for striking Hollywood writers and the major studios will return to the bargaining table on Friday, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) said as t...
Aug 10, 2023
Emmys pushed to January as Hollywood strikes press on
(Reuters) - The 75th Emmy Awards ceremony has been postponed to Jan. 15, the Television Academy and broadcast network Fox said on Thursday, as Hollywood writers and actors strike over labor disputes w...
Aug 10, 2023
Kuwait bans ‘Barbie’ and ‘Talk to Me’ films – state news agency
(Reuters) - Kuwait has banned "Barbie" and "Talk to Me" films to protect "public ethics and social traditions", the state news agency said early on Thursday. The Gulf country followed in the footsteps...
Aug 09, 2023
Disney CEO reaches out to striking Hollywood creatives with ‘deep respect’
By Danielle Broadway and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger on Wednesday said he was committed to finding a solution to the Hollywood writer and actor strike...
Aug 09, 2023
Disney cost cuts exceeding targets but quarterly revenue misses
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -Walt Disney on Wednesday missed Wall Street's expectations for quarterly revenue but said it was on track to cut costs by more than the $5.5 billion it promised investor...
Aug 09, 2023
Robbie Robertson, songwriting force in rock group The Band, dies at 80
By Matthew Lewis (Reuters) -Robbie Robertson, the guitarist and main songwriter in The Band, the Canadian-American group known for songs including "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down...
Aug 09, 2023
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ singer Sixto Rodriguez dead at 81
By Mary Milliken (Reuters) - Sixto Rodriguez, an American singer-songwriter whose outsized popularity in South Africa inspired the Oscar-winning documentary "Searching for Sugar Man," passed away on T...
Aug 09, 2023
Lebanon minister moves to ban ‘Barbie’ film for ‘promoting homosexuality’
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's culture minister Mohammad Mortada on Wednesday moved to ban the film "Barbie" from being screened in the country, saying it "promoted homosexuality" and contradicted value...
Aug 09, 2023
100-day strike: Hollywood writers frustrated as talks languish
By Dawn Chmielewski and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Hollywood writers' strike marks 100 days on Wednesday with contract talks stalled and people on the picket lines protesting what t...
Aug 09, 2023
