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Michelle Yeoh introduces mythological heroes in TV show ‘American Born Chinese’
By Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian actress to win an Oscar, is excited to introduce her friends, and the world, to a television show based on Ch...
May 22, 2023
Warner Bros Discovery chief booed at Boston University graduation, videos show
(Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery chief executive David Zaslav was booed by students after taking the stage at Boston University to accept his honorary degree and give the 2023 commencement speech, am...
May 21, 2023
‘Firebrand’ puts spotlight on Henry VIII’s sixth and final wife
CANNES (Reuters) - For Brazilian director Karim Ainouz the prospect of making a film about King Henry VIII's court was particularly exciting, partly because it focuses on Catherine Parr, the wife who ...
May 21, 2023
Jennifer Lawrence-produced Afghan documentary premieres at Cannes
CANNES (Reuters) - While the world watched Kabul fall and the Taliban surge back to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of U.S. troops, actor Jennifer Lawrence and producer Justine Ciarrocchi were ...
May 21, 2023
‘May December’ director: women pay higher price than men for breaking rules
By Mindy Burrows CANNES (Reuters) - Todd Haynes' new romantic drama "May December" shines a critical spotlight on the way women who break society's rules are held to much stricter standards than badly...
May 21, 2023
‘Killers of Flower Moon’ star says Native Americans need allies like Scorsese
CANNES (Reuters) - Lily Gladstone, who grew up on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and stars in Martin Scorsese's study of white society's treachery, said the director was a powerful ally in telling t...
May 21, 2023
Trevi Fountain water turns black in Rome climate protest
ROME (Reuters) - Seven young activists protesting against climate change climbed into the Trevi Fountain in Rome on Sunday and poured diluted charcoal into the water to turn it black. The protesters f...
May 21, 2023
Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman anchor Cannes competitor ‘May December’
CANNES (Reuters) - Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore anchor director Todd Haynes' attempt at a fourth Palme d'Or in the drama "May December," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday n...
May 20, 2023
Cate Blanchett dons habit in Australian director’s conversion tale
By Alicia Powell CANNES (Reuters) - Cate Blanchett, fresh off her Oscar-nominated performance in "Tar", stars as an eccentric nun at a monastery in 1940s Australia that takes in an Indigenous boy with...
May 20, 2023
Florida’s DeSantis seeks to disqualify judge in Disney case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican mulling a 2024 presidential run, are asking that a federal judge be disqualified from overseeing a dispute between DeSant...
May 20, 2023
