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Beijing partly reopens movie theatres as virus declines
Beijing partially reopened movie theatres Friday as the threat from the coronavirus continues to recede in China's capital. Cinemas in parts of the city deemed at low risk of cross-infection began adm...
Jul 24, 2020
Movie theatres implore studios: Release the blockbusters
NEW YORK - A long time ago in a pre-COVID universe far, far away, blockbusters opened around the globe simultaneously or nearly so. In 1975, "Jaws" set the blueprint. Concentrate marketing. Open wide....
Jul 23, 2020
Taylor Swift will release surprise album 'Folklore' Friday
NEW YORK - While in isolation, Taylor Swift has created a new album and is releasing it Friday. The pop star made the surprise announcement Thursday on Instagram. "Folklore," her eighth record, comes ...
Jul 23, 2020
Animals, caretakers at Disney theme park getting TV show
ORLANDO, Fla. - The lions, kangaroos and elephants at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom are ready for their closeups. A new television show about the residents and caretakers at the animal-themed par...
Jul 23, 2020
Clint Eastwood sues CBD sellers over use of his name, image
LOS ANGELES - Clint Eastwood sued several companies that sell CBD supplements on Wednesday, alleging that they are falsely using his name and image to push products he would never agree to endorse. Tw...
Jul 23, 2020
Annie Ross, jazz singer turned actor, dies at 89 in New York
LOS ANGELES - Annie Ross, a popular jazz singer in the 1950s before crossing over into a successful film career, has died. She was 89. Ross' manager, Jim Coleman, told the Washington Post that the ent...
Jul 23, 2020
New literary prize is $50,000 honour for best New York story
NEW YORK - A new literary award with a $50,000 cash prize will honour those best at telling a New York story. The Gotham Literary Prize, announced Thursday, came out of a conversation between business...
Jul 23, 2020
Amber Heard says she 'did not want to expose' Johnny Depp
LONDON - Amber Heard insisted Thursday that she never wanted the world to know the details of her years of alleged abuse by Johnny Depp, as she concluded her evidence in her ex-husband's libel case ag...
Jul 23, 2020
Britain's Prince Philip, 99, makes rare public appearance
LONDON - Britain's Prince Philip has made a rare public appearance as he attended a military ceremony at Windsor Castle to transfer a long-held ceremonial role to his daughter-in-law Camilla. The 99-y...
Jul 22, 2020
Amber Heard accuses Depp of throwing bottles like 'grenades'
LONDON - Amber Heard alleged in a British court on Wednesday that ex-husband Johnny Depp threw "30 or so bottles" at her as if they were "grenades or bombs" during a drunken and frenzied assault in Au...
Jul 22, 2020
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