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Eurovision euphoria boosts travel to Sweden's Malmo, eDreams says
(Reuters) - Eurovision fever boosted travel searches for the Swedish coastal city of Malmo by 176% between September 2023 and April 2024, Spanish online travel booking company eDreams ODIGEO said on Wednesday. The Eurovision song contest, the ...
Record giant HYBE audits 'NewJeans' label as infighting returns to K-pop
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's largest music company is auditing the management of one of its labels as it suspects they are planning to break away, the latest case of infighting in K-pop, one of the world's most popular and profitable ...
John Lennon's lost 1960s acoustic guitar to go up for auction
By Lisa Keddie and Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) - A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain. The ...
Germany's RTL acquires Nickelodeon rights for children's TV network
BERLIN (Reuters) - Super RTL, a children's television network belonging to Bertelsmann's RTL Group, has struck a deal to acquire Nickelodeon series in Germany, the group said in a statement on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Super RTL will acquire ...
Silicon Valley and Hollywood worlds collide as David Ellison bids for Paramount
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - David Ellison, 41, would not be the first rich guy to arrive in Hollywood with a fat bank account and dreams of making movies, though the son of billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison boasts the rarest of ...
Brazilian DJ Alok infuses his dance music with indigenous songs
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Brazilian DJ and producer Alok is setting aside his traditional modern electronic dance music to focus on something even more traditional – indigenous songs from his country. His new album "The Future is ...
Celine Dion on battle with stiff-person syndrome: 'It's still within me and always will be'
Celine Dion opened up about her battle with the autoimmune disease that has led to her taking a hiatus from touring, in a rare interview for the cover story of the May issue of Vogue France . The 56-year-old was diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome ...
Ryan Gosling's 'The Fall Guy' is a love letter to stunt performers
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - After serving "Kenergy" with "Barbie", actor Ryan Gosling turns the spotlight on the movie-makers whose job is to shine on screen while remaining invisible in "The Fall Guy". The film is inspired by the popular ...
Taylor Swift fans descend on London pub name-checked on album
(This April 22 story has been refiled to fix the punctuation of Poets in paragraph 1) By Natasha Montague LONDON (Reuters) - Taylor Swift fans are flocking to The Black Dog, a pub in southwest London, after it was name-checked on the U.S ...
North Koreans may have helped create Western cartoons, report says
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korean animators may have helped create popular television cartoons for big Western firms, including Amazon and HBO Max, despite international sanctions on North Korea, a research report has found.