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A sign in the city centre advertises the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, April 17, 2024.

Eurovision euphoria boosts travel to Sweden's Malmo, eDreams says

Reuters |Updated a day ago |1 min read

(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 ...

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Record giant HYBE audits 'NewJeans' label as infighting returns to K-pop

Hyunsu Yim |Updated 23 hours ago |2 min read

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 ...

A memorial for late former Beatle John Lennon is seen at the "Imagine" mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park to mark Lennon's 80th birthday, in New York City, U.S., October 9, 2020.

John Lennon's lost 1960s acoustic guitar to go up for auction

Lisa Keddie, Will Russell |Updated a day ago |2 min read

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 ...

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Germany's RTL acquires Nickelodeon rights for children's TV network

Reuters |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |1 min read

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 ...

David Ellison attends the U.S. premiere of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, at Kings Theater in New York, U.S., June 5, 2023.

Silicon Valley and Hollywood worlds collide as David Ellison bids for Paramount

Dawn Chmielewski |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |4 min read

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 ...

FIEL PHOTO: DJ Alok performs during the celebrations of the 64th anniversary of Brasilia, at the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia, Brazil, April 21, 2024.

Brazilian DJ Alok infuses his dance music with indigenous songs

Rollo Ross |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |2 min read

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 announces to her Instagram followers on Dec. 8, 2022 that she has a rare neurological condition that has forced her to cancel her tours. - Instagram via Reuters

Celine Dion on battle with stiff-person syndrome: 'It's still within me and always will be'

National Post · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

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 and Emily Blunt present during the Oscars show at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024.

Ryan Gosling's 'The Fall Guy' is a love letter to stunt performers

Hanna Rantala |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |3 min read

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 ...

Customers sit outside The Black Dog pub, believed by its owners to have been referenced in lyrics in the song The Black Dog by Taylor Swift, in London, Britain, April 22, 2024.

Taylor Swift fans descend on London pub name-checked on album

Natasha Montague |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |2 min read

(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 ...

A cartoon soldier is depicted on part of a warning sign on barbed wire on the Chinese side of the border between Russia, China and North Korea near the town of Hunchun, China, November 24, 2017.

North Koreans may have helped create Western cartoons, report says

David Brunnstrom |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |4 min read

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.

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