(Reuters) – A New York jury yesterday found Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis liable for raping a publicist at his Manhattan apartment in 2013, ordering him to pay at least $7.5 million in damages in the civil case, an attorney said.
ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Takeoff, a member of the rap group Migos, was fatally shot and killed at a party held at a Houston bowling alley early today, media reports said.
(Reuters) – Angela Lansbury, the British-born actress whose career spanned eight decades and produced indelible portraits of a wide range of characters from villainesses to sleuths and light comic roles in movies, on stage and on television, died at age 96, her family said today.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Grammy-winning rapper Coolio died yesterday after being found unresponsive at a friend’s Los Angeles home, the New York Times reported.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden and about 2,000 fans yesterday basked in a performance at the White House by musical legend and activist Elton John, who is on a lengthy farewell tour in the United States.
ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greek actress and singer Irene Papas, who gained international recognition starring in classic 1960s films such as “Zorba the Greek” and “The Guns of Navarone”, has died at the age of 96, Greece’s culture ministry said today.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Film director Jean-Luc Godard, the godfather of France’s New Wave cinema who pushed cinematic boundaries and inspired iconoclastic directors decades after his 1960s heyday, died on Tuesday aged 91, his family and producers said.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – It’s been three years since HBO’s juggernaut show “Game of Thrones” came to a close.
(Reuters) – After a pandemic-induced delay, a permanent exhibition focused on Bruce Lee’s philosophy is opening at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience in Seattle, with support of the Bruce Lee Foundation.
(Reuters) Singer Olivia Newton-John, who soared to the top of the world’s pop music charts in the 1970s and 1980s with such tunes as “I Honestly Love You” and “Physical” and starred in the hit movie musical “Grease,” died today at age 73 at her home in southern California.
LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) – Performing their much-loved hits like “Mamma Mia!”
SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – American actor Ray Liotta, 67, who starred in the 1990 blockbuster crime film “Goodfellas,” died in his sleep yesterday in the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Republic General Directorate of Cinema confirmed to Reuters.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised charges against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey for sex offences including assaults on three men following an investigation by police in London, said yesterday.
MADRID, (Reuters) – A Spanish court has dismissed an appeal from Colombian singer Shakira and ratified a prior decision, which saw “sufficient evidence” to send her to stand trial over alleged tax fraud, a court document showed today.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Will Smith apologized to Chris Rock yesterday for slapping the comedian at Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony, issuing a statement after the film academy said it might take action against Smith for an incident that overshadowed the industry’s top awards.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Heartwarming movie “CODA,” about a deaf family with a hearing daughter, won the prestigious best picture prize at the Oscars yesterday, the first time a streaming service took home the film industry’s biggest prize.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Best actor nominee Will Smith smacked presenter Chris Rock in the face with an open hand and shouted a vulgarity at the comedian for making a joke about his wife’s appearance at the Oscars ceremony yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in “Lilies of the Field,” and inspired a generation during the civil rights movement, has died at age 94, an official from the Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.
(Reuters) BARACK OBAMA, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: “Through his groundbreaking roles and singular talent, Sidney Poitier epitomized dignity and grace, revealing the power of movies to bring us closer together.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in “Lilies of the Field,” and inspired a generation during the civil rights movement, has died at age 94, an official from the Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today.
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