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“Hollywood Strike Halts Writing for The Handmaid’s Tale and Game of Thrones Prequel”

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2023-05-09 09:34:00 LOS ANGELES, May 8 (Reuters) – Writing for a new season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and a coming “Game of Thrones” prequel was halted as a nearly week-long strike by thousands of film and television writers rippled across Hollywood on Monday. The writers of Emmy-winning Hulu drama “The Handmaid’s Tale” had penned some … Read more

“BTS J-Hope Begins Mandatory Military Service in South Korea: Latest Updates and Details”

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2023-04-18 10:37:00 SEOUL, April 18 (Reuters) – J-Hope, a member of Grammy-nominated K-pop boy band BTS, began his mandatory military service in South Korea on Tuesday, the second member of the group to do so. The singer kept a low profile as a van carrying him entered the venue for his military enlistment ceremony in … Read more

Rapper Coolio died from fentanyl overdose, manager says

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LOS ANGELES, April 6 (Reuters) – Grammy-winning rapper Coolio died from a fentanyl overdose, his manager said on Thursday, six months after the musician was found dead at a friend’s home in Los Angeles at age 59. Born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., Coolio was best known for his 1995 single “Gangsta’s Paradise,” from an album … Read more

Champagne carpet and crisis team ready for Oscars celebration on Sunday

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LOS ANGELES, March 12 (Reuters) – Hollywood stars will walk a champagne-colored carpet at the Oscars on Sunday when organizers aim to keep the spotlight on “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and other nominated films that brought crowds back to cinemas. In case of an unexpected twist, a crisis response team will … Read more

Japanese billionaire Maezawa picks K-pop star TOP, DJ Steve Aoki to join SpaceX moon trip

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TOKYO, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa revealed on Friday that K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon as soon as next year, hitching a ride on one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets. Maezawa bought every … Read more

Swedish geneticist wins Nobel medicine prize for decoding ancient DNA

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Paabo ‘very happy’ when told of prize His findings crucial to understanding human evolution Sequenced Neaderthal genome to show modern human link Discoveries relevant today, for example for immune system Medicine is first of this year’s prizes to be awarded STOCKHOLM/LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in … Read more