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Japanese singer Matsuyama provides musical surprise on delayed plane
Japanese folk singer Chiharu Matsuyama sang his hit song on a plane that remained grounded over an hour past its departure time at a Hokkaido airport Sunday in a bid to ease passengers' irritation, according to All Nippon Airways Co. Matsuyama, a Hokkaido native, came forward and sang the popular… Read
Taylor Swift goes blank on social media, sending fans into frenzy
Taylor Swift, one of the most popular celebrities on social media, has wiped all her accounts, sending fans into a frenzy over whether the pop singer had been hacked, was preparing to launch a new album, or was about to reinvent herself. Swift, who has 85 million Twitter followers and… Read
Jerry Lewis, comedy icon and telethon host, dies at 91
Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has died. He was 91. Publicist… Read
Hollywood's hacking pains are bigger than movie leaks
Piracy is a long-running and even routine issue for Hollywood, whether it's street vendors hawking bootleg DVDs on street corners or video uploaded to file-sharing sites like Pirate Bay. Now cybercriminals are also putting embarrassing chatter and other company secrets at risk. The reputational risk from leaked email is much… Read
TV's next big experiment: 'Choose your own adventure'
It's an all-too-familiar frustration for film fans -- wanting to yell at the character who picks up the wrong suitcase, forgets the torch batteries or assumes wrongly the killer is dead. But the days of yelling impotently at the screen when someone does something dumb could be numbered thanks to… Read
Marvel's battle-scarred 'The Defenders' find teamwork tough
Riding the slipstream of the Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four, "The Defenders" is promising to bring a more tortured and cerebral superhero vibe to Netflix's ever-growing repertoire of Marvel series. The show, which premiered on Friday, unites for the first time the titular characters from the streaming service's four standalone… Read
Details of 'Deadpool 2' stuntwoman's death released
British Columbia's workplace safety agency has released the first official account of a "Deadpool 2" stuntwoman's death. The initial report by WorkSafeBC on Friday confirms witness accounts to Monday's accident during filming of the sequel to actor Ryan Reynolds' popular superhero movie. The report says SJ Harris had been rehearsing… Read
Bruce Forsyth, veteran British TV host and entertainer, dies
Bruce Forsyth, a legendary entertainer, host and quizmaster on English television whose career spanned the history of TV, has died. The BBC announced that Forsyth, who had brightened its airwaves for decades, died Friday at his home. He was 89. Dapper and mustachioed, with a toothy smile and cheeky charm,… Read
China patriotic blockbuster joins top 100 grossing films worldwide
Fresh from shattering China's box-office record, patriotic blockbuster "Wolf Warriors 2" has claimed another slice of history by becoming the first non-Hollywood film to break into the top 100 all-time grossing movies worldwide. The flag-waving action movie's plotline of Chinese soldiers saving war-ravaged Africans from Western baddies has resonated in… Read
Filmmaker Michael Moore says Trump will 'get us all killed'
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is trading screen time for the stage in a one-man show now on Broadway that is a call to action over the current state of U.S. politics. The show, "The Terms of My Surrender," uses Moore's satirical brand of humor to target U.S. President Donald Trump… Read
