‘Men in Black: International’ leads box office with muted $28 million
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Hollywood seems to be coming down with a contagious case of franchise fatigue this summer, as
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Asia / Pacific
Indonesian seaweed farmers seek $140 million over oil spill in Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Indonesian seaweed farmers were set to seek more than A$200 million ($137 million) from Thailand’s PTT Exploration
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Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film and opera director, dies at 96
ROME (Reuters) – Franco Zeffirelli, who directed the world’s greatest opera singers and brought Shakespeare to the cinema-going masses, has
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Thousands stranded, 5 killed, as heavy rain lashes south China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Thousands of people have been stranded and at least five killed amid torrential rain throughout central and
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K-pop’s BTS gets coveted Recording Academy membership invite
FILE PHOTO: Members of K-Pop band, BTS appear on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ show in Central Park in New York
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China’s top steelmaking city Tangshan extends output curbs in June: local media
FILE PHOTO: Debris covers the yard of the decommissioned Guofeng Iron and Steel plant in Tangshan, Hebei province, China, August
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Box Office: ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ debuts with mediocre $49 million
FILE PHOTO: Cast member Vera Farmiga poses at a premiere for “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” in Los Angeles, California,
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Seven killed as Hungarian boat carrying South Korean tourists capsizes on Danube
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen were missing after a pleasure boat
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Almodovar and dark comedy ‘Parasite’ in spotlight as Cannes closes
CANNES, France (Reuters) – An introspective turn by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar with a movie about an filmmaker, and a
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Box Office: ‘Aladdin’ taking flight with $105 million in North America
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Disney’s live-action “Aladdin” is flying high with an estimated $105 million in North America during the
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