Entertainment News Roundup: Vietnam orders Netflix to stop advertising, distributing its games; Protesters in Eurovision host city call for boycott of Israel and more

Saldana's grandparents immigrated to New Jersey from the Dominican Republic following civil unrest, while Perego was born in Italy and later became a U.S. citizen. Protesters in Eurovision host city call for boycott of Israel Protesters waving Palestinian flags and banners on Wednesday called for a boycott of Israel at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmo that will host the event next month.

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.

‘Absence of Eden’ cast and creators highlight humanity of immigrants

While American actor Zoe Saldana and her husband Italian director Marco Perego have been married since 2013, “The Absence of Eden” is the first film the couple has worked on together and focuses on immigration, an issue near and dear to them both. Saldana's grandparents immigrated to New Jersey from the Dominican Republic following civil unrest, while Perego was born in Italy and later became a U.S. citizen.

Protesters in Eurovision host city call for boycott of Israel

Protesters waving Palestinian flags and banners on Wednesday called for a boycott of Israel at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmo that will host the event next month. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organises Eurovision, bills the song contest as a non-political event.

Amy Winehouse biopic 'Back to Black' a celebration, its makers say

Amy Winehouse's lyrics and music were the "guiding star" for director Sam Taylor-Johnson in bringing the late singer's story to the screen in "Back to Black". The biographical feature film follows Winehouse's rise to fame and portrays her relationships with her family and former husband Blake Fielder-Civil.

'The Tattooist of Auschwitz' TV series seeks to send a message of hope

The upcoming TV show "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" is based on the best-selling novel of the same name and inspired by a real-life love story set in the concentration camp. The mini-series tells the story of Slovakian Jew Lali Sokolov who was taken to Auschwitz in 1942 and made one of the camp's tattooists who inked identification numbers on to the prisoners' arms. A few months after his arrival, Lali met and fell in love with Gita, a young Slovakian woman, while tattooing her arm.

Vietnam orders Netflix to stop advertising, distributing its games

Vietnam has ordered Netflix Inc to stop advertising and distributing its games in the country before April 25 as the U.S. streaming platform has not yet been granted a license for games services, its broadcasting authority said on Thursday. "Vietnam demands Netflix comply with the Vietnamese regulations on game online services," the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information (ABEI) said a statement on its website.

EU regulators assess Apple's plan for complying with music streaming order

EU antitrust regulators are checking if an Apple proposal would comply with their order to let Spotify and other music streaming services inform users of payment options outside its App Store, the European Commission said on Monday. The iPhone maker risks antitrust charges and fresh fines if its proposal announced last Friday fails to satisfy the EU competition enforcer, which issued its order together with a 1.84 billion euro ($2 billion) fine last month

(With inputs from agencies.)