Reuters Entertainment News Summary

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Indian sex trafficking film gives voice to 'voiceless girls'

Her role as a victim of sex trafficking was so harrowing that Mrunal Thakur almost backed out. To research the experiences of women and girls sold into the sex trade, like the title character she plays in the film "Love Sonia", Thakur met survivors in red light districts in Mumbai and Kolkata. Singer Chris Brown files slander case over Paris rape allegation

American singer Chris Brown filed a legal complaint for defamation on Thursday after a woman accused him of rape in Paris, his lawyer said. Brown, 29, denied the accusation. He was released this week after one night in police custody and no charges were brought against him. New York parking squabble lands Alec Baldwin in anger-management class

Actor Alec Baldwin on Wednesday agreed to take anger-management training, as he pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court to a harassment charge for a November confrontation in which he was accused of punching someone over a parking spot. The 60-year-old actor, currently known for his impersonation of U.S. President Donald Trump on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment before a judge ordered him to pay a $120 fine and to return to court in March to show that he had completed the anger-management class. 'Black Panther' leads popular films in Oscars best picture pack

Marvel Studios film "Black Panther" made Oscars history on Tuesday, landing the first best picture nomination for a superhero movie, as crowd-pleasing blockbusters muscled into a contest recently dominated by art-house fare. Other box-office hits among the eight nominees for the movie industry's top prize included musical remake "A Star is Born" and rock biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody." Viacom will buy Pluto TV streaming service for $340 million

Viacom Inc said on Tuesday it will buy Pluto TV, a free video streaming TV service, for $340 million in cash to expand its advanced advertising business. The owner of MTV Networks and Nickelodeon sees the purchase of the six-year-old company as another way to build a so-called direct-to-consumer business, Viacom said, while avoiding the capital intensive task of competing directly against subscription video services owned or to be built by Netflix Inc, Walt Disney Co and AT&T Inc's WarnerMedia. Berlin auctioneer expects British, Russian interest in Hitler watercolours

The pictures - three anemic watercolours showing a mountain scene, a river and a distant figure sat beneath a tree - are little different from wares on sale at flea markets the world over, except for the autograph scratched in the corner: "A.Hitler". But it is thanks to that attribution to Germany's wartime Nazi leader, guilty of some of the worst crimes in history, that a Berlin auction house hopes a sale on Thursday afternoon will net thousands of euros for the family selling them. Celebrities to keep social media posts 'clean', UK watchdog says

Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora and other celebrities have agreed to spell out in social media posts if they are being paid to promote a brand, Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said on Wednesday. The agency said it has secured formal commitments from 16 celebrities, who also include models Alexa Chung and Rosie-Huntington-Whiteley, to change how they label social media posts to their millions of followers. Zimbabwe declares popular musician Mtukudzi national hero

President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared Zimbabwe's internationally renowned musician Oliver Mtukudzi a national hero on Thursday, granting him a status following his death that has been a preserve for ruling party elites and independence veterans. Mtukudzi, 66, and affectionately known as "Tuku", died at a local clinic on Wednesday from diabetes, ending a career that spanned four decades and 67 albums.