Reuters Entertainment News Summary

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Alfonso Cuaron wins at Directors Guild for 'Roma,' Cooper empty-handed

Alfonso Cuaron was named best director by his peers on Saturday for his semi-autobiographical film "Roma," cementing his front-runner status ahead of the Oscars in three weeks time. In one of the last major Hollywood ceremonies before the Feb. 24 Oscars, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) awarded its top prize to the Mexican director for his critically-acclaimed black and white movie about a domestic worker in 1970s Mexico. Box set: TV drama stirs debate over South Korea's cutthroat education culture

It was created as a biting satire of South Korea's notoriously competitive education system, but the country's most popular cable TV drama has inspired some fans to ignore its warnings and instead double down on their pursuit of success. "SKY Castle" follows several ambitious families as their drive to send their children to the country’s best universities and secure lucrative jobs leads to identity fraud, suicide and murder. Empire actor Smollett says he's OK at first show since alleged attack

Actor Jussie Smollett appeared onstage in Los Angeles on Saturday in his first public appearance since he told police he was the victim this week of a racist and homophobic attack. Smollett, an openly gay African-American who plays a gay character on the hip-hop drama "Empire," performed in West Hollywood less than a week after he reported to Chicago police that he was attacked on Tuesday by two men who shouted racist and homophobic slurs and put a rope around his neck. 'Mr Dior? He was like family,' 1950s model recalls

When Odile Kern stepped into a Parisian lift sometime in 1953, she found herself standing next to luxury couturier Christian Dior - and in an instant her life changed. Now 88, Kern was already on the fashion designer's payroll in the building on Avenue Montaigne. Dior asked her who she was. Box Office: 'Miss Bala' fumbles as 'Glass' leads slowest Super Bowl weekend in two decades

M. Night Shyamalan's "Glass" remained victorious at the domestic box office for the third weekend in a row -- not that the Universal Pictures thriller had much competition. "Glass" added another $9.5 million, enough to top box office charts as newcomer "Miss Bala," a drug-cartel drama starring Gina Rodriguez misfired with $6.7 million from 2,203 venues. With this weekend's bounty, "Glass" has made $88 million in North America. Everything is awesome as 'Lego Movie 2' star Pratt turns barista

Film star Chris Pratt turned barista on Friday during a stopover in London to help launch "Lego Movie 2", and everything was just awesome - or so reckoned one young fan he served a hot drink to. Hundreds of locals lined up at the South Bank for a chance to greet Pratt and fellow cast member Tiffany Haddish.