Reuters Entertainment News Summary

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Disney in talks with AT&T to buy WarnerMedia's Hulu stake: Variety

Walt Disney Co is actively pursuing the purchase of WarnerMedia's nearly 10 percent stake in Hulu, entertainment business news portal Variety reported on Wednesday, citing sources. Disney, Comcast and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc each had a 30 percent stake in the video streaming service Hulu, as of September 2018. Fiennes cousins, actor and explorer, adventure on the Nile for TV

Squeezing through tiny tunnels into a mummy's tomb is not something to rattle veteran British explorer Ranulph Fiennes. Yet for his younger cousin, who brought him to Egypt to film a TV show, the experience was stirring. Mexico's Inarritu to head Cannes Film Festival jury

"Birdman" and "21 Grams" director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu will head the jury at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in May, becoming the first Mexican to do so, organizers said on Wednesday. Inarritu, 55, won the best director award in Cannes in 2006 for "Babel", a film with a web of narratives spanning three continents and exploring cultural prejudices. Hit or miss: Oscar for Alibaba's 'Green Book' no guarantee for China success

The big upset at the 2019 Oscars by "Green Book" was a victory for its Chinese investor Alibaba Pictures, but there is no guarantee the best-picture winner will be a hit when it opens this week in China where viewers prefer blockbusters. Set in the south of the United States in the 1960s, the film follows the friendship of a working-class Italian-American man who was a driver and fixer for a gay African-American pianist. Ukraine drops Eurovision singer over Russia row

Ukraine's national broadcaster has dropped the singer who was meant to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest due to apparent political differences over Russia. Anna Korsun, 27, who goes by the stage name Maruv, was selected by a public vote on Saturday to sing at the contest in Israel in May. 'Captain Marvel' stars roll out female-led action flick in London

Marvel Studios brought its first female-led superhero movie to London on Wednesday, where the stars of "Captain Marvel" said they hoped to inspire with a different kind of action flick. Oscar winner Brie Larson takes the charge in the highly anticipated movie, playing U.S. fighter pilot Carol Danvers as she becomes a powerful superhero. Singer Shakira to face tax fraud accusation in Spanish court in June

Colombian singer Shakira has been called to appear in a Spanish court on June 12 to face accusations of failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($16.5 million) in tax, the court in the Catalonia region said on Tuesday. A court statement dated Jan. 22 summoning her was published on Tuesday. Disney bets on a new planet to wow 'Star Wars' fans at U.S. parks

When the "Star Wars" galaxy is brought to life at Walt Disney Co's U.S. theme parks later this year, fans will not step onto the iconic landscapes of Hoth or Tatooine. The 14-acre (6-hectare) Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge sections of the two theme parks are set on Batuu, a remote frontier planet never seen on screen. Michael Jackson's legacy under microscope in new sex abuse film

Almost 10 years after his sudden death, Michael Jackson's legacy is under fresh scrutiny in a documentary about alleged child sex abuse that has been met with outrage by the singer's family. "Leaving Neverland" features two men now in their 30s and 40s who say they were befriended by Jackson and sexually abused by him starting from when they were 7 and 10 years old. It will be aired on U.S. channel HBO on March 3 and 4 and on Britain's Channel 4 on March 6 and 7.