Reuters Entertainment News Summary

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. U.S. judge refuses to dismiss 'This Land is Your Land' lawsuit

From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters, "This Land is Your Land" may yet be for you and me. A federal judge in Manhattan has refused to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that Woody Guthrie's classic 1940 folk song "This Land is Your Land" belongs to the public. Agnes Varda, grande dame of French cinema, dies aged 90

Agnes Varda, the Belgian-born grande dame of French cinema and an influential force behind the New Wave movement, died at her home in Paris on Friday. She was 90 years old. A close contemporary of cinema legends such as Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, Varda won an honorary Oscar in 2017 and the Berlin Film Festival's Berlinale Camera lifetime achievement award only last month. Beyonce and Jay-Z dedicate GLAAD award to family members

Music superstars Beyonce and Jay-Z were honored by advocacy group GLAAD as allies of gay and transgender people and the couple dedicated the award to gay family members. At the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday, the couple received the Vanguard Award for their work "accelerating LGBTQ acceptance." Beyonce has spoken out against laws that discriminate against gay and transgender people and has included them in her videos, the group said. German rock band causes outrage with Nazi camp video

German hard rock band Rammstein has provoked outrage among Jewish groups and politicians with a video advertising its new album in which band members appear dressed as concentration camp prisoners. In the short video, available online, band members appear dressed in the striped uniforms of concentration camp prisoners with nooses around their necks. Music and motorbikes mark UK funeral of Prodigy frontman Keith Flint

Dance music played out for the hundreds of fans who flocked to the town of Braintree in eastern England on Friday for the funeral of Keith Flint, former frontman of the Prodigy. Face painting and free tattoos were on offer to those who had come to pay their respects to the "Firestarter" star. Disney bans smoking at U.S. parks ahead of 'Star Wars' openings

Walt Disney Co will ban smoking, vaping and large strollers at its U.S. theme parks in California and Florida starting on May 1, the company said on Thursday. The restrictions are designed in part to help deal with the large crowds expected to flock later this year to new "Star Wars"-themed attractions at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Trump weighs in on Smollett case as Chicago demands reimbursement

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the Department of Justice would "review" the uproar surrounding actor Jussie Smollett, who was charged with staging a fake hate-crime attack on himself in Chicago before prosecutors abruptly dropped the case this week. Hours after Trump announced the review in a Twitter message calling the case a national embarrassment, the city sent the actor a letter demanding he reimburse police for $130,000 in overtime costs for the investigation.