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Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Mick Jagger to undergo heart surgery: Drudge Report
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger will undergo heart surgery this week following the postponement of the band's North American tour for medical reasons, according to a published report. The U.S. website Drudge Report, citing unidentified sources, said Jagger, 75, would undergo surgery this week in New York to replace a heart valve. New York Post's Page Six website, citing unidentified sources, said the surgery would involve placing a stent in the singer's heart. Rapper Nipsey Hussle shot dead outside his Los Angeles store: media
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed outside his clothing store in south Los Angeles on Sunday, media reports said. Two other people were wounded in the shooting outside Marathon Clothing, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing law enforcement sources. Box Office: 'Dumbo' lands at no. 1 with soft $45 million
Disney's "Dumbo" had an underwhelming liftoff at the domestic box office. Tim Burton's live-action remake debuted with $45 million from 4,259 North American theaters, below expectations heading into the weekend. While that was easily enough to top the domestic box office, it marks the lowest start among the studio's recent live-action remakes of Disney classics. To compare, 2017's "Beauty and the Beast" debuted with $174 million, 2016's "The Jungle Book" opened with $103 million," and 2015's "Cinderella" launched with $67 million. Discovery splits UKTV with the BBC, plans paid online video service
Discovery Inc and the BBC have agreed to split up broadcaster UKTV and strike a new 10-year agreement that will lead to the creation of a new global subscription video-on-demand service, the two companies said on Monday. The new service, owned by Discovery, will pool the nature, science and wildlife libraries of the companies, and is aimed at viewers used to binge-watching shows on services like Netflix Inc. Vogue magazine makes comeback in Greece as debt crisis ebbs
Fashion magazine Vogue hit the newsstands in Greece on Sunday, relaunched after a seven-year absence as publishers bet that the country's economic recovery after a debt crisis will revive an appetite for glossy fashion and lifestyle prints. Vogue Greece will be the luxury magazine's 26th international edition, run by a 29-year old editor-in-chief Thaleia Karafyllidou. 'Twilight Zone' jumps to new dimension with host Jordan Peele
Starting on Monday, it's a new time and space for mind-bending 1960s TV show "The Twilight Zone." Sixty years after its television debut, the classic anthology series will be reborn on the CBS All Access subscription streaming service. Jordan Peele, the comedian and filmmaker behind horror hits "Get Out" and "Us," steps into the narrator role once filled by Rod Serling, the show's creator.
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