Reuters Entertainment News Summary


Reuters | Updated: 11-05-2019 10:28 IST | Created: 11-05-2019 10:28 IST
Reuters Entertainment News Summary

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Kim Kardashian announces birth of fourth child, a boy

Kim Kardashian on Friday announced the arrival of her fourth child, a boy born via a surrogate. "He's here and he's perfect!" Kardashian told her 60 million Twitter followers in a posting. Renee Zellweger transformed as Judy Garland for movie 'Judy'

Fans of screen legend Judy Garland on Friday got their first glimpse of an upcoming movie focusing on the last year of her life, with Oscar winner Renee Zellweger almost unrecognizable as the "Wizard of Oz" star. The first trailer for "Judy" sees Zellweger singing a downbeat version of Garland's signature song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in the film, which is set in London in 1968 and 1969. North Carolina man charged with 1985 murder of top Hollywood director

A North Carolina man has been charged in the long-unsolved murder of a top Hollywood television director and world-class bridge player who was found slain at his Los Angeles home in 1985, prosecutors said on Friday. The arrest came after more than three decades of mystery surrounding the bludgeoning and strangulation death of Barry Crane, known for his work in the 1960s, '70s and '80s on such hit shows as "Dallas," "Mission: Impossible" and "Hawaii Five-O." Guns N' Roses sues Colorado brewery over Guns 'N' Rosé ale

Guns N' Roses is showing an appetite for litigation over a beer. The rock band has sued the Colorado brewery Oskar Blues, accusing it of trademark infringement for selling an ale named Guns 'N' Rosé without permission. Will Smith brings own fun-loving Genie to new "Aladdin"

Hollywood star Will Smith was reluctant at first to play Genie in the live-action remake of Disney's "Aladdin" as it meant following in the big footsteps of late comedian Robin Williams who voiced the character in the 1992 animated film. Smith, who shot to fame in the 1990s television series "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," added a personal touch - and some hip hop and rap - to portray the energetic CGI-enhanced blue Genie who emerges from a lamp in a cave of treasures. Each newly married, Bieber and Sheeran join forces and 'Don't Care'

Less than two months after telling fans he was stepping back from new music to deal with personal issues, Canadian pop star Justin Bieber gave them something to cheer about on Friday, releasing a new song with British singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran. Sheeran has co-written a song for Bieber before, but their new single "I Don't Care" was the first the two chart-toppers have released as a duet. Israel counters Eurovision boycott campaign with Google ads

Israel has launched a PR campaign to counter calls for a boycott of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest final in Tel Aviv, using Google ads which refer to the boycott but lead to a glossy website extolling Israel. The international Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement dismissed the tactic as "crude propaganda".

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