Reuters Entertainment News Summary

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Schumacher documentary in the works and headed to Cannes

Former Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher will be the subject of a new documentary featuring unseen archive footage and rare interviews, producers announced on Sunday before the Cannes Film Festival. The film, directed by German duo Michael Wech and Hanns-Bruno Kammertoens, was made with the blessing of the driver's family and will include interviews with them as well as companions and competitors, the filmmakers said. Box Office: 'Avengers: Endgame' stays no. 1, 'Detective Pikachu' debuts with solid $58 million

Disney and Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame" remained victorious at the North American box office, collecting $65 million during its third weekend in theaters. "Avengers: Endgame" officially passed "Avengers: Infinity War" ($679 million) and "Black Panther" ($700 million) to become the third-highest grossing movie of all time at the domestic box office with $724 million in ticket sales. It's still the second-biggest film ever globally with $2.48 billion, pacing behind just "Avatar" with $2.78 billion. 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." Eurovision contestants walk the orange carpet in Tel Aviv

Contestants from 41 countries walked an orange carpet in Tel Aviv's "Culture Square" on Sunday for the opening ceremony of Eurovision 2019, brushing aside security concerns and calls for a pro-Palestinian boycott. The 64th Eurovision Song Contest holds semi-finals in Tel Aviv, Israel's entertainment and business capital, on Tuesday and Thursday ahead of the grand final on Saturday. Harvard professor loses house dean role after joining Weinstein defense

A Harvard law professor who joined the legal team defending Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein against sexual assault charges will not be allowed to continue as dean of a residential house on campus, a university official said on Saturday. The Ivy League university's move to end the role of law professor Ronald Sullivan Jr and law school lecturer Stephanie Robinson, Sullivan's wife, at Winthrop House follows protests over his representation of Weinstein.