Reuters Entertainment News Summary

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Cannes Film Festival defends award to 'imperfect' Delon

Cannes Film Festival organizers on Monday defended handing an honorary prize to French screen legend Alain Delon, saying the actor, who has courted controversy with his views on women and homosexuals, was "not perfect" but entitled to his opinions. "We're not giving him the Nobel Peace Prize," festival director Thierry Fremaux told a news conference, asked whether the award was appropriate at a time when the cinema showcase, like other film industry events, has supported campaigns for greater respect and representation for women. 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. Tearful Felicity Huffman admits role in U.S. college admissions scandal

Actress Felicity Huffman tearfully pleaded guilty on Monday to paying to rig a college entrance exam for her daughter, part of a wide-ranging scandal in which wealthy parents used fraud to secure their children spots at prominent U.S. universities. The onetime star of the television series "Desperate Housewives" pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to a conspiracy charge related to her payment of $15,000 to have someone secretly correct her daughter's answers on the SAT exam. Doris Day, Hollywood star of the 1950s and '60s, dead at 97

Actress Doris Day, who became one of the greatest box-office attractions of her time as the cheery, freckle-faced personification of wholesomeness, died on Monday at the age of 97, her foundation said on Monday. Day, who co-starred with 1950s and '60s superstars such as Rock Hudson and Cary Grant, died at her Carmel, California home after a bout with pneumonia, the Doris Day Animal Foundation said on its website. 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. 'Angry Birds' fly to Cannes for movie sequel

The parade of glammed-up movie stars at the Cannes Film Festival got off to an unorthodox start on Monday with a crowd of enormous, fluffy birds hogging the limelight on the Croisette boulevard to mark the launch of the "Angry Birds" sequel. On the eve of the 72nd Cannes filmfest - set to kick off officially with the premiere of Jim Jarmusch's zombie film "The Dead Don't Die" on Tuesday - producers of the animated movie celebrated its planned release in early August. Stan Lee's ex-manager charged with elder abuse against comic book co-creator

The former manager of Stan Lee has been charged with elder abuse against the late comic book legend, a Los Angeles court official said on Monday. Keya Morgan was charged on Friday with five counts of elder abuse, including false imprisonment, fraud and forgery stemming from an incident last summer when Lee was 95 years old, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Superior Court public information office told Los Angeles City News Service.