Reuters Entertainment News Summary

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Woodstock 50 festival announces new funding to get show back on

The organizers of a three-day concert marking the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival said on Friday they have obtained new funding to enable the show to go on. Woodstock 50 said in a statement that U.S. financial services firm Oppenheimer & Co, a unit of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc, had signed on as an adviser to complete financing for the Aug. 16-18 festival at the Watkins Glen motor racing venue in New York state. Lions Gate offered to sell Starz to CBS for $5.5 billion: sources

Lions Gates Entertainment offered to sell cable channel Starz to CBS Corp for $5.5 billion after rebuffing a lower offer, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The counter offer was made by the film studio behind the Hunger Games movies after CBS made an informal $5 billion bid for the cable network, the sources said. Kim Kardashian names fourth child, a boy, Psalm West

Reality television star Kim Kardashian announced on Friday she has named her fourth child, a boy born last week via a surrogate, Psalm West. Kardashian wrote "Psalm West" in a post to her 60 million followers on Twitter that included a photo of the infant wrapped in a blanket in a crib with a caption that read in part: "We are blessed beyond measure. We have everything we need." Cannes critics warm to Ken Loach's dig at gig economy

With the tale of a family unraveling under the pressure of their precarious jobs, Ken Loach's latest Cannes entry takes aim at the gig economy model dividing politicians and workers the world over. And at 82, the searing drama showed the veteran British director - who has already won the cinema showcase's top Palme D'Or prize twice - on fine form, some critics said. Cannes contender Diop wanted to see more black actors on screen

Mati Diop, the first woman of African descent to compete for the top prize at Cannes with a haunting film about migrants, said on Friday the label made her "sad" but showed how much work there was to do for equality in the movie industry. The director -- whose debut feature film "Atlantics", set in Senegal, evokes the impact of migrant journeys on those left behind -- said she was also driven by a desire to see black lives represented on screen. Dismayed or grieving, 'Game of Thrones' fans prepare for the final episode

Passions are running high as "Game of Thrones" nears its final episode this weekend, with hundreds of thousands of unhappy fans signing an online petition and a counseling service offering to help those grieving the end of the TV fantasy saga. Some 600,000 fans worldwide had signed a Change.org petition by Thursday criticizing Season 8 of the HBO series and calling for a remake. Emotional 'Rocketman' cast formed close bond with Elton John

Actor Taron Egerton said on Friday he'd developed a close friendship with Elton John while preparing for the biopic "Rocketman", adding to the emotion after a glittering premiere where few of its stellar attendees were left dried-eyed. The musical spectacular, which features one Elton John hit after another as it tracks the highs and lows of his journey to superstardom, made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, with the singer in tow on the red carpet. Madonna gets into Eurovision groove in Tel Aviv despite Palestinian criticism

Pop star Madonna took time out ahead of her scheduled guest performance at the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, attending an evening event in Tel Aviv on Thursday. Paparazzi caught the "Queen of Pop" on her way to a nightclub at the Tel Aviv port after a concert was held there. The venue on the Mediterranean-front promenade has hosted fringe events for the Eurovision music competition. Eurovision fans hit the beach ahead of Saturday final

Hundreds of tourists and concertgoers packed into a sea-front Eurovision park in Tel Aviv on Friday, soaking in the late spring sun ahead of the music competition's Saturday final. Tourists thronged around food trucks and lay on sunbeds as live music blared throughout the Eurovision Village, a fan-dedicated area for the 41-nation song contest in Tel Aviv's Charles Clore Park. Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas reunite on Cannes red carpet

Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, long-time collaborators of director Pedro Almodovar, turned up the glamor on the red carpet at Cannes on Friday for the Spaniard's latest outing, a contender for the top prize at the film festival. Wearing a vintage-style white lace and navy dress, with a circle skirt, Cruz headed up the Croisette's famed steps for the international premiere of "Pain And Glory", alongside Banderas and the filmmaker, who was decked out in an all-black ensemble and sunglasses.