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“Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” led the weekend box office for the first time in 23 years, Deadline reported. The sci-fi film, which is currently being shown at 483 cinemas, is expected to complete the three-day stretch between Frid...
California has reimposed restrictions on businesses and public spaces amid a spike of coronavirus infections in America's most populous state. Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered an immediate halt to all indoor activities at restau...
France has approved pay rises worth €8bn (£7.2bn; $9bn) for health workers, with the government hailing their role in fighting coronavirus. The deal was signed with trade unions on Monday after weeks of negotiations, and will see ...
ANew Yorkjudge has rejected the Trump family's attempt to stop the release of Mary Trump's book, \\\\"Too Much and Never Enough,\\\\" scheduled to come out Tuesday. The cover art for the book, \\\\"Too Much and Never Enough: H...
Tom Hanks, who recovered from Covid-19 earlier this year, has said he "has no respect" for people who decline to wear a mask in public during the pandemic. The actor and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for coronavirus while fi...
A leading medical-research institution working on a cure for Covid-19 has admitted it paid hackers a $1.14m (£910,000) ransom after a covert negotiation witnessed by BBC News. The Netwalker criminal gang attacked University of Californ...
The old-school cinema experience has made a comeback and the drive-in helped a low budget horror film become the number one movie in America....
Fortnite players stowed away their guns this week to kick back for a movie screening instead. Three of Christopher Nolan's biggest films - The Dark Knight, Inception, and The Prestige - were shown in the game's Party Royale mode. What ...
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A series of drive-in concerts are to take place across the UK this summer, promoters Live Nation have announced. The likes of Ash, Dizzee Rascal, The Lightning Seeds and Gary Numan, have all signed up to play at the "Live From The Drive...
Freedom Fighters D.C., a local group of activists, organized a 48 hour sit-in and protest in Freedom Plaza. Protesters shared experiences, made art, danced, watched films, and connected in the name of racial justice....
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The funeral of George Floyd, an African American whose death in police custody spawned global outrage, has heard impassioned pleas for racial justice. Speakers in the church in Houston, Texas, lined up to remember a man whose "crime was...
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, led House and Senate Democrats in a moment of silence at the Capitol's Emancipation Hall after reading the names of George Floyd and others killed in police custody. They kneeled for 8 minutes and 46 seconds - ...
US Democrats in Congress have proposed sweeping legislation to reform American police, following weeks of protests against police brutality and racism. The bill would make it easier to prosecute police for misconduct, ban chokeholds, and add...
From ‘covidiots’ to ‘quarantine and chill’, the pandemic has led to many terms that help people laugh and commiserate. Many of the newly popular terms relate to the socially distanced nature of human contact these day...
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HBO Max has announced it will air a re-versioned edition of the superhero film Justice League. The new cut will be done by the film's original director Zack Snyder, who left the production of the film before it was finished due to a family t...
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre has called for urgent funding to avoid going out of business due to the "devastating" impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The London venue has been shut since 20 March and has warned MPs it is "crit...