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LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - British broadcaster ITV said on Monday it had agreed to sell its media and entertainment division to ​Comcast's Sky for £1.6 billion ($2.13 billion). ITV will receive £1.2 ‌billion in cash, an earn out of up to £200 million d...

By Rosalba O'Brien NEW YORK, July 5 (Reuters) - Watching the World Cup and hearing the music in the stadium may have left you wondering - how is that chosen? Is it just coincidence that "Wonderwall" plays after England matches? Are "Freed from Desire" ...

By Rollo Ross NEW YORK, July 5 (Reuters) - Filmmaker Christopher Nolan follows up his Oscar-winning blockbuster "Oppenheimer" with "The Odyssey," an adaptation of Homer's epic ancient Greek poem. The Universal Pictures movie starring Matt Damon as the ...

By Lisa Richwine July 3 (Reuters) - Adam Sandler, the comic actor known for goofball roles in movies such as "Billy Madison" and "The Waterboy," has ​now officiated one of the most-anticipated celebrity ‌unions of the century. Sandler served as officia...

By Maria Tsvetkova and Nathan Layne NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) - Pop music megastar Taylor Swift and football player Travis Kelce are married, the singer's publicist announced on Friday as guests attended a star-studded celebration at Madison Square Ga...

By Steve Gorman July 2 (Reuters) - A Los Angeles-area man pleaded guilty to felony harassment charges in federal court on Thursday for sending fake ransom notes posing as a kidnapper of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's missing elderly mother. De...

July 2 (Reuters) - Taylor Swift and ​Travis ‌Kelce have married in private ‌ahead ​of ⁠a planned ⁠celebration at New York's Madison Square ​Garden, the ⁠New ⁠York Post's ​Page Six ​reported on Thursday, ‌citing multiple unidentified sources. A represen...

LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - A cast member from "Married at First Sight UK" was arrested last month on suspicion of ​rape following allegations made in ‌a BBC investigation into the reality show, the BBC said on Thursday. British broadcaster Channel 4 re...

LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - British prosecutors on Thursday charged former UK pop star Paul Gadd, better known by his stage name ​Gary Glitter, with unlawful sexual intercourse ‌with a girl aged under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl ag...

July 2 (Reuters) - "Lethal Weapon" star Danny Glover has said he has been living with Alzheimer's disease for several years. In an interview that aired ​on Wednesday's edition of The Today Show, the ‌79-year-old San Francisco-born actor and activist s...

LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, mingled with the crowds at Wimbledon on Thursday and lent her support to the British hopefuls playing in the warm London sunshine. Dressed in a blue trouser ​suit, the 44-year-old wife of he...

By Paul Sandle LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Britain's threat to intervene in the $110 billion Paramount-Warner deal could be less about blocking the transaction than extracting commitments on UK news, children's TV and investment, with the cost of any de...

By Kurt Hall NEW YORK, July 2 (Reuters) - Pop music megastar Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce are married, the New York Post's Page Six reported on Thursday, citing multiple unnamed sources amid preparations for an expected...

By Anzar Mehraj July 1 (Reuters) - Sony said on Wednesday it will stop producing physical discs for all new games released on PlayStation consoles from ​January 2028, marking a full shift to digital ‌distribution as consumer purchases continue to move ...

By Lisa Richwine July 1 (Reuters) - Pop star Taylor Swift's impending wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce will cap a three-year, highly public courtship that has often played out in public, captivating their fans. Here is a look at some of the greatest hi...

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, July 1 (Reuters) - Canada will join the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027, organisers of the colourful music competition watched by millions around the world announced on Wednesday, becoming the first new ​country to join si...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, June 30 (Reuters) - Netflix has partnered with AI firm ElevenLabs to recreate late actor Gene Wilder's voice for the reality competition series "Wonka's The ​Golden Ticket," the streamer said on Tuesday. ElevenLabs spe...

By Muvija M and Sam Tabahriti LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it could intervene in Paramount Skydance Corp's proposed takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, potentially holding up the $110 billion deal after the U.S. and China gave it ...

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, June 29 (Reuters) - Taylor Swift may enter her marriage era this week. The record-setting pop singer and her fiancé, National Football League player Travis Kelce, are widely expected to marry this week. They have made no o...

By Aditya Soni and Anhata Rooprai June 29 (Reuters) - Comcast will split into two publicly traded companies through a spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky, separating its cash-generating broadband arm from a media and entertainment business under pressure f...