Reuters Entertainment News Summary
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.
Prosecutors reject Sean 'Diddy' Combs' leak claim, demand for accusers' names
U.S. prosecutors rejected Sean "Diddy" Combs' accusation that government agents leaked evidence to undermine his defense against criminal sex trafficking charges and said the music mogul doesn't deserve a list of names of his accusers. In a Wednesday night filing in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said Combs was "grasping at straws" in alleging that he has been victimized by leaks, including a 2016 hotel surveillance video of him physically assaulting former girlfriend Casandra Ventura, known as Cassie.
Comcast weighs spin-off of declining cable networks after strong third quarter
Comcast said it was considering spinning off its cable networks that include CNBC and MSNBC into a separate company, as the media industry grapples with a decline in traditional TV viewership due to cord-cutting by consumers shifting to streaming. The potential spin-off would exclude the NBC broadcast network and the Peacock streaming service. The company, however, is interested in seeking a partner for Peacock to help grow that business, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh said on Thursday.
'Emilia Perez' movie melds Mexican culture with musical melodies
For Zoe Saldana, whose parents were Spanish-speaking immigrants to the U.S., getting the opportunity to finally play a Spanish-speaking Latina role makes her latest movie, "Emilia Perez," rather special. "The moment I embarked on this career in cinema, I rarely ever got the opportunity to play a full-on Latina that could speak fluently in Spanish consistently in a story," she said.
'Squid Game 2' to be 'more intriguing', the show's creator promises
Revenge will be in the air in the hotly anticipated second season of "Squid Game," the TV show's creator Hwang Dong-hyuk says, promising a bigger cast of characters and more absorbing challenges than the original. Attending the first global promotional event for the new season in the Tuscan city of Lucca, Hwang told Reuters a third edition of the Korean drama was already in post-production, and hinted an English-language version may be in the offing too.
Ed Sheeran beats copyright appeal over 'Thinking Out Loud' song
Ed Sheeran, his record label Warner Music and music publisher Sony Music Publishing persuaded a U.S. appeals court on Friday to uphold a decision that his 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud" did not illegally copy Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic "Let's Get It On." The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan agreed with a lower-court judge's dismissal of a lawsuit from Structured Asset Sales, which owns rights to the Gaye song that previously belonged to co-writer Ed Townsend.
'Here' movie reunites Tom Hanks and Robin Wright as younger selves
In the film "Here", Tom Hanks and Robin Wright had to remember what it was like to be in their 20s to portray de-aged versions of their characters. "It was fun to do because we had to see playback immediately with this visual effect tool," Wright said.
