Reuters Entertainment News Summary
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.
Alec Baldwin sues prosecutors, sheriff's officials over 'Rust' case
Actor Alec Baldwin sued New Mexico prosecutors and sheriff's office officials on Thursday alleging a "malicious" prosecution against him for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie "Rust." The action against special prosecutor Kari Morrissey and others is among at least a dozen civil lawsuits filed over Hutchins' death, which shocked Hollywood and sparked calls for an overhaul of firearms safety on movie sets.
Jamie Lee Curtis pledges $1 million for LA wildfire relief
Actor Jamie Lee Curtis, one of many Hollywood celebrities who lived in the California neighborhoods ravaged by wildfires this week, said on Thursday her family would donate $1 million to relief efforts. The Oscar winner said she and her husband, actor and director Christopher Guest, and their children had pledged $1 million to support "our great city and state and the great people who live there."
Joyful musical 'Titanique' puts Celine Dion center stage
Imagine if singer Celine Dion had been on the Titanic, survived, and wanted to revisit her version of events. That is the premise of the musical "Titanique" that has opened in London's West End. Featuring Dion´s back catalog, the show's light-hearted tone is a break with previous more somber accounts of the story of the ocean liner that hit an iceberg and sank in 1912.
Film stars, celebrities lose homes in Los Angeles wildfires
Billy Crystal lost the Pacific Palisades house where he had lived since 1979. Paris Hilton watched her Malibu beach mansion burn down on live TV. The list of celebrities who lost their homes and neighborhoods in the worst fire in Los Angeles history reads like a Hollywood who's who.
UK targets ticket resellers with new rules to protect fans
Britain on Friday said it wanted to clamp down on resellers who profit by snapping up tickets for big events and selling them on at huge mark-ups to desperate fans, announcing proposals to cap resale prices and hold reselling websites more accountable. The government said it wanted to make ticket resales fairer and more transparent, responding to consumers who often find hot tickets are sold out in minutes and reappear almost instantly at higher prices on third party websites.
