Reuters Entertainment News Summary
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.
London commuters get a taste of 'Ghostbusters'
London commuters got a taste of the supernatural from the "Ghostbusters" world on Monday, coming face to face with a replica of the giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and green slime at one of the capital's main train stations. The character's head appeared to smash through the floor at London's Waterloo station while fake green slime seemed to ooze down from the ceiling in a promotional stunt for the new "Ghostbusters" film, a reboot of the popular 1984 comedy.
Matt Damon returns as former CIA assassin in latest 'Bourne' film
Actor Matt Damon returns as a troubled former CIA assassin in the latest edition of the hit "Bourne" movie series this month, reprising a role he says was physically tough to get ready for over a decade and a half since he first took it on. "Jason Bourne" - the fifth installment of the franchise - hits movie theaters on July 27, starring Damon as a conflicted, restless hero who resurfaces at the Greek-Macedonian border a decade after going off the grid.
Taylor Swift tops Forbes highest paid celebrity list
Singer Taylor Swift has topped this year's Forbes list of the world's 100 highest paid celebrities, earning $170 million mainly thanks to her hugely successful "1989" world tour. The "Shake It Off" singer, 26, came ahead of boy band One Direction, currently on a break, who took second place with $110 million.
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry stable in hospital after collapsing on stage
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry collapsed on stage while performing in New York on Sunday and was hospitalized, according to reports. Perry, 65, was playing in Coney Island in Brooklyn with his band the Hollywood Vampires, along with rocker Alice Cooper, when he staggered off-stage and collapsed, media reports said.
Madonna visits Malawi hospital her charity is funding
Pop star Madonna paid a visit to a hospital project funded by her charity in Blantyre, Malawi at the weekend, inspecting progress on the construction of a pediatric surgery and intensive care unit. Madonna, whose Raising Malawi charity says the children's unit in Queen Elizabeth Central hospital will open in early 2017, arrived with her two children adopted from Malawi, David and Mercy.
Grammy-winning singer Chaka Khan enters rehab for drug abuse
Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Chaka Khan has postponed all performances for this month after checking herself into a drug addiction rehabilitation program, her representatives said in a message posted on her website. The 63-year-old vocalist has struggled with a dependence on prescription pain medications and has "voluntarily entered the program to get healthy and stay that way," the statement said, though it did not say when or where treatment began.
Indian teen music star hopes to emerge from famous parents' shadow
The teenage daughter of one of India's best known movie directors has had her first chart hit - with a song she wrote when just 11 years old. Kaveri Kapur, now 15, hopes her voice and her songs will be what get people talking, rather than her famous parents. Her father is Shekhar Kapur, who made the Oscar-winning 1998 film "Elizabeth". Her mother is singer and actress Suchitra Krishnamoorthi.
Actor Miranda bows out of award-winning 'Hamilton'
After 11 Tony awards, a Pulitzer prize and plenty of critical acclaim, Lin-Manuel Miranda bowed out of his hit Broadway show "Hamilton", the pop culture phenomenon based on U.S. founding father Alexander Hamilton, at the weekend. Miranda - visibly moved on stage - debuted shorter locks soon after his last performance in the musical on Saturday. He has already lined up his next gig, playing a street lamplighter in Disney's upcoming "Mary Poppins Returns" sequel.
