Reuters Entertainment News Summary
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.
Netflix to pull all movies from Cannes film festival
Netflix Inc said on Wednesday it was totally pulling out of the Cannes Film Festival next month after organizers banned the streaming platform's films from competition for its refusal to release them in cinemas. Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos told Hollywood trade publication Variety in an interview it was pointless to show at Cannes after the festival rule change.
Mariah Carey says she has bipolar disorder
Pop singer Mariah Carey revealed on Wednesday that she suffers from bipolar disorder, telling People magazine that she was diagnosed in 2001 but had only recently been taking medication. Carey told People in an interview that she got the diagnosis when she was hospitalized following an emotional and physical breakdown around the time of her critically panned movie "Glitter" in 2001.
Apple Music appoints new head, hits 48 million subscribers
Apple Inc on Wednesday appointed a new executive to oversee its Apple Music streaming business and hit 48 million subscribers, the company said. Apple said it had appointed Oliver Schusser as vice president of Apple Music and international content. Schusser, who joined Apple 14 years ago, will report directly to Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue and will also oversee Apple´s services outside the United States, including the App Store and iTunes.
L.A. prosecutors review 1992 sex assault accusation against Kevin Spacey
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office is reviewing a 1992 sexual assault accusation against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey, authorities said on Wednesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement that the alleged incident involved an adult male.
Anyone could be a terrorist: the security challenge for Harry and Meghan's wedding
When more than 100,000 flag-waving, cheering royal fans gather for the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle next month, British police will be treating every one as a potential terrorist, prankster or royal obsessive. Barriers to stop vehicle attacks, armed patrols, and airport-style security will be among the measures employed in what will be one of the largest police operations the picturesque town of Windsor has ever seen.
Spike Lee and Godard go to Cannes, but Netflix cans Orson Welles
Spike Lee and Jean-Luc Godard will compete for the Palme d'Or at Cannes next month, but a posthumous movie by Orson Welles will not be screened due to a dispute between the film festival organizers and Netflix. Announcing the line-up for the festival that runs from May 8-19, artistic director Thierry Fremaux said he regretted the absence of Netflix, which entered two major movies last year but has said it cannot abide by rules that would force it to release them in French theaters, delaying its ability to stream them.
From arcade to big screen, Dwayne Johnson has love for 'Rampage'
It was a decades-old, deep love of arcade video game "Rampage" for actor Dwayne Johnson - and now the burly action star has been able to inhabit the treacherous monster-filled science-fiction world in its big-screen adaptation. "I played the game in Hawaii when I was 13 years old," Johnson, 45, told Reuters ahead of the Warner Bros.-distributed release of "Rampage" in U.S. theaters on Friday.
U.S. actors' union calls for end to meetings in private hotel rooms
The United States' largest actors' union on Thursday called for an end to auditions and professional meetings in private hotel rooms and residences to protect its members from "potential harassment or exploitation." SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris said in a statement posted on the union's website, "We are committed to addressing the scenario that has allowed predators to exploit performers behind closed doors under the guise of a professional meeting."
Model Janice Dickinson tells jury that Cosby drugged, raped her
Former supermodel Janice Dickinson testified on Thursday that Bill Cosby drugged and raped her at a Lake Tahoe home in 1982, a story similar to those of other alleged victims called as witnesses in the comedian's sexual assault retrial. "I wanted to hit him, wanted to punch him in the face," said Dickinson, a highly successful model in the 1970s and 1980s. "I felt anger, was humiliated, disgusted, ashamed."
TV celebrity Khloe Kardashian gives birth: media
Reality television star Khloe Kardashian gave birth to her first child on Thursday, according to U.S. media reports, after years of documenting her fertility struggles on her family's U.S. television show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians." Celebrity website TMZ, television show Entertainment Tonight and the New York Post's Page Six column reported that Kardashian gave birth to a baby girl in a hospital outside Cleveland, Ohio, early on Thursday morning.
