By Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood writers voted overwhelmingly in favor of giving union negotiators the power to call a strike, moving a step closer to a production shutdown that would hamper studios and disrupt what viewers see on television. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Monday said 97.85% of…
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Grunge music pioneers Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell, the widow of lead singer Chris Cornell, have settled a legal dispute over the late singer’s unreleased recordings, according to a joint post from their Instagram accounts on Monday. They said the “amicable” settlement marked a new partnership between Soundgarden and Cornell’s estate…
By Clark Mindock NEW YORK (Reuters) -Berkeley, California, cannot ban natural gas hookups in new buildings because a U.S. federal law preempts its rule, a federal appeals court said Monday, siding with a challenge the state’s restaurant industry made. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Berkeley’s 2019 ban on new…
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Celebrities who promoted FTX, including NFL quarterback Tom Brady and comedian Larry David, said an investor lawsuit seeking damages in the wake of the cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse should be dismissed. The proposed class action in Miami alleges that FTX yield-bearing accounts were unregistered securities that were unlawfully sold in the…
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Adobe Inc on Monday said it plans to introduce new artificial intelligence (AI) features into its video editing software used by the film and television industries. The tools will let video editors do things like change the lighting in a shot from midday to sunset or generate background music just…
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) – Musical “The Phantom of the Opera” ended a record-breaking 35-year Broadway run on Sunday when, amid predictions that the show would one day return, teary-eyed cast members took a final bow alongside its original stars. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber dedicated the final Broadway performance to his son Nicholas,…
(Refiles to add full name, company details in par 16) By Stella Qiu and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – When China ended a lengthy border closure in January, e-commerce marketer Tianni Ren immediately began planning a team building trip for her 14 staff to Australia, hoping to see its stunning pink salt lakes that had…
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood television and movie writers wrap up a critical vote this week as they push media companies to raise their pay or face a strike that would disrupt an industry recovering from the pandemic and under pressure to make streaming more profitable. Negotiators for the Writers Guild of…
By Evan Garcia and Brad Brooks LLANO, Texas (Reuters) – A rural Texas county’s public libraries will remain open while a court battle continues over whether local officials can remove books deemed inappropriate, commissioners decided on Thursday. The Llano County commissioners in central Texas held a special meeting to consider closing the three public library…
By Valentina Za and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – In 1977, a Ferrari owner offloaded his 1962 250 GTO because his wife complained it was too noisy, recounts Andrea Modena, head of Ferrari’s classic car division. It was either her or the car. “Nowadays, I’m not sure the wife would have won out.” Times have…
