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Actor Michael B. Jordan to rename rum after cultural appropriation criticism
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“Black Panther,” U.S. actor Michael B. Jordan said on Wednesday he would rename his recently launched rum, “J’Ouvert”, after nationals in the Caribbean accused him of cultural appropriation. J’Ouvert – which refers in Creole to the crack of dawn – is the name of the first official day of Carnival festivities in Trinidad and Tobago and elsewhere in the Caribbean, with its origins at the end of slavery there.
Britney Spears wants out. What happens next in her conservatorship?
Britney Spears has made clear how frustrated she is with the legal arrangement that has controlled her life for 13 years, but the singer will need patience before finding freedom. Legal experts say that wanting out of a court-appointed conservatorship is easier said than done. Spears, now 39, will have to convince the judge that she is capable of managing her personal affairs and assets worth around $60 million, according to court documents.
Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Glover to receive honorary Oscars
Actors Samuel L. Jackson and Danny Glover are among four people who will receive honorary Oscars next year for their contributions to filmmaking and the world, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday. The pair are among the next recipients of the academy’s Governors Awards, which will be handed out in a ceremony in January. Other honorees are writer-director Elaine May and Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann.
Singer Mylene Farmer, actor Tahar Rahim picked for Cannes jury
French singer Mylene Farmer, U.S. actress, and screenwriter Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho will sit on the jury set to award the top movie prize at the Cannes Film Festival in July, organizers said on Thursday. “Do the Right Thing” and “Malcolm X” director Spike Lee was named jury president in 2020 when the Cannes cinema showcase was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is set to head up the 2021 edition, which was moved from May to July.
Lloyd Webber, impresarios take legal action to get UK COVID pilot data
Andrew Lloyd Webber and other impresarios said on Thursday they had started legal action to press Britain’s government to publish research into the safety of holding indoor events during the pandemic. A joint statement from concert managers and theatre producers, also including Cameron Mackintosh and Sonia Friedman, said the industry had repeatedly urged the government to spell out its reasons for keeping restrictions on audiences in place.
A Minute With: chef Wolfgang Puck on new movie and not retiring
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, known for feeding Hollywood stars at the post-Oscars Governor’s Ball feast, stars in his own film “Wolfgang”, which looks back on his life and career. The documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival this month, sees the 71-year-old recount his journey from cooking as a teenager in Austria as a form of escapism from his difficult relationship with his stepfather to moving to the United States aged 24 and building a restaurant empire with locations around the world.
‘Stuttering John’ from Howard Stern show loses lawsuit against Sirius XM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc on Thursday won the dismissal of a lawsuit by John Melendez, known by his alter ego Stuttering John, claiming it illegally exploited his celebrity on channels dedicated to radio and television host Howard Stern. Melendez, who left Stern’s radio show in 2004 and became the announcer for NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” sought unspecified damages last August in accusing Sirius of using his name, persona, and voice from old recordings without permission to add listeners and sell advertising.
Radiohead, Wolf Alice among UK music stars urging post-Brexit tour help
More than 200 music artists, including Radiohead, The Chemical Brothers, and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, backed a campaign on Wednesday calling on the British government to reduce costs and red tape to make post-Brexit touring around Europe easier. Five years since Britons voted to leave the European Union, the #LetTheMusicMove campaign says Brexit-related expenditure, restrictions, and bureaucracy are “making EU touring unviable and threatens the future success of British music”.
Fifty years on, cast say Willy Wonka film was their golden ticket
They were kids when they made it, now 50 years later stars of “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” say they’ve stayed in touch and the movie is still positively impacting their lives. The film tells the story of impoverished Charlie Bucket, who wins a golden ticket to tour Wonka’s chocolate factory alongside the greedy Augustus Gloop, gum-loving Violet Beauregarde, spoiled brat Veruca Salt and television addict Mike Teevee.
Tilda Swinton brings Pasolini’s costumes to life in Rome show
Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton brings costumes seen in Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s films back to life in a special performance where the focus is on the clothes. In “Embodying Pasolini”, the actor unpacks, displays, and tries on the costumes, sometimes with the help of fashion historian and curator Olivier Saillard.
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