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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault and rape in a New York court on Monday and taken off to jail in handcuffs, a victory for the #MeToo movement that inspired women to publicly accuse powerful men of misconduct. Once one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, Weinstein, 67,

FILE PHOTO: Actor Tom Cruise poses for photographers as he arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of Mission:Impossible-Fallout, at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Theiler/File Photo (Reuters) – A planned three-week shoot in Italy for Tom Cruise’s new “Mission: Impossible” film has been postponed

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Harvey Weinstein’s day began with expensive coffee and Acqua Panna mineral water at a breakfast meeting with his lawyers in a Four Seasons hotel near Manhattan’s criminal courts. Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at New York Criminal Courtroom during his ongoing sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York

(Reuters) – Celebrities and activists welcomed the guilty verdict against Harvey Weinstein, the Academy Award-winning producer who had reigned as one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood.. Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at the New York Criminal Court during his ongoing sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York,

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault and rape by a New York jury on Monday and handcuffed in court, a milestone verdict for the #MeToo movement that inspired women to go public with misconduct allegations against powerful men. Once one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, Weinstein, 67,

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty on Monday to renewed felony charges that he made false reports to Chicago police about being attacked in a hate crime that he is accused of staging in a bid to advance his career. At an arraignment in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago,

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault and rape by a New York jury on Monday and handcuffed in court, a milestone verdict for the #MeToo movement that inspired women to go public with misconduct allegations against powerful men. Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at the New York

(Reuters) – Katherine Johnson, the black woman whose mathematical genius took her from a behind-the-scenes job in a segregated NASA as portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” to a key role in sending humans to the moon, died on Monday at the age of 101, NASA said. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama presents the

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jurors in the sexual assault trial of former movie producer Harvey Weinstein began their fifth day of deliberations on Monday, after suggesting last week they were deadlocked on the most serious charges in the case. Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at the New York Criminal Court during his ongoing sexual assault

The unveiled sign to rename a street in Feltham “Freddie Mercury Close” is seen in Greater London, Britain, February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – A street in the London suburb where Freddie Mercury lived as a teenager was renamed Freddie Mercury Close on Monday at a ceremony attended by the late Queen frontman’s

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jurors in the sexual assault trial of former movie producer Harvey Weinstein are expected to begin their fifth day of deliberations on Monday, after suggesting last week they were deadlocked on the most serious charges in the case. FILE PHOTO: Film producer Harvey Weinstein exits New York Criminal Court following the

SEOUL (Reuters) – The young stars in South Korean boy band BTS said on Monday the theme of their new album dealt with how they overcame doubts and fears encountered since they burst on the K-Pop scene seven years ago. FILE PHOTO: A fan of K-pop idol boy band BTS poses for photographs with cut-out

BERLIN (Reuters) – Making films in a bitterly divided Brazil that is increasingly hostile to artistic freedom is an act of resistance in itself, the maker of a new drama about race relations in the years after the country abolished slavery said. Actor Mawusi Tulani poses as she attends a photo call and news conference

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – After a close box office battle, Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” pulled ahead of Disney and 20th Century’s “The Call of the Wild” on North American charts. Cast members Natasha Rothwell, Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter and Lee Majdoub pose at the premiere of “Sonic the Hedgehog” in Los Angeles, California,

FILE PHOTO: Actor Song Kang-ho of four Oscar award-winning film ‘Parasite’ answers a reporters’ question as Director Bong Joon-ho reacts during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji TOKYO (Reuters) – One of the stars of “Parasite” said on Sunday he hoped the film would help improve cultural ties between

FILE PHOTO: Belgian designer Raf Simons appears at the end of his Haute Couture Spring Summer 2015 fashion show for French fashion house Christian Dior in Paris January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes MILAN (Reuters) – Raf Simons will join Prada as co-creative director, marking the first time the Italian fashion house will have an outsider