ENTERTAINMENT

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Tom Cruise will film his next Hollywood blockbuster on location — 250 miles up in the air and orbiting the Earth once every 90 minutes. The “Top Gun” star will fly through the stratosphere to shoot an as-yet-unknown film aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said on …

Moscow, Russia | AFP |  The coronavirus pandemic might have brought the film industry to a halt but Andrei Konchalovsky, one of Russia’s most renowned film and theatre directors, is as busy as ever. He wants to make a documentary about daily life under quarantine, exploring the poetic side of the …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  Movie moguls, directors and lawyers are searching for radical solutions to reopen Hollywood as soundstages gather dust and studio profits slide weeks after cameras stopped rolling due to coronavirus. The film industry has been on lockdown in California since mid-March following strict stay-at-home orders, …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A video by children of the charity group The Masaka Kids African has gone viral after they performed musician Drake‘s ‘Toosie Slide’ challenge. One of their videos got over a million views after the musician Drake posted the performance on his Instagram account. The …

New York, United States | AFP |  A virtual concert packed with A-listers — from The Rolling Stones to Taylor Swift to Billie Eilish — entertained fans around the world with a show celebrating health workers, as billions shelter at home due to coronavirus. Lizzo, Jennifer Lopez, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  When The Beatles went their separate ways in the early 1970s, few thought that half a century later the pioneering band would still influence pop music culture. But, with Friday marking 50 years since their unofficial break-up, the so-called “Fab Four” are still popular and …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  Quibi, the multi-billion-dollar streaming platform launching Monday, is betting it can transform entertainment with short, Hollywood-quality clips to watch “on the go” — even as much of the world is trapped at home. Industry legends and stars from Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  Country music legend Kenny Rogers, whose career spanned six decades, has died at the age of 81, his family said late Friday. “Rogers passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family,” they said …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Century Cinemax in Acacia Mall and Ham Cinemax Makerere have suspended operations following President Museveni’s ban on all public gatherings.  Although it had scheduled movies to show on Thursday, Century Cinemax cancelled all movies. Management announced a closure at 3:00 pm on their social media …

New York, United States | AFP | US author Philip Roth certainly could never have imagined Donald Trump’s presidency when he wrote “The Plot Against America.” But a new TV adaptation of his bleak 2004 novel, which envisions an alternate history of a fascist United States, certainly suggests a link between …