Following is a abstract of present leisure information briefs.

Hollywood studios say they provided actors $1 billion in beneficial properties earlier than strike

Major movie and tv studios provided Hollywood actors greater than $1 billion in increased compensation and enhanced advantages earlier than the SAG-AFTRA union known as a strike final week, a gaggle that represents media corporations stated on Monday. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which negotiates on behalf of Netflix Inc, Walt Disney Co, Warner Bros Discovery and others, stated SAG-AFTRA “continues to mischaracterize the negotiations.”

Fifty years on, Bruce Lee’s legacy squares as much as fashionable life in Hong Kong

Fifty years after the loss of life of Bruce Lee, who galvanised the imaginations of generations of younger individuals worldwide with feats of kung fu immortalised on display, it generally appears as if his legacy of the martial artwork he practiced is fading in Hong Kong. Born in San Francisco however introduced up within the Asian monetary hub which might make him well-known, Lee died of mind edema aged 32 on July 20, 1973, simply six days earlier than the discharge of “Enter the Dragon”, his hottest movie.

Soccer-Netflix plans documentary sequence on U.S. Women’s World Cup group

Netflix is getting ready a documentary sequence on the United States girls’s nationwide soccer group, specializing in their quest for an unprecedented third consecutive Women’s World Cup title in Australia and New Zealand. The sequence can be obtainable later this yr and is already in manufacturing, the streaming big stated, and can function newcomers, together with 18-year-old ahead Alyssa Thompson, and veterans, reminiscent of Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe.

Actress and singer Jane Birkin dies, France loses an ‘icon’

British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a Nineteen Sixties wildchild who grew to become a beloved determine in France, has died in Paris aged 76. The French Culture Ministry stated the nation had misplaced a “timeless Francophone icon”.

Elton John provides proof by videolink at Kevin Spacey’s London trial

Singer Elton John appeared by videolink in a London court docket on Monday to present proof at Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial. Spacey, 63, has pleaded not responsible at London’s Southwark Crown Court to 12 prices of sexual offences allegedly dedicated towards 4 males in Britain between 2001 and 2013.

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