AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarChinese apps join celebs in backlash against Western fashion brands over Xinjiangverified_publisherReuters - Ryan Woo, Anna RingstromBEIJING (Reuters) - China's top ride-hailing app dropped Swedish fashion retailer H&M from its listings as Chinese celebrities stopped endorsing foreign labels in a growing uproar over Western accusations of forced labour in Xinjiang. H&M faced a public backlash in China when social media users in …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarDisney delays 'Black Widow' debut, adds streaming option in summer movie shuffleverified_publisherReuters - Lisa RichwineLOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney Co on Tuesday delayed the worldwide release of Marvel Studios film "Black Widow" by two months until July and said it would offer the movie simultaneously in theaters and for a fee on the Disney+ streaming service. Theater operators had been hoping that "Black …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarMusic soothes pandemic blues as 2020 record sales hit high noteverified_publisherReuters - Marie-Louise GumuchianLONDON (Reuters) - Turn on, tune in and stay at home. That's what millions of music fans did in 2020, with a rise in subscription streaming leading global recorded music revenue growth of 7.4%. The market reported total revenues of $21.6 billion, marking its sixth consecutive year of growth, …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarRock 'n' roll never dies: One British band jams away in isolationverified_publisherReuters - Natalie ThomasNORFOLK, England (Reuters) - When the world was told to stay at home to escape the novel coronavirus, one British band had a choice: abandon live music or come together to jam. They chose rock. Below a glass chandelier in a mansion beside the North Sea, the band - called the Sharpville Show - play …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarDining dummies help cafe-goers keep a fashionable distance in Vilniusverified_publisherReuters - Andrius SytasVILNIUS (Reuters) - Mannequins dressed in clown hats and couture frocks have taken up seats in restaurants in Lithuania's capital, to coax real customers back after the coronavirus lockdown and help them out with social distancing. Bernie ter Braak said he came up with the idea when he reopened his …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarMariachis delight quarantined Colombians with jolts of street musicverified_publisherReuters - Javier Andres RojasBOGOTA (Reuters) - The boisterous music - usually heard at family celebrations and raucous birthdays - bursts through the eerily quiet streets of Colombia's capital, Bogota. The mariachis have arrived. As the Andean country waits out two months of a national coronavirus quarantine, musicians playing …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarNigerian comics fight COVID-19 with gags and slapstick slapsverified_publisherReuters - Angela UkomaduLAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian comedian Maryam Apaokagi has a sure-fire way of getting people to listen to her coronavirus health advice - she delivers it with a hard slap in the face. The 21-year-old has joined a line-up of the nation's top performers working health tips into their routines to spread …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarParis to hold men's fashion week in virtual format July 9-13 - statementverified_publisherReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Paris will hold a men's fashion week in virtual format from July 9 to July 13 for the Men Spring/Summer collections 2021, organisers said on Wednesday. "This event will be structured around a dedicated platform," the Federation de la Haute Couture et de la Mode said in a statement. …