LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - MGM has delayed "Respect," the Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson, by seven months from Jan. 15 to Aug. 11 in the latest shuffle of a major title amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Movie-lovers got a turn on the red carpet at Cannes on Tuesday night as the organisers of its famed cinema festival, cancelled earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, kicked off a more low-key three-day event showcasing a range of short films.

MOSCOW/ALMATY (Reuters) - Ridiculed once again in a film featuring fictional Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, the ex-Soviet state of Kazakhstan has embraced the joke this time round and adopted Borat's catch phrase to try to attract tourists.

CANNES, France, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Movie-lovers got a turn on the red carpet at Cannes on Tuesday night as the organizers of its famed cinema festival, canceled earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, kicked off a more low-key three-day event showcasing a range of short films.

LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood star Johnny Depp will find out on Nov. 2 the outcome of his libel action against a British newspaper which labelled him a "wife beater", a ruling which could have a lasting impact on the actor's career.

LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Hollywood star Johnny Depp will find out on Nov. 2 the outcome of his libel action against a British newspaper which labeled him a "wife beater," a ruling which could have a lasting impact on the actor's career.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - The Kazakh American Association has slammed Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat" sequel for what it deems to be a racist depiction of Kazakhs. The group is also questioning Amazon Prime Video's support of a film that could, they say, "incite violence against a highly vulnerable and underrepresented minority ethnic group."

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese animated film "Demon Slayer" shattered a box-office record, reaching revenue of 10.75 billion yen ($102.48 million) in just 10 days, the film's distributor said on Monday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Over the weekend, crowds packed a former industrial warehouse in Beijing as the China Fashion Week got underway, with models strutting mask-less on a square runway and guests oblivious to social distancing norms.