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A young Taiwanese sommelier is taking his wine tasting classes online to keep his business afloat, as social distancing rules to contain the spread of the new coronavirus prevents large gatherings. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/3aBHEO3

The firm behind Madame Tussauds and Legoland parks raised 500 million euros ($540 million) via a five-year bond on Friday, paying a high yield of 7% to secure the funds it needs to tide it over while most of its venues are closed in the coronavirus pandemic. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/2KtZCYe

A Buenos Aires landmark and one of the world's great opera houses, Teatro Colon has adapted its enormous basement workshops to making face masks, churning out 1,500 a week to help Argentina's health workers cope with the coronavirus pandemic. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/358mqGr

Federal prosecutors on Friday denied that law enforcement engaged in misconduct, fabricated evidence or tried to entrap "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin or other wealthy parents who are now awaiting trial in the U.S. college admissions scandal. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/2YfAsF5

The coronavirus lockdown forced the team running Paris's La Clef cinema to close their auditorium to moviegoers. So they hit on an alternative: projecting movies onto the wall of an adjacent apartment building. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/2S6akbP

Coronavirus charity walk hero Captain Tom Moore became the oldest person to top Britain's main music chart and also added a world fundraising record to his accolades on Friday, just days shy of his 100th birthday. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/3aDds5k

Isolation at home inspired one California family to build an elaborate two-story Rube Goldberg machine, and it probably didn't hurt that mom is a high school science teacher. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/2KHoCvr

Two opera singers have been delighting visitors to Washington, D.C. area parks with strolling duets during the coronavirus lockdown. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/2S3h3TU

The Calgary Stampede, an annual rodeo, exhibition and festival that is also Canada's biggest and booziest party, has been cancelled for the first time since the event began being held annually in 1923, organizers said on Thursday. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/3bAY5M3

Taylor Swift on Thursday revived her feud with her former record company, complaining that the release of a 2008 collection of recordings for a radio show was "tasteless." from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/2xLDIND

Dubai on Thursday allowed cafes and restaurants to resume business, and shopping malls to be opened partially from 12 p.m until 10 p.m, but with a maximum capacity of 30%, Dubai's media office announced in a statement. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/2S1slrJ

It starts as it has around the world with people leaning out of windows and standing on balconies clapping, cheering and banging pots and pans to honor essential workers still operating during the coronavirus pandemic. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/2Y7XFZo

The first court hearing in a privacy case brought by Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex, against a tabloid newspaper for printing part of one of her letters takes place at London's High Court on Friday. from Reuters: Entertainment News https://ift.tt/3eIyra2