BERLIN (Reuters) - Alma is a museum curator in Berlin. She is single, and has a taste for men who are slightly different but not in any way exotic. The solution? Tom, a robot who speaks German with a slight English accent.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The television audience for Hollywood's virtual Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday fell sharply from last year's event, according to preliminary estimates on Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - It's been 15 years since screenwriter Tina Fey brought peace to the teenage girl world with the groundbreaking "Mean Girls." Now it's her frequent creative partner Amy Poehler's turn to stride the hallways of a contemporary high school, searching for harmony and justice among the heightened emotions and high-stakes conundrums of young adults.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - The first major animated feature for a post-Trump era, "Raya and the Last Dragon" is as leftie a toon as Disney has ever made, though its core message of unity and come-togetherness should hardly seem political at all.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The television audience for Hollywood's virtual Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday fell sharply from last year's event, according to preliminary estimates on Monday.

LONDON, March 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Actor Idris Elba and model Naomi Campbell have joined 65 other British celebrities, designers and politicians in calling for Ghana's president to engage with the country's LGBT+ community in an open letter published on social media on Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - While Netflix had a lot to celebrate after Sunday night's Golden Globes wins, one superstar collaborator was not joining in the toasting. Taylor Swift took to social media Monday morning to join in complaints already being made by her fans about a line that the singer called "lazy," "deeply sexist" and "horse shit."

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Drama "Nomadland" and satire "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" won movie honors at the Golden Globes on Sunday in a mostly virtual bicoastal ceremony that was marked by impassioned calls for more diversity and the dominance of Netflix.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Prominent Australian music promoter Michael Gudinski, best known for helping globalise some of the country's biggest stars, including Kylie Minogue, died in his sleep on Tuesday, his music label said in a statement.

SYDNEY, March 2 (Reuters) - Prominent Australian music promoter Michael Gudinski, best known for helping globalize some of the country's biggest stars, including Kylie Minogue, died in his sleep on Tuesday, his music label said in a statement.

BARCELONA, March 1 (Reuters) - Police are investigating the role of foreign citizens in riots over the jailing of a Spanish rapper that have rocked Barcelona for the past two weeks, a police source said.

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Ten people were arrested in Barcelona on Saturday for assaulting police officers in fresh unrest over the jailing of a rapper for glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs.

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TOKYO (Reuters) - The lights dim, as at the start of any theatre performance, and the audience leans forward to look through a letter-box slot or peephole in the door in front of them as the performers break out into dance.

TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters) - The lights dim, as at the start of any theater performance, and the audience leans forward to look through a letter-box slot or peephole in the door in front of them as the performers break out into dance.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Surprisingly strong interest from adults who do not have kids at home has helped increase subscriptions to Walt Disney Co's Disney+ streaming service beyond initial projections, Chief Executive Bob Chapek said on Monday.