LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - North American moviegoers spurned sequels this weekend with Sony's "Men in Black: International" heading for a modest $26 million debut while "Shaft" will finish with a dismal $7.3 million in seventh place.

ROME (Reuters) - Franco Zeffirelli, who directed the world's greatest opera singers and brought Shakespeare to the cinema-going masses, has died. He was 96.

ROME, June 15 (Reuters) - Franco Zeffirelli, who directed the world's greatest opera singers and brought Shakespeare to the cinema-going masses, has died. He was 96.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Keith Raniere, the New York man accused of trapping women in a sex cult and having them branded with his initials, said Friday that he would call no witnesses at his trial, setting the stage for jurors to begin deliberating on his fate next week.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Keith Raniere, the New York man accused of trapping women in a sex cult and having them branded with his initials, said Friday that he would call no witnesses at his trial, setting the stage for jurors to begin deliberating on his fate next week.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Some of the best TV shows are the ones that are just about impossible to describe. Shows that are wild and weird, pushing the confines of what TV has been and "should" be, TV that proudly plants its freak flag in your face and dares you to question it. For all that -- plus the important fact that it's very, very funny -- "Los Espookys" had my full attention from the jump.

SHANGHAI, June 14 (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained two men and reprimanded another for spreading online rumors about telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei, state news agency Xinhua reported late on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - The beginning of "Euphoria" feels like a test.

ROME (Reuters) - Franco Zeffirelli, who directed the world's greatest opera singers and brought Shakespeare to the cinema-going masses, has died. He was 96.

ROME, June 15 (Reuters) - Franco Zeffirelli, who directed the world's greatest opera singers and brought Shakespeare to the cinema-going masses, has died. He was 96.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Taylor Swift has gone from the personal pride of her seven-week-old single, "Me!," and moved on to Pride with a capital P in its just-released followup, "You Need to Calm Down" (exclamation point only implied this time).

LOS ANGELES, May 31 (Reuters) - Country singer Kenny Rogers on Friday dismissed "wild misinformation and speculation" about his health and said he planned on "sticking around" for years to come.

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Here are the top stories and upcoming coverage plans for Reuters text service as of 10 p.m. GMT/6 a.m. SGT. For a full schedule of news and events, go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect https://www.reutersconnect.com/planning or on Media Express http://mediaexpress.reuters.com/planning-tools/calendar.

BRASILIA, June 15 (Reuters) - Leaked personal messages published on Saturday by a news website show the judge who led the corruption trial that jailed former Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva advised prosecutors to influence public opinion against the leftist leader.

PARIS, June 15 (Reuters) - A small congregation in white hard hats attended mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday, the first service since fire devastated the Gothic landmark two months ago.