WATCH: British filmmaker Alex Garland says he put journalists at the heart of his new thriller ‘Civil War’ because they are losing traction in society, citing undermining from politicians, social media and bias-heavy news outlets reut.rs/3UdxXzk

WATCH: Actors Kirsten Dunst and Wagner Moura sought to understand how journalists cope with working in war zones as they prepared for their starring roles in the movie ‘Civil War’ reut.rs/3UdxXzk

Actor Jonathan Majors was sentenced to one year of domestic-violence counseling in a New York court after he was found guilty of attacking his former girlfriend. Majors was convicted on Dec. 18 of third-degree assault and second-degree harassment reut.rs/43UZp8j

ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus joined the cast and creators of ‘Mamma Mia!’ on stage at the end of a special 25th-anniversary performance in London reut.rs/49m9LPK

The musical ‘Mamma Mia!,’ that depicts the drama of a mother and daughter with three possible dads is celebrating 25 years of its landmark run in London's West End. The musical has been performed in more than 450 cities worldwide and led to two hit movies reut.rs/3TERKGo

People from around the world have descended upon Seattle, Washington, this week to honor Kurt Cobain, 30 years after he took his own life on April 5, 1994. But music historian Charles Cross says there's 'an extra layer of grief' for Seattle

An all-female team behind the musical 'Mamma Mia!' based on songs by Swedish pop group ABBA, is celebrating the musical’s 25th anniversary in London's West End reut.rs/3TERKGo

🎵 Beyonce, who just dropped her much-awaited country album 'Cowboy Carter,' was given the Innovator prize at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles

WATCH: 🎬 Andrew Scott and Dakota Fanning talk about Netflix's 'Ripley' series that gives a noir treatment to the classic 1955 psychological thriller 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

Taylor Swift has hit yet another milestone – she’s now officially a billionaire. The American pop star for the first time entered Forbes World's Billionaire List with a reported net worth of $1.1 billion

Taylor Swift has become one of the world’s wealthiest people, officially ranking on the Forbes Billionaires List for the first time with a reported net worth of $1.1 billion

🎵 Superstar Beyonce, who recently released her highly anticipated country album, ‘Cowboy Carter,’ was given the Innovator prize at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles

Harry Potter author and prominent gender-critical campaigner J.K. Rowling will not face any action under Scotland's new hate-crime law after she challenged it by asserting on social media that a number of transgender women were men, police said reut.rs/3VLcGhI

WATCH: 🎬 Netflix’s forthcoming series 'Ripley' provides a fresh rendition of Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling psychological thriller, 'The Talented Mr. Ripley.' The adaptation sees Andrew Scott in the lead role of Tom Ripley and Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas, a film producer, will receive a knighthood and damehood from the UK government for services to film reut.rs/3xfjx93

'I'm not sure this is a movie that Japanese people should make a special effort to watch,' said a Hiroshima resident after the Oscar-winning film 'Oppenheimer' finally opened in Japan reut.rs/3xg3J5R

WATCH: Actor Louis Gossett Jr, whose career began in the 1950s on Broadway and spanned television and films, died at age 87. Gossett made history in 1983 when he became only the second Black man to win an Oscar, 19 years after actor Sidney Poitier reut.rs/4auhmN4

Spice Girl Mel B, born Melanie Brown, has added three new chapters to her memoir 'Brutally Honest,' which looked back on her childhood, meteoric rise to fame and marriage to her ex Stephen Belafonte, who she said had been abusive towards her reut.rs/3Ty0deF

WATCH: Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Academy Award as best supporting actor, died at age 87, a family statement confirmed without revealing the cause of death reut.rs/4auhmN4

US music superstar Beyoncé released her highly anticipated country album, 'Cowboy Carter,' which she says was born out of an experience years ago where she 'did not feel welcomed' reut.rs/3IWWEcT