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Overflowing sewage caused by a "large blockage" of fat, grease and rags has forced organisers to cancel a Bryan Adams concert in Australia, citing a threat to the arena's toilets.

North American theatres generally fare poorly on the Sunday of the annual US Super Bowl football championship, but "Dog Man" has already more than recouped its estimated $40-million production cost.

Prosecutors will begin to tell a jury how Hadi Matar allegedly staked out the venue where Salman Rushdie was giving a talk before lunging at the "Satanic Verses" author, blinding him in one eye.

The Berlin Film Festival, which begins this week, is set for a challenge faced by the entire Western arts industry.