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LOS ANGELES, Jan 15 (Reuters) – For the Japanese action-packed anime film "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle," chief director Hikaru Kondo set out to deliver something he’d never seen on screen before: relentless, back-to-back battles inside a demon-filled castle. “I was trying to find examples or other films that were similar, that had a similar kind of composition or format, I guess you could say to ours, and I couldn't,” Kondo told Reuters.  “So, this could be perhaps one of the first films that exists that has this type of structure and narrative. It's back-to-back-to-back combat,” he added.  The already surging global popularity of the manga and anime series “Demon Slayer” laid the groundwork for “Infinity Castle” to become the highest-grossing international film ever in the U.S. and land at the top of the Japanese box office.  The film, which arrived in Japanese theaters last July, earned a Golden Globe nomination for best animated film. The movie is based on the “Infinity Castle” arc of the 2016-2020 "Demon Slayer" manga by Koyoharu Gotouge and is a direct sequel to the fourth season of the anime television series, which is produced by animation studio Ufotable for original streaming on the platform Crunchyroll.  The series follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who becomes a Demon Slayer after his family is murdered and his younger sister, Nezuko, is turned into a demon.  “Infinity Castle” places Tanjiro and his fellow Demon Slayer Corps members in a series of battles against the first and oldest demon Muzan Kibutsuji and the host of demons he summons in the “Infinity Castle.”  Kondo recalled being “cooped up” in his house for three weeks trying to figure out how to weave together the overall flow of the film’s action and drama to “astonish” audiences.  However, by the time he finished it, the film was too long.  “When you lose the groove, the audience becomes detached from your journey, then immediately I think they'll just be disengaged and shut down,” he said about the importance of trimming the film to its runtime of 2 hours and 35 minutes.  (Reporting by Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)

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By Danielle Broadway and Steve Gorman Jan 14 (Reuters) – Actor-director Timothy Busfield made his first court appearance on Wednesday in New Mexico on child sex abuse charges. Busfield will continue to be jailed without bond pending a hearing that will take place in the next five business days, the judge said via Zoom. The "West Wing" actor will have a preliminary hearing on January 29. Busfield did not comment during the brief court appearance. He was not asked to enter a plea. The "Field of Dreams" actor surrendered to authorities in New Mexico on Tuesday to face child sexual abuse charges, accused of inappropriately touching two young cast members on the set of a television show he was directing and producing. According to a criminal complaint and arrest warrant affidavit, the case involves 11-year-old twin boys who reported the alleged contact occurred over a two-year period, when they were aged 7 and 8, during production of the Fox crime drama "The Cleaning Lady." Busfield was an executive producer of the show, which was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, and he began directing episodes around the end of the second season, in 2022. The arrest warrant was issued on Monday. Busfield, 68, turned himself in to the Albuquerque Police Department on Tuesday and was booked into the Bernalillo County jail without bond, said Nancy Laflin, a spokesperson for the district attorney's office. In a video posted online shortly before his surrender, Busfield professed his innocence, called the allegations against him "lies" and said, "I'm going to be exonerated. I know I am." "I did not do anything to those little boys," he said during the 45-second clip. Busfield is best known for his prime-time television roles as a White House reporter on the NBC political drama "The West Wing," which ran from 1999 to 2006, and as an ad agency executive on the 1980s ABC ensemble series "Thirtysomething."  He is married to actor Melissa Gilbert, a former president of the Screen Actors Guild who gained fame in the 1970s as a child actor on the hit family drama "Little House on the Prairie." Busfield is charged in the complaint with child abuse and two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. According to the affidavit, one of the boys reported multiple instances of Busfield touching his "private areas" over his clothes during pauses in production. His brother also reported being touched by Busfield but was less specific, the affidavit said. In his own interview for the investigation in November, Busfield acknowledged he probably had physical contact with the boys on occasion, like tickling or picking them up, but in a playful manner with others present, the affidavit said. Busfield also suggested a possible motive for false allegations against him, according to the affidavit. Citing information he said he gleaned from the show's star, Elodie Yung, Busfield told police that the boys' mother was upset with him to the point of wanting "revenge" after producers decided to replace her sons in the final season of the series. Yung declined to be interviewed for the police investigation, the affidavit said, but had related a similar account of the mother vowing revenge against Busfield when Yung was questioned by a private investigator for the show's producer, Warner Bros. Television. (Reporting by Danielle Broadway, Steve Gorman and Sarah Mills in Los Angeles; Editing by Matthew Lewis)

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By Danielle Broadway and Steve Gorman Jan 14 (Reuters) – Actor-director Timothy Busfield made his first court appearance on Wednesday in New Mexico on child sex abuse charges. Busfield will continue to be jailed without bond pending a hearing that will take place in the next five business days, the judge said via Zoom. The "West Wing" actor will have a preliminary hearing on January 29. Busfield did not comment during the brief court appearance. He was not asked to enter a plea. The "Field of Dreams" actor surrendered to authorities in New Mexico on Tuesday to face child sexual abuse charges, accused of inappropriately touching two young cast members on the set of a television show he was directing and producing. According to a criminal complaint and arrest warrant affidavit, the case involves 11-year-old twin boys who reported the alleged contact occurred over a two-year period, when they were aged 7 and 8, during production of the Fox crime drama "The Cleaning Lady." Busfield was an executive producer of the show, which was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, and he began directing episodes around the end of the second season, in 2022. The arrest warrant was issued on Monday. Busfield, 68, turned himself in to the Albuquerque Police Department on Tuesday and was booked into the Bernalillo County jail without bond, said Nancy Laflin, a spokesperson for the district attorney's office. In a video posted online shortly before his surrender, Busfield professed his innocence, called the allegations against him "lies" and said, "I'm going to be exonerated. I know I am." "I did not do anything to those little boys," he said during the 45-second clip. Busfield is best known for his prime-time television roles as a White House reporter on the NBC political drama "The West Wing," which ran from 1999 to 2006, and as an ad agency executive on the 1980s ABC ensemble series "Thirtysomething."  He is married to actor Melissa Gilbert, a former president of the Screen Actors Guild who gained fame in the 1970s as a child actor on the hit family drama "Little House on the Prairie." Busfield is charged in the complaint with child abuse and two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. According to the affidavit, one of the boys reported multiple instances of Busfield touching his "private areas" over his clothes during pauses in production. His brother also reported being touched by Busfield but was less specific, the affidavit said. In his own interview for the investigation in November, Busfield acknowledged he probably had physical contact with the boys on occasion, like tickling or picking them up, but in a playful manner with others present, the affidavit said. Busfield also suggested a possible motive for false allegations against him, according to the affidavit. Citing information he said he gleaned from the show's star, Elodie Yung, Busfield told police that the boys' mother was upset with him to the point of wanting "revenge" after producers decided to replace her sons in the final season of the series. Yung declined to be interviewed for the police investigation, the affidavit said, but had related a similar account of the mother vowing revenge against Busfield when Yung was questioned by a private investigator for the show's producer, Warner Bros. Television. (Reporting by Danielle Broadway, Steve Gorman and Sarah Mills in Los Angeles; Editing by Matthew Lewis)

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By Danielle Broadway and Steve Gorman Jan 14 (Reuters) – Actor-director Timothy Busfield made his first court appearance on Wednesday in New Mexico on child sex abuse charges. Busfield will continue to be jailed without bond pending a hearing that will take place in the next five business days, the judge said via Zoom. The "West Wing" actor will have a preliminary hearing on January 29. Busfield did not comment during the brief court appearance. He was not asked to enter a plea. The "Field of Dreams" actor surrendered to authorities in New Mexico on Tuesday to face child sexual abuse charges, accused of inappropriately touching two young cast members on the set of a television show he was directing and producing. According to a criminal complaint and arrest warrant affidavit, the case involves 11-year-old twin boys who reported the alleged contact occurred over a two-year period, when they were aged 7 and 8, during production of the Fox crime drama "The Cleaning Lady." Busfield was an executive producer of the show, which was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, and he began directing episodes around the end of the second season, in 2022. The arrest warrant was issued on Monday. Busfield, 68, turned himself in to the Albuquerque Police Department on Tuesday and was booked into the Bernalillo County jail without bond, said Nancy Laflin, a spokesperson for the district attorney's office. In a video posted online shortly before his surrender, Busfield professed his innocence, called the allegations against him "lies" and said, "I'm going to be exonerated. I know I am." "I did not do anything to those little boys," he said during the 45-second clip. Busfield is best known for his prime-time television roles as a White House reporter on the NBC political drama "The West Wing," which ran from 1999 to 2006, and as an ad agency executive on the 1980s ABC ensemble series "Thirtysomething."  He is married to actor Melissa Gilbert, a former president of the Screen Actors Guild who gained fame in the 1970s as a child actor on the hit family drama "Little House on the Prairie." Busfield is charged in the complaint with child abuse and two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. According to the affidavit, one of the boys reported multiple instances of Busfield touching his "private areas" over his clothes during pauses in production. His brother also reported being touched by Busfield but was less specific, the affidavit said. In his own interview for the investigation in November, Busfield acknowledged he probably had physical contact with the boys on occasion, like tickling or picking them up, but in a playful manner with others present, the affidavit said. Busfield also suggested a possible motive for false allegations against him, according to the affidavit. Citing information he said he gleaned from the show's star, Elodie Yung, Busfield told police that the boys' mother was upset with him to the point of wanting "revenge" after producers decided to replace her sons in the final season of the series. Yung declined to be interviewed for the police investigation, the affidavit said, but had related a similar account of the mother vowing revenge against Busfield when Yung was questioned by a private investigator for the show's producer, Warner Bros. Television. (Reporting by Danielle Broadway, Steve Gorman and Sarah Mills in Los Angeles; Editing by Matthew Lewis)

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By Danielle Broadway and Steve Gorman Jan 14 (Reuters) – Actor-director Timothy Busfield made his first court appearance on Wednesday in New Mexico on child sex abuse charges. Busfield will continue to be jailed without bond pending a hearing that will take place in the next five business days, the judge said via Zoom. The "West Wing" actor will have a preliminary hearing on January 29. Busfield did not comment during the brief court appearance. He was not asked to enter a plea. The "Field of Dreams" actor surrendered to authorities in New Mexico on Tuesday to face child sexual abuse charges, accused of inappropriately touching two young cast members on the set of a television show he was directing and producing. According to a criminal complaint and arrest warrant affidavit, the case involves 11-year-old twin boys who reported the alleged contact occurred over a two-year period, when they were aged 7 and 8, during production of the Fox crime drama "The Cleaning Lady." Busfield was an executive producer of the show, which was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, and he began directing episodes around the end of the second season, in 2022. The arrest warrant was issued on Monday. Busfield, 68, turned himself in to the Albuquerque Police Department on Tuesday and was booked into the Bernalillo County jail without bond, said Nancy Laflin, a spokesperson for the district attorney's office. In a video posted online shortly before his surrender, Busfield professed his innocence, called the allegations against him "lies" and said, "I'm going to be exonerated. I know I am." "I did not do anything to those little boys," he said during the 45-second clip. Busfield is best known for his prime-time television roles as a White House reporter on the NBC political drama "The West Wing," which ran from 1999 to 2006, and as an ad agency executive on the 1980s ABC ensemble series "Thirtysomething."  He is married to actor Melissa Gilbert, a former president of the Screen Actors Guild who gained fame in the 1970s as a child actor on the hit family drama "Little House on the Prairie." Busfield is charged in the complaint with child abuse and two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. According to the affidavit, one of the boys reported multiple instances of Busfield touching his "private areas" over his clothes during pauses in production. His brother also reported being touched by Busfield but was less specific, the affidavit said. In his own interview for the investigation in November, Busfield acknowledged he probably had physical contact with the boys on occasion, like tickling or picking them up, but in a playful manner with others present, the affidavit said. Busfield also suggested a possible motive for false allegations against him, according to the affidavit. Citing information he said he gleaned from the show's star, Elodie Yung, Busfield told police that the boys' mother was upset with him to the point of wanting "revenge" after producers decided to replace her sons in the final season of the series. Yung declined to be interviewed for the police investigation, the affidavit said, but had related a similar account of the mother vowing revenge against Busfield when Yung was questioned by a private investigator for the show's producer, Warner Bros. Television. (Reporting by Danielle Broadway, Steve Gorman and Sarah Mills in Los Angeles; Editing by Matthew Lewis)

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By Danielle Broadway and Steve Gorman Jan 14 (Reuters) – Actor-director Timothy Busfield made his first court appearance on Wednesday in New Mexico on child sex abuse charges. Busfield will continue to be jailed without bond pending a hearing that will take place in the next five business days, the judge said via Zoom. The "West Wing" actor will have a preliminary hearing on January 29. Busfield did not comment during the brief court appearance. He was not asked to enter a plea. The "Field of Dreams" actor surrendered to authorities in New Mexico on Tuesday to face child sexual abuse charges, accused of inappropriately touching two young cast members on the set of a television show he was directing and producing. According to a criminal complaint and arrest warrant affidavit, the case involves 11-year-old twin boys who reported the alleged contact occurred over a two-year period, when they were aged 7 and 8, during production of the Fox crime drama "The Cleaning Lady." Busfield was an executive producer of the show, which was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, and he began directing episodes around the end of the second season, in 2022. The arrest warrant was issued on Monday. Busfield, 68, turned himself in to the Albuquerque Police Department on Tuesday and was booked into the Bernalillo County jail without bond, said Nancy Laflin, a spokesperson for the district attorney's office. In a video posted online shortly before his surrender, Busfield professed his innocence, called the allegations against him "lies" and said, "I'm going to be exonerated. I know I am." "I did not do anything to those little boys," he said during the 45-second clip. Busfield is best known for his prime-time television roles as a White House reporter on the NBC political drama "The West Wing," which ran from 1999 to 2006, and as an ad agency executive on the 1980s ABC ensemble series "Thirtysomething."  He is married to actor Melissa Gilbert, a former president of the Screen Actors Guild who gained fame in the 1970s as a child actor on the hit family drama "Little House on the Prairie." Busfield is charged in the complaint with child abuse and two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. According to the affidavit, one of the boys reported multiple instances of Busfield touching his "private areas" over his clothes during pauses in production. His brother also reported being touched by Busfield but was less specific, the affidavit said. In his own interview for the investigation in November, Busfield acknowledged he probably had physical contact with the boys on occasion, like tickling or picking them up, but in a playful manner with others present, the affidavit said. Busfield also suggested a possible motive for false allegations against him, according to the affidavit. Citing information he said he gleaned from the show's star, Elodie Yung, Busfield told police that the boys' mother was upset with him to the point of wanting "revenge" after producers decided to replace her sons in the final season of the series. Yung declined to be interviewed for the police investigation, the affidavit said, but had related a similar account of the mother vowing revenge against Busfield when Yung was questioned by a private investigator for the show's producer, Warner Bros. Television. (Reporting by Danielle Broadway, Steve Gorman and Sarah Mills in Los Angeles; Editing by Matthew Lewis)

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By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Chart-topping K-pop boy band BTS announced on Tuesday it will embark on a concert tour starting in April after the release of its first new album in more than three years. The tour launches in Goyang, South Korea on April 9 and includes 79 shows in Asia, the U.S. and Europe through July, the group's agency said. The band has been on hiatus while its seven members have done South Korea's mandatory military service. BTS' agent said this month that the band will drop a new album on March 20, though the title has not been revealed. The band's last album, "Proof" in 2022, debuted at number one in 18 countries and has amassed about 16.7 billion streams, according to music industry data. Hybe Co is the parent company of BTS' label and management agency. (Reporting by Danielle Broadway; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

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LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – "I Swear" star Robert Aramayo, "Sinners" actor Miles Caton and Chase Infiniti, who made her movie debut in "One Battle After Another", are among the nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at next month's British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Awards. British actors Archie Madekwe and Posy Sterling complete the list of five contenders for the prize, the only one voted for by the public at Britain's top movie honours, organisers said on Wednesday.    American actor Infiniti was recognised for her role in the critically acclaimed "One Battle After Another", playing Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio’s kidnapped daughter, Willa. U.S. actor and musician Caton received a nod for "Sinners", also his acting debut, in which he plays the key role of blues musician, Sammie. Aramayo was nominated for "I Swear" in which he portrays Scottish activist John Davidson, who has long campaigned for awareness around Tourette syndrome.  Madekwe, was recognised for playing pop star Oliver in thriller "Lurker" while Sterling was nominated for playing Molly, a young mum just out of prison, in drama "Lollipop". The winner, announced at the BAFTA Film Awards on February 22, will follow in the footsteps of past recipients such as "Spider-Man" star Tom Holland and Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya.  BAFTA will announce the full list of the 2026 awards nominees on January 27. (Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Alison Williams)

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LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – "I Swear" star Robert Aramayo, "Sinners" actor Miles Caton and Chase Infiniti, who made her movie debut in "One Battle After Another", are among the nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at next month's British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Awards. British actors Archie Madekwe and Posy Sterling complete the list of five contenders for the prize, the only one voted for by the public at Britain's top movie honours, organisers said on Wednesday.    American actor Infiniti was recognised for her role in the critically acclaimed "One Battle After Another", playing Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio’s kidnapped daughter, Willa. U.S. actor and musician Caton received a nod for "Sinners", also his acting debut, in which he plays the key role of blues musician, Sammie. Aramayo was nominated for "I Swear" in which he portrays Scottish activist John Davidson, who has long campaigned for awareness around Tourette syndrome.  Madekwe, was recognised for playing pop star Oliver in thriller "Lurker" while Sterling was nominated for playing Molly, a young mum just out of prison, in drama "Lollipop". The winner, announced at the BAFTA Film Awards on February 22, will follow in the footsteps of past recipients such as "Spider-Man" star Tom Holland and Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya.  BAFTA will announce the full list of the 2026 awards nominees on January 27. (Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Alison Williams)

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