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Summer Movies: 11 breakout actors to watch
Many of the big movies this summer might come from familiar places, whether they’re franchises, sequels or hybrid adaptations of beloved animated classics. But look closer and there are quite a few fresh faces making a splash with memorable…
Movie Review: ‘Rust’ is a serviceable Western, haunted throughout by its tragic…
Surely, bringing an audience to tears with a poignant ending is something every filmmaker dreams of.
And yet the moment that inspires a genuine, unambiguous tear in “Rust” is born of a true nightmare.
“...for Halyna,” the screen reads as…
Scientists once thought only humans could bob to music. Ronan the sea lion helped prove them wrong
Researchers say Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years. Ronan burst to fame about a decade ago after scientists reported her musical skills. At age 15, she's still got it. And researchers say she was better than…
Actor Diego Boneta is trying something new with debut novel ‘The Undoing of Alejandro…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Diego Boneta had grown tired of Hollywood’s obsession with narco storylines for Latinos. The actor decided he would provide some new source material with his debut novel, out Thursday, a self-described “murder mystery,…
In final season, ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ embraces depravity even as it appeals to…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a show about a Christian megachurch pastor and his nepo baby children — between the sex, violence and full-frontal nudity courtesy of Walton Goggins — the final season of “The Righteous Gemstones” is rife with its…
Dakota Johnson and Celine Song on love, dating and ‘Materialists’
Before Celine Song was an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, she was a playwright in New York who needed day jobs to pay rent. That’s how she found herself as a professional matchmaker.
What may have begun as a purely transactional gig, a way for…
Select list of nominees for 2025 Tony Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award nominations have been announced, and the five shows competing for best musical are “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Dead Outlaw,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Maybe Happy Ending” and “Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical.”
The…
Movie Review: Thriller ‘The Surfer’ brings Nicolas Cage to a boil
For a long, sun-addled stretch, Lorcan Finnegan’s beach-set “The Surfer” simmers as a deliciously punishing nightmare, driving Nicolas Cage into his most natural state: a boil.
“Don’t live here, don’t surf here,” is the slogan at a pristine…
‘Buena Vista Social Club,’ ‘Death Becomes Her’ and ‘Maybe Happy…
Three Broadway shows — “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Death Becomes Her” and “Maybe Happy Ending” — each earned a leading 10 Tony Award nominations Thursday. Nominators spread out the joy and gave nods to George Clooney, Sarah Snook and Bob…
Martin Scorsese and Pope Francis teamed to produce a documentary called ‘Aldeas — A New…
NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff's work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death.
“Aldeas — A New Story” will feature…
The versatile actor T.R. Knight gets eerie on Broadway with the ‘Stranger Things’ play
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the toughest things about appearing on Broadway might not be the acting or the hours. It's squeezing your resume to under 100 words for your bio in Playbill. T.R. Knight tried to include all of it, initially.
“I was…
Meet David Corenswet, cinema’s new Superman
In true Clark Kent form, the new Superman would like to correct the record.
David Corenswet gave an interview to Entertainment Weekly in 2019 where he said his “pie in the sky ambition” was to play Superman.
At that point, the role was not…
Oui, chef! ‘Carême’ introduces world’s first (sexy) celebrity chef, a Napoleonic-era kitchen god
He’s a dream in the kitchen — and elsewhere in the house. He makes a mean cream-puff tower. And he’s got moves like Jagger.
Alas, Antonin Carême has been dead since the 1830s, but nobody’s perfect, right?
Most people have heard of Napoleon,…
Oscar-winning film inspired by John and Yoko song ‘War Is Over!’ to be released as a…
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Ono Lennon and his fellow creators of the Oscar-winning animated short film “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” are releasing a picture book edition.
Viking Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin…
The ‘F1’ team on adapting some of the spirit of ‘Top Gun’ to Formula One film with Brad Pitt
“Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski came to Formula One like many Americans: “Drive to Survive.”
In that popular Netflix series, he saw the potential for a cinematic event, full of immersive thrills, the high stakes of the…
Barbra Streisand announces new duets album with Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Mariah Carey and more
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand is still a woman in love, and she'll do anything to get you into her world.
That includes a new collection of duets with some of the biggest names in music. Streisand is preparing to release a new album,…
Scientists once thought only humans could bob to music. Ronan the sea lion helped prove them wrong
Researchers say Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years. Ronan burst to fame about a decade ago after scientists reported her musical skills. At age 15, she's still got it. And researchers say she was better than…
Select list of nominees for 2025 Tony Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award nominations have been announced, and the five shows competing for best musical are “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Dead Outlaw,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Maybe Happy Ending” and “Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical.”
The…
Barbra Streisand announces new duets album with Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Mariah Carey and more
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand is still a woman in love, and she'll do anything to get you into her world.
That includes a new collection of duets with some of the biggest names in music. Streisand is preparing to release a new album,…
Music Review: PUP’s pop-punk ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?’ is unapologetically…
For those unfamiliar with Toronto-based punk rock band PUP, the name is an acronym for “pathetic use of potential,” lead singer Stefan Babcock has said. That should give listeners an idea of the snarky rejection of perfectionism at the core…
Music Review: Blondshell alt-rock finds new nuance on ‘If You Asked for a Picture’
Sabrina Teitelbaum, who records under the band name Blondshell, is a longtime student of alt-rock. She knows a thing or two about all the ways in which a cutting lyric and thunderous guitar can rejuvenate the soul and soundtrack rage. On…
Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, Cyndi Lauper and Outkast get into Rock & Roll Hall of…
First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. They're in a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper, the hip-hop pioneers Outkast, the rock duo The White Stripes…
Student gospel singers take stage at New Orleans festival known for celebrity acts
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival each spring is known for hosting some of the world's most famous jazz, funk and rock acts. Yet it's also become a showcase for lesser-known talent: local schoolchildren.
Gospel…
Jensen McRae makes authentic folk-pop the internet can’t resist
California-raised singer-songwriter Jensen McRae makes folk-pop the internet adores. Her second studio album, “I Don’t Know How, But They Found Me!", is out Friday. In an interview, McRae tells The Associated Press the narrative around the…
