Mark Kennedy

This image released by Netflix shows, from left, Huey Lewis, Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson, right, in a scene from "The Greatest Night in Pop." (Netflix via AP)

Documentary on ‘We Are the World’ goes deep inside recording session of starry 1985 charity single

January 30, 2024 at 2:11 a.m.

NEW YORK — Thirty-nine years ago, the biggest music stars in the world crammed into a recording studio in Los Angeles for an all-night session that they hoped might alter music history.“We...

This image released by Lionsgate shows Martin Freeman and Jenna Ortega in "Miller's Girl." (Zac Popik/Lionsgate via AP)

‘Miller’s Girl’ with Jenna Ortega is an airless, cold affair that fails to spark

January 25, 2024 at 9:40 p.m.

Jenna Ortega's stark rise as Gen Z's goth-glam princess takes a pointless, awkward turn in “Miller’s Girl,” a new romantic horror movie about cerebral people that's simply tiresome.Written and directed...

FILE - Jon Stewart attends The Albies hosted by the Clooney Foundation for Justice at the New York Public Library in New York on Sept. 28, 2023. Stewart is rewinding the clock, returning to “The Daily Show” as an occasional host and executive producing through the 2024 U.S. elections cycle. Comedy Central on Wednesday said Stewart will host the topical TV show, the perch he ruled for 16 years starting in 1999, every Monday starting Feb. 12. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Jon Stewart will return to ‘The Daily Show’ as host – just on Mondays

January 24, 2024 at 8:21 p.m.

NEW YORK — Comedian Jon Stewart is rewinding the clock, returning to “The Daily Show” as a weekly host and executive producing through the 2024 U.S. elections cycle. Comedy Central on Wednesday...

FILE - Charles Osgood, anchor of CBS's "Sunday Morning," poses for a portrait on the set in New York on March 28, 1999. Osgood, who anchored the popular news magazine's for more than two decades, was host of the long-running radio program “The Osgood File” and was referred to as CBS News’ poet-in-residence, has died. He was 91. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)

Charles Osgood, CBS host on TV and radio and network’s poet-in-residence, dies at age 91

January 23, 2024 at 7:36 p.m.

NEW YORK — Charles Osgood, a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who anchored “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades, hosted the long-running radio program “The Osgood File” and was referred to...

ARCHIVO - Donald Fagen, izquierda, y Walter Becker de Steely Dan posan en S.I.R. Studios de Nueva York el 5 de agosto de 1993, antes de un ensayo para su próxima gira. Becker falleció en 2017. Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey y Dean Pitchford serán incorporados al Salón de la Fama de los Compositores. La ceremonia se realizará el 13 de junio en Nueva York. (Foto AP/Richard Drew, archivo)

Steely Dan, R.E.M. y Timbaland, seran incorporados al Salon de la Fama de los Compositores

January 17, 2024 at 8:36 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey y Dean Pitchford serán incorporados al Salón de la Fama de los Compositores, un grupo de músicos que han llegado a las alturas...

El nominado al Grammy Justin Tranter el 25 de mayo de 2023. Tranter, creador de algunos de los más grandes éxitos musicales de la última década, está nominado al Grammy de composición este año por temas que van del heavy metal italiano al rap y Broadway. (Jenna Peffley vía AP)

Justin Tranter es nominado al Grammy por composiciones que van del pop al heavy metal italiano

January 17, 2024 at 7:09 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Siéntate, habla con Justin Tranter por un rato y es probable que surja una canción exitosa.El compositor nominado al Grammy, al que se le atribuyen algunos de los mayores...

FILE - Donald Fagen, left, and Walter Becker of Steely Dan pose at New York's S.I.R. Studios on Aug. 5, 1993, before a rehearsal for their tour. Becker died in 2017. Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held on June 13 in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford get into Songwriters Hall of Fame

January 17, 2024 at 4:49 p.m.

NEW YORK — Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, an incoming class of musicians who have scaled the heights of...

Matty Matheson, centro, y Ebon Moss-Bachrach se besan después de que "The Bear" ganara el premio a mejor comedia en la 75a edición de los Premios Emmy el lunes 15 de enero de 2024 en el Teatro Peacock de Los Ángeles. (Foto AP/Chris Pizzello)

Momentos de los Emmy: El triunfo de “Succession”, el festin de “The Bear” y una mama estricta

January 16, 2024 at 9:12 p.m.

“Succession” tuvo una despedida muy exitosa en los Premios Emmy, la adictiva saga de la familia Roy ganó el premio al mejor drama por tercera vez y cinco premios más,...

This image shows Grammy Award nominee Justin Tranter on May 25, 2023. The Grammy-nominated songwriter is credited with some of the biggest hits of the past decade. (Jenna Peffley via AP)

Grammy-nominated for tunes with Miley Cyrus and Renee Rapp, Justin Tranter writes hits by talking

January 16, 2024 at 6:34 p.m.

NEW YORK — Sit down and talk to Justin Tranter for just a while and likely a hit song will emerge.The Grammy-nominated songwriter credited with some of the biggest bangers of the...

Matty Matheson, center, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach kiss as "The Bear" wins the award for outstanding comedy series during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Emmy Moments: ‘Succession’ succeeds, ‘The Bear’ eats it up, and a show wraps on time, thanks to Mom

January 16, 2024 at 3:06 p.m.

So it be, so it is, as Cousin Greg would say: "Succession” had a fittingly successful sendoff at the Emmys, the addictive saga of the roiling Roy family dynasty winning...

This image released by Sony Pictures shows Omar Sy, left, in a scene from "The Book of Clarence." (Moris Puccio/Legendary Entertainment/Sony via AP)

Movie Review: Audacious Bible-era story ‘The Book of Clarence’ is maybe too audacious

January 9, 2024 at 3:10 p.m.

Somewhere between the sacred and profane, comedy, drama and satire comes “The Book of Clarence,” a retelling of The Greatest Story Ever Told that arrives in theaters appropriately between Christmas...

ARCHIVO - Se muestra a la actriz Glynis Johns, el 11 de septiembre de 1982. Johns, una estrella de cine y teatro ganadora del premio Tony que interpretó a la madre de película clásica "Mary Poppins" y presentó al mundo la canción "Send in the Clowns" de Stephen Sondheim, falleció el jueves 4 de enero de 2024. Tenía 100 años. (Foto AP/Carlos Rene Perez)

Muere a los 100 anos la actriz Glynis Johns de “Mary Poppins”

January 4, 2024 at 9:22 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Glynis Johns, una estrella de teatro y cine ganadora del premio Tony quien actuó junto a Julie Andrews en la película clásica “Mary Poppins” y presentó al mundo la...

FILE - Actress Glynis Johns is shown, Sept. 11, 1982. Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be “Send in the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim, has died, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2023. She was 100.(AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez)

Glynis Johns, ‘Mary Poppins’ star who first sang Sondheim’s ‘Send in the Clowns,’ dies at 100

January 5, 2024 at 3:30 a.m.

NEW YORK — Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the bittersweet...

This image released by NBC shows John Larroquette as Dan Fielding, left, and Marsha Warfield as Roz in a scene from the "Night Court" episode entitled "The Roz Affair." (Nicole Weingart/NBC via AP)

Marsha Warfield, bailiff Roz Russell on ‘Night Court,’ returns to the show that has a ‘big heart’

January 1, 2024 at 4:20 p.m.

NEW YORK — Fans of the rebooted hit NBC sitcom “Night Court” might have been forgiven for tuning in all season long and asking “Where's Roz?”Roz Russell — played by comedian Marsha...

FILE - Jo Koy arrives at the World Premiere of "Easter Sunday" on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Koy has been tapped to be the host for the Golden Globes, picked by producers for his “infectious energy and relatable humor.” (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Comedian Jo Koy is picked to host the Golden Globes as award season kicks off

December 21, 2023 at 6:07 p.m.

NEW YORK — Comedian and actor Jo Koy has been tapped to host the Golden Globes, picked by producers for his “infectious energy and relatable humor.”Koy last year saw his “Easter Sunday”...

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Jason Momoa in a scene from "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

If this is goodbye, ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ keeps its trident high

December 21, 2023 at 7:52 p.m.

It's perhaps appropriate that the latest Aquaman movie is about a lost kingdom. In many ways, this mini-franchise is just that, a Jason Momoa kingdom that could just quietly sink...

This image released by Neon shows Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari in a scene from "Ferrari." (Lorenzo Sisti/Leon via AP)

Auto pioneer Enzo Ferrari gets a solid biopic, but it doesn’t make the heart race

December 21, 2023 at 8:02 p.m.

Napoleon Bonaparte. Leonard Bernstein. Willy Wonka. Aquaman — there are a ton of Guy Movie Heroes out there as 2023 ends. And yet up zooms another — in “Ferrari.”Director Michael...

This image released by Netflix shows Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein, left, and Gideon Glick as Tommy Cothran in a scene from "Maestro." (Jason McDonald/Netflix via AP)

Behind the ‘Maestro’ drama is a raft of theater stars ing the story of Leonard Bernstein

December 18, 2023 at 5:56 p.m.

NEW YORK — Leonard Bernstein was a towering figure on Broadway. So it seems only fitting that the new film darma of him leans on the Great White Way to get the...

This image released by the Lookingglass Theatre Company shows Molly Herna`ndez as Alice during a performance of "Lookingglass Alice" in Chicago. The production will broadcast on PBS on Friday. (Liz Lauren/Lookingglass Theatre Company via AP)

Alice in Wonderland stage play from Chicago fuses circus elements for new PBS broadcast

December 14, 2023 at 4:04 p.m.

NEW YORK — The first indication that you're not seeing a run-of-the-mill stage production of Alice in Wonderland is when the White Rabbit appears suspended 30 feet over the stage and does...

Actor Tony Shalhoub poses for a portrait to promote the Peacock film "Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie," Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Tony Shalhoub returns as everyone’s favorite obsessive-compulsive sleuth in ‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case’

December 13, 2023 at 12:45 a.m.

NEW YORK — Fourteen years ago, Tony Shalhoub said goodbye to one of his most beloved creations — the obsessive-compulsive private detective Adrian Monk. Monk's last TV appearance in 2009 was even...

This image released by Vivacity Media Group shows Madison Kopec, center, with the cast during a performance of "How to Dance in Ohio." (Curtis Brown/Vivacity Media Group via AP)

Autism is front and center in the pioneering new musical ‘How to Dance in Ohio’ on Broadway

December 7, 2023 at 4:47 p.m.

NEW YORK — Actor Haven Burton wasn't worried about what professional critics thought of her new musical “How to Dance in Ohio." Who she really wanted to hear from was her 11-year-old...

Michael Urie attends the "Spamalot" Broadway opening night at St. James Theater on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in New York. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP)

Michael Urie keeps the laughter going as he stars in a revival of Broadway ‘Spamalot’

December 6, 2023 at 4:48 p.m.

NEW YORK — Michael Urie has a very hard job this winter: Not cracking up when he's not supposed to on Broadway.The former “Ugly Betty” and current “Shrinking” star is in a...

This image released by Netflix shows Mahershela Ali from left, Myha'la Herrold, Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke in a scene from "Leave the World Behind." (JoJo Whilden/Netflix via AP)

Movie Review: ‘Leave the World Behind’ is a terrific blend of thriller, disaster and satire

December 5, 2023 at 5:57 p.m.

Imagine that it's close to midnight and there's a knock at the door of your luxurious weekend rental home. A man is standing there, calmly apologizing. He says it's his...

FILE - Alicia Keys, left, and Maleah Joi Moon attend the "Hell's Kitchen" Off-Broadway opening night at The Public Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in New York. Keys semi-autobiographical stage musical is moving from off-Broadway to the Shubert Theatre this spring. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Alicia Keys’ semi-autobiographical stage musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ moves to Broadway in spring

December 5, 2023 at 3:25 a.m.

NEW YORK — Broadway audiences will soon be hearing the hit songs of Alicia Keys — not far from where the multiple-Grammy-winner grew up.“Hell's Kitchen,” the semi-autobiographical musical by the singer-songwriter, is...

Book Review: David Mamet screams at clouds in new collection of grievances about Hollywood

December 4, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

Just in time for Christmas, when you need a gift for that weird old uncle who is upset that everyone gets a trophy in youth soccer, comes a new David...

This image released by Hearst shows the comic strip Mutts, by cartoonist Patrick McDonnell. (Hearst via AP)

Breaking the chains: Creator of comic strip ‘Mutts’ frees his Guard Dog character after decades

November 30, 2023 at 1:01 p.m.

NEW YORK — Something is different on the comics pages this week. In the s of “Mutts,” there's the long-delayed sight of freedom.Patrick McDonnell, the cartoonist who draws the popular strip, is...

FILE - Actress s Sternhagen holds her award for best featured actress in a play for her performance in "The Heiress" during the Tony Awards in New York on June 4, 1995. Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,” “Sex and the City” and “The Closer,” has died. She was 93. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

s Sternhagen, Tony Award-winning actor who was familiar maternal face on TV, dies at 93

November 29, 2023 at 10:29 p.m.

NEW YORK — s Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,”...

FILE - Author Tim Dorsey poses at the Derby Lane Greyhound Track in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Sept. 5, 2007, Dorsey, who over his career published 26 novels, died Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, according to Danielle Bartlett, a publicity director at William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Novelist Tim Dorsey, who mixed comedy and murder in his Serge A. Storms stories, dies at 62

November 29, 2023 at 1:36 a.m.

NEW YORK — Tim Dorsey, a former police and courts newspaper reporter who found lasting fame as the creator of the crime-comedy novel series starring Serge A. Storms, an energetic fan of...

This image released by Neon shows Thomasin McKenzie, left, and Anne Hathaway in a scene from "Eileen." (Jeong Park/Neon via AP)

‘Eileen,’ a wonderful novel about an ‘invisible’ young lady, becomes a oddball film

December 7, 2023 at 8:17 p.m.

Something strange has happened to Eileen Dunlop, and we don't just mean the plot of “Eileen.” The adaptation of novelist Ottessa Moshfegh's delicious coming-of-age heroine has had a weird birth...

FILE - Eddie Izzard appears at the premiere of the film "Moonage Daydream" in London on Sept. 5, 2022. Izzard will play all the parts of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in a one-person staging in New York, adapted by Izzard’s brother, Mark, and directed by Selena Cadell. (Photo by Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

Eddie Izzard returns to New York for a version of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ with just one actor onstage

November 28, 2023 at 2:09 p.m.

NEW YORK — Eddie Izzard is returning to a New York stage this winter for an ambitious version of “Hamlet.” It's ambitious because the actor-comedian will be the only one on stage.Izzard...

This image released by The Public Theater shows Rainbow Dickerson, from left, Sheila Tousey, Jeffrey King, David Kelly and Joe Tapper appear during a performance of "Manahatta" in New York. The play was written by Mary Kathryn Nagle. (Joan Marcus/The Public Theater via AP)

Native American storytellers enjoying a rare spotlight, a moment they hope can be more than that

November 22, 2023 at 2:05 a.m.

NEW YORK — The financial crisis of 2008 hit Mary Kathryn Nagle differently. As a playwright and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she saw parallels to events that negatively impacted Indigenous...

FILE - A plate of roasted turkey and gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and glazed carrots appears in Concord, N.H., on Oct. 2, 2012. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research looks at the state of the country's Thanksgiving favorites. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead, File)

Turkey rules the table. But an AP-NORC poll finds disagreement over other Thanksgiving classics

November 21, 2023 at 7:47 p.m.

Thanksgiving may be a time for Americans to come together, but opinion is divided over what's on the crowded dinner table. We mostly agree on the deliciousness of pumpkin pie,...

FILE - Clem Burke, from left, Debbie Harry and Rob Roth attend a screening of "Blondie: Vivir En La Habana" during the 20th Tribeca Festival in New York on June 16, 2021. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Public Enemy, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and Tracy Chapman get nods for Songwriters Hall of Fame

November 21, 2023 at 2:03 p.m.

NEW YORK — Everything from rap to yacht rock, country and alt-rock are represented among the nominees for the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame, with nods for Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Bryan...

This Nov. 8, 2023 photo released by DKC/O&M shows actor Jordan Fisher, who will succeed original cast member Reeve Carney in the Broadway musical "Hadestown." The actor, whose Broadway credits also include “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Hamilton,” will step into the role of Orpheus beginning Monday at the Walter Kerr Theatre. (Andy Henderson/DKC/O&M via AP)

Jordan Fisher goes into ‘Hadestown’ on Broadway, ‘stretching every creative muscle’

November 20, 2023 at 3:12 p.m.

NEW YORK — Jordan Fisher is going to hell this winter and he's very happy about it.The actor and singer star enters Broadway's “Hadestown,” the brooding 2019 Tony Award-winning musical about the...

Elton John performs during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at Barclays Center in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Elton John’s musical about Tammy Faye Bakker to land on Broadway next season

November 17, 2023 at 2:05 p.m.

NEW YORK — Elton John's musical about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is coming to Broadway from London.“Tammy Faye” will land in New York City during the 2024-25 season, producers said Friday. John...

FILE - Billy Porter arrives at the People's Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2022. Porter's latest album is ""Black Mona Lisa"." (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Billy Porter hits the dance floor on his fifth album with the goal of ‘trying to heal people’

November 15, 2023 at 4:20 p.m.

NEW YORK — Billy Porter is strutting off in an entirely new sonic direction on his fifth album. The Broadway, runway and TV star has pivoted to dance music. “I’m a new...

This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Kaimana, foreground left, and Hilo Pelesasa, right, in a scene from "Next Goal Wins." (Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Searchlight Pictures via AP)

Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ is a sweet, frothy diversion but no knee slide

November 16, 2023 at 8:11 p.m.

In “Next Goal Wins,” a soccer coach comes from far away to lead a hapless group of athletes. He's a fish-out-of-water type, ill-suited for the job, but rises to the...

Book Review: Rock ‘n’ roller and Rush pioneer Geddy Lee goes deep in his memoir, ‘My Effin’ Life’

November 14, 2023 at 12:28 p.m.

Geddy Lee is a rock star, that's undeniable. But he's also a polite Canadian to the core. So it's fitting that the Rush icon picked a not-too-bawdy title for his...

This released by the DKC/O+M Co., shows Luke Murphy in a scene from "Sleep No More," performing at The McKittrick Hotel in New York. The “Macbeth”-inspired immersive theatre experience "Sleep No More" that is hosted in three empty hulking warehouse spaces in downtown New York City will say goodbye early next year on its 5,000 performance. (AP Photo/DKC/O+M Co., Thom Kaine)

Immersive theater experience ‘Sleep No More’ will end its 13-year New York City run in January

November 8, 2023 at 9:43 p.m.

NEW YORK — The “Macbeth”-inspired immersive theater experience "Sleep No More" that is hosted in three empty, hulking warehouse spaces in downtown New York City will say goodbye early next year on...

ARCHIVO - Gavin Rossdale, de la banda Bush, llega al estreno de "Captain Marvel" en Los Angeles el 4 de marzo de 2019. Bush lanzará "Loaded: The Greatest Hits 1994-2023" una selección de 21 de sus grandes éxitos. (Foto Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, archivo)

Gavin Rossdale celebra 3 decadas de Bush con el album “Loaded”

November 8, 2023 at 10:41 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Reunir una colección de los grandes éxitos de Bush fue relativamente fácil. Convencer a su líder Gavin Rossdale para que lo hiciera fue un poco más difícil.“Realmente nunca quise...

Gavin Rossdale poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

Gavin Rossdale celebrates 3 decades of Bush songs with a greatest hits album, ‘Loaded’

November 9, 2023 at 3:17 a.m.

NEW YORK — Putting together a collection of Bush's greatest hits was relatively easy. Convincing frontman Gavin Rossdale to do it was a bit harder.“I never really wanted to do one because...

ARCHIVO - Michael Stipe y Mike Mills, de R.E.M. posan para un retrato en Nueva York el 28 de octubre de 2019. Hace 25 años R.E.M. lanzó su álbu "Up" el primero de la banda como trío. (Foto Matt Licari/Invision/AP, archivo)

R.E.M. celebra giro radical de “Up”

November 7, 2023 at 7:46 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Hace veinticinco años, R.E.M. lanzó un álbum que no sonaba como R.E.M.“Up”, el undécimo álbum de la banda que salió a la venta en el otoño de 1998, era...

This Oct. 28, 2019 photo shows Michael Stipe and Mike Mills, from R.E.M. posing for a portrait in New York. Twenty-five years ago, R.E.M. released “Up,” the band's 11th album. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP, File)

R.E.M. celebrates ‘a very radical departure’ 25 years ago with their album ‘Up’

November 7, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Twenty-five years ago, an R.E.M. album arrived that didn't sound like a typical R.E.M. album.“Up,” the band's 11th album which dropped in the fall of 1998, was a curious...

FILE - James Corden hosts at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 28, 2018, in New York. The multiple Emmy- and Tony Award-winner who gave the world “Carpool Karaoke” is launching a new weekly show set for early 2024 on SiriusXM called “This Life of Mine with James Corden.” (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

James Corden heading to SiriusXM next year with a weekly show

November 6, 2023 at 5:06 p.m.

NEW YORK — James Corden may be off TV screens after leaving CBS’ “The Late Late Show” but that doesn't mean he's stopped chatting with celebrities.The multiple Emmy- and Tony Award-winner who...

’80s icon Boy George is returning to Broadway in ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’

November 6, 2023 at 3:49 p.m.

NEW YORK — Boy George — the Culture Club icon of the 1980s — is returning to Broadway in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”The singer-songwriter whose hits include “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You...

FILE - James Austin Johnson attends the world premiere of "Don't Look Up" in New York on Dec. 5, 2021. Austin Johnson of “Saturday Night Live” fame will voice the Grinch for a podcast called “The Grinch Holiday Talk Show” featuring a new celebrity guest every episode. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

This holiday season, the mean ol’ Grinch gets a comedy podcast series hosted by James Austin Johnson

November 6, 2023 at 12:08 p.m.

NEW YORK — What would the mean ol' Grinch be doing in 2023? Would that Christmas sad sack be hosting a cooking show on TikTok? Writing long essays for Substack? No, you...

En esta combinación de fotografías, Missy Elliott, de izquierda a derecha, George Michael y Willie Nelson, quienes serán inorporados al Salón de la Fama del Rock & Roll el viernes. (AP Photo)

Elliott, Nelson, Crow y Chaka Khan listos para el Salon de la Fama del Rock & Roll

November 3, 2023 at 7:13 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Los fanáticos del hip hop, country, pop, funk, R&B y rock tienen motivos para celebrar a la generación 2023 que ingresa al Salón de la Fama del Rock &...

H.E.R., left, and Chaka Khan perform during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at Barclays Center in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott and Chaka Khan make the crowd go wild at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

November 4, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Sheryl Crow and Olivia Rodrigo kicked off the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Friday night and Missy Elliott closed the show more than four hours...

**ONE TIME USE WITH MTV 40th ROUNDTABLE STORY RUNNING 8/2021. Portrait of 80s rock band Huey Lewis & the News. CREDIT: Deanne Fitzmaurice

Old Globe-born Huey Lewis musical ‘The Heart of Rock & Roll’ heads to Broadway

November 2, 2023 at 6:28 p.m.

NEW YORK — Huey Lewis, who with his band The News stormed radio in the 1980s with such rock-pop hits as “The Power of Love” and “I Want a New Drug,” is...

FILE - Cher arrives at the premiere of "Chevalier" in Los Angeles on rApril 16, 2023. Cher's holiday album, “Christmas,” releases Friday. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, Filer)

Do you believe? Cher set to star in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year

November 1, 2023 at 12:47 p.m.

NEW YORK — Cher is obviously a superstar but even a superstar can be the opening act when it comes to Santa.Organizers of this year's Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade have nabbed the...

This image released by Netflix shows Jeffrey Mackenzie Jordan, left, and Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in a scene from "Rustin." (Parrish Lewis/Netflix via AP)

Movie Review: ‘Rustin’ with an outstanding Colman Domingo is a terrific look at March on Washington

October 31, 2023 at 7:50 p.m.

The 1963 March on Washington drew an estimated 250,000 people from across the country — the largest march at that point in American history — and was the place where...

Book Review: Henry Winkler grapples with the Fonz and dyslexia in his entertaining new memoir

November 1, 2023 at 2:02 a.m.

Henry Winkler's memoir begins on a Tuesday morning in October 1973, at his first audition for “Happy Days.” He was almost 28 — quite a bit old for a high...

FILE - President Barack Obama presents a 2010 National Medal of Arts to New Republic theatre critic Robert Brustein, March 2, 2011, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Brustein, a giant in the theatrical world as critic, playwright, crusader for artistic integrity and founder of two of the leading regional theaters in the country, died on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. He was 96. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Robert Brustein, theater critic and pioneer who founded stage programs for Yale and Harvard, dies

October 29, 2023 at 11:53 p.m.

NEW YORK — Robert Brustein, a giant in the theatrical world as critic, playwright, crusader for artistic integrity and founder of two of the leading regional theaters in the country, has died....

In this photo provided by Kathy Hutchins, Richard Moll arrives at the 2010 TV Land Awards Sony Studios Culver City, Calif., April 17, 2010. Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, has died at age 80. Moll died Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at his home in Big Bear Lake, Calif., according to a Jeff Sanderson, a family spokesperson. (Kathy Hutchins/Hutchins Photo via AP)

Richard Moll, who found fame as a bailiff on the original sitcom ‘Night Court,’ dies at 80

October 28, 2023 at 4:50 a.m.

NEW YORK — Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, has died. He was 80.Moll died Thursday...

This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Bonnie, Freddy Fazbear and Chica in a scene from "Five Nights at Freddy's." (Universal Pictures via AP)

Video game-to-horror flick ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ misfires badly

October 26, 2023 at 6:31 p.m.

Just in time for Halloween comes “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a video game adaptation with the potential treat of demented Chuck E. Cheese-like animatronic creatures running amok. But the trick...

FILE - Krystal Joy Brown attends the "Knock at the Cabin" world premiere in New York on Jan. 30, 2023. Brown stars in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along.” (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Krystal Joy Brown shines on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim revival of ‘Merrily We Roll Along’

October 25, 2023 at 3:48 p.m.

NEW YORK — Krystal Joy Brown has planted her flag on Broadway — first professionally and now personally. The singer and actor just bought an apartment a few blocks from where she's...

This cover image released by Tape Modern/BMG shows "Danse Macabre" by Duran Duran. (Tape Modern/BMG via AP)

Music Review: Celebrate the spooky season with a Duran Duran album, ‘Danse Macabre’

October 24, 2023 at 2:04 p.m.

There aren't that many Halloween albums out there and so tip your masks to Duran Duran for giving us a treat this spooky season.“Danse Macabre” is a 13-track — even...

FILE - Dove Cameron poses for photographers upon arrival at the Vogue World event on Sept. 14, 2023 in London. Cameron's latest album “Alchemical: Volume 1," releases Dec. 1. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

Dove Cameron drops new spiky banger, ‘Lethal Woman,’ ahead of debut album ‘Alchemical: Volume 1’

October 20, 2023 at 12:01 p.m.

NEW YORK — Dove Cameron's latest single starts with the sound of maniacal laughter and then a piano riff that could have been swiped from “The Phantom of the Opera.” She's just...

This image released by Netflix shows Bobby Cannavale, right, and Bill Burr in a scene from "Old Dads." (Michael Moriatis/Netflix via AP)

Movie Review: Netflix’s ‘Old Dads’ is a recycling of PC grievances and a Bill Burr career nadir

October 20, 2023 at 1:00 a.m.

The new Netflix movie “Old Dads” has a title problem. It really should be called “Old Dads Yelling at Clouds” or “Old Dads Raging at QR Codes.” It's designed for...

This image released by Sesame Workshop shows Ariana DeBose, right, with muppet characters, from left, Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby on the set of the children's show "Sesame Street." (Richard Termine/Sesame Workshop via AP)

‘Sesame Street’ season stars Ariana DeBose, Brandi Carlile, ASL and an octopus chef

October 17, 2023 at 12:29 p.m.

NEW YORK — The season of “Sesame Street” features an octopus as a chef, an exploration of American Sign Language and Quinta Brunson giving Cookie Monster a little bit of attitude.The...

This cover image released by Clarkson Potter shows "Natasha's Kitchen: 100+ Easy Family-Favorite Recipes You'll Make Again and Again: A Cookbook" by Natasha Kravchuk. (Clarkson Potter via AP)

Natasha from ‘Natasha’s Kitchen’ makes waves in the food world with a simple approach to dishes

October 16, 2023 at 4:37 p.m.

NEW YORK — It started with a simple salad. Natasha Kravchuk began building a cooking mini-empire by combining cucumber, tomato and avocado. When a TV anchor shared the recipe on Facebook in...

FILE - Playwright Theresa Rebeck attends the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 12th Annual Monte Cristo Awards in New York on April 16, 2012. Rebeck will direct her own work “Dig” at 59E59 Theaters and her “I Need That” is landing on Broadway starring Danny DeVito and his daughter, Lucy. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

Playwright Theresa Rebeck is busy in NYC this fall, with plays uptown and on Broadway

October 13, 2023 at 2:34 p.m.

NEW YORK — If you're ever tempted to offer playwright Theresa Rebeck an idea for a new play, maybe hold off. She has quite enough of those as it is. “A play...

FILE - Troye Sivan appears at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit during the 76th Cannes international film festival, Cap d'Antibes, southern on May 25, 2023. Sivan's third full-length album, "Something to Give Each Other," releases this week. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

Troye Sivan harnesses ‘levity and fun’ to fuel third full album, ‘Something to Give Each Other’

October 12, 2023 at 2:38 p.m.

NEW YORK — Troye Sivan was initially going to begin his third full-length album with a ballad, a wistful song looking back at lost love. Then he thought better about it. Frisky...

FILE - Students appear at a vigil against violence at Prexy's Pasture on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie, Wyo., on Oct. 10, 1999. The weekend marked the one-year anniversary death of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student, who was tied to a fence and beaten into a coma from which he died two days later on Oct. 7, 1998. The Tectonic Theater Project is marking the anniversary by gathering the original cast and creators of "The Laramie Project," and some of the people represented in the piece for a staged reading and conversation as part of the 2023 Shepard Symposium at the University of Wyoming. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

`The Laramie Project’ stages a special reading in Wyoming on the 25th anniversary of Shepard murder

October 12, 2023 at 11:34 a.m.

NEW YORK — It has been 25 years since the body of Matthew Shepard was discovered in Laramie, Wyoming. The gay college student had been tied to a fence post, tortured and...

Michael Chiarello of Bottega Ristorante in Yountville is featured in new California tourism TV ad

Chef and TV personality Michael Chiarello dies at 61 after being treated for allergic reaction

October 9, 2023 at 10:31 p.m.

NEW YORK — Michael Chiarello, a chef known for his Italian-inspired Californian restaurants who won an Emmy Award for best host for “Easy Entertaining With Michael Chiarello" and appeared on Bravo’s “Top...

This image released by Neon shows Jessica Henwick, left, and Julia Garner in a scene from "The Royal Hotel." (Neon via AP)

Check out ‘The Royal Hotel’ but don’t linger in this subtle horror flick

October 5, 2023 at 6:24 p.m.

“The Royal Hotel” is a horror movie but don't expect any jump-cuts, scary masks or serial killers. It's more like the horror that dawns on a frog when it realizes...

FILE - The stage appears before the start of the 75th annual Tony Awards on June 12, 2022 in New York. This season’s Tony Awards will take place on June 16 at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

The 2024 Tony Awards set June 16 ceremony with a new location at Lincoln Center

October 4, 2023 at 5:09 p.m.

NEW YORK — Theater fans, mark your calendars: This season's Tony Awards will take place on June 16 at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.Producers of the show...

Patrick Stewart, cast member in the Paramount+ television series "Star Trek: Picard" poses for a portrait during the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Patrick Stewart, a Shakespearean actor who soars in sci-fi, to discuss memoir in San Diego visit

November 23, 2023 at 9:59 p.m.

NEW YORK — Patrick Stewart, who famously played a “Star Trek” captain, has boldly gone where no one has gone before — into his past.The actor spent much of the pandemic at...

ARCHIVO - Carlos Santana durante su presentación en BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival en Napa, California, el 26 de mayo de 2019. El documental "Carlos" presenta la música y la vida del artista galardonado con el Grammy. (Foto Amy Harris/Invision/AP, archivo)

Resena: Documental “Carlos” es un retrato amoroso y respetuoso de Santana

September 28, 2023 at 9:40 p.m.

Un nuevo documental sobre el ícono del rock Carlos Santana comienza con el legendario filósofo y guitarrista haciendo una pregunta simple: "¿Crees en la magia?”.“Magia, no trucos. El fluir de...

ARCHIVO - Elton John, izquierda, y Bernie Taupin, ganadores del premio a la mejor canción original por "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" de "Rocketman", posan en la sala de prensa de los Oscar en Los Ángeles el domingo 9 de febrero de 2020. Taupin será incorporado al Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll en una ceremonia que será ransmitida en vivo por Disney+ el 3 de noviembre. (Foto Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, archivo)

Elton John y Chris Stapleton estaran en la ceremonia del Salon de la Fama del Rock & Roll

September 28, 2023 at 6:12 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews, H.E.R., Chris Stapleton, St. Vincent y New Edition actuarán en la ceremonia del Salón de la Fama del Rock & Roll que será...

FILE - Elton John, left, and Bernie Taupin, winners of the award for best original song for "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from "Rocketman", pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Los Angeles. Taupin's memoir, "Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me" releases this week. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony live this year, with Elton John and Chris Stapleton performing

September 28, 2023 at 7:56 p.m.

NEW YORK — Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews, H.E.R., Chris Stapleton, St. Vincent and New Edition will perform at this fall's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which will...

This image released by The Press Room shows Narges Kalogli, left, and playwright Sanaz Toossi during a rehearsal for her Pulitzer Prize-winning play “English." The production runs from Sept. 27–Oct. 15 at the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Mass. (Andrew Cromartie/The Press Room via AP)

Sanaz Toossi, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, makes the leap to star in her own play, ‘English’

September 27, 2023 at 3:35 p.m.

NEW YORK — Theatergoers seeing the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “English” at the Barrington Stage Company will have a treat this fall. They'll get to see the playwright up on stage.Sanaz Toossi steps...

En una muestra de solidaridad, guionistas se unen a las protestas del Sindicato de Actores de la Pantalla-Federación Estadounidense de Artistas de Televisión y Radio (SAG-AFTRA por sus siglas en inglés) frente a la entrada de los estudios Warner Bros. en Burbank, California, el martes 26 de septiembre de 2023. (AP Foto/Richard Vogel)

Programas de television nocturnos anuncian regreso tras fin de huelga de guionistas de Hollywood

September 27, 2023 at 6:55 p.m.

LOS ÁNGELES — Los conductores de los programas de televisión nocturnos planean regresar a sus sketches y monólogos la próxima semana, restableciendo el flujo de humor que estuvo detenido durante cinco...

This image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown shows Jasmine Amy Rogers, who will star in “BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical." The production makes its debut this fall in Chicago with hopes that it can charm itself to Broadway. (Mark Seliger/Boneau/Bryan-Brown via AP)

Rising star Jasmine Amy Rogers is tapped to play iconic Betty Boop in new stage musical

September 27, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — The actor picked to play the iconic, baby-faced flapper Betty Boop in a new stage musical is a triple threat from Texas with a contagious laugh.Jasmine Amy Rogers will...

SAG-AFTRA member John Schmitt, second from right, and others carry signs on the picket line outside Netflix on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Los Angeles. Hollywood's writers strike was declared over Tuesday night when board from their union approved a contract agreement with studios, bringing the industry at least partly back from a historic halt in production. The actors strike continues in their bid to get better pay and working conditions. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Hollywood actors to resume negotiations with studios next week, as protracted writers strike ends

September 28, 2023 at 3:54 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — With the Hollywood writers strike over, actors will now get a shot at cutting their own deal with studios and streaming services.The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and...

FILE - Carlos Santana performs at the BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival in Napa, Calif., on May 26, 2019. A new documentary "Carlos" covers the music career of the multi-Grammy Award-winning artist. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Documentary ‘Carlos’ is a loving, respectful portrait of guitar god Santana

September 28, 2023 at 7:50 p.m.

A new documentary on rock icon Carlos Santana begins with the legendary philosopher-guitarist asking a simple question: “Do you believe in magic?”“Magic. Not tricks — the flow of grace,” he...

FILE - This Aug. 30, 2019 photo shows chef JJ Johnson posing with two signature rice bowls, one salmon and one vegetable, outside his Field Trip counter-service restaurant kiosk on the food court at the US Open tennis championships in New York. Johnson's new cookbook "The Simple Art of Rice: Recipes from Around the World for the Heart of Your Table," a book co-authored with Danica Novgorodoff, celebrates rice's versatility. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Chef JJ Johnson’s new cookbook celebrates rice, the humble grain that feeds the world

September 25, 2023 at 6:41 p.m.

NEW YORK — Chef JJ Johnson uses rice at home in many different ways — making crepes with his kids, using leftover rice for his wife's salad and frying it for dinner...

This image shows cover art for the latest edition of the Guinness World Records. The 2024 edition has taken our watery world as its theme. That means there's entries for the largest octopuses, largest hot spring and deepest shark among the 2,638 achievements. (Guinness World Records via AP)

Longest, fastest, zaniest: Guinness World Records celebrates the ‘crazy, fun, inspiring’

September 25, 2023 at 5:59 p.m.

NEW YORK — Do you know the highest average grossing movie franchise in history? That's easy, “Avatar.” What about the record for the most balloons popped in one minute by a pogostick?...

This image released by the Signature Theatre shows Nova Y. Payton during a performance of "Into the Woods" at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Va. The theater offers a monthly streaming interview program, new online play readings and digital previews of shows for subscribers. (Daniel Rader/Signature Theatre via AP)

It’s not all grim across regional theater. Some venues offer ways to beat the post-pandemic blues

September 22, 2023 at 6:50 p.m.

NEW YORK — Everyone who enters Barter Theatre in southwestern Virginia is met and welcomed by Katy Brown, the producing artistic director.It's a simple touch but a telling one for the 90-year-old...

ARCHIVO - Jann Wenner habla sobre su nuevo libro "Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir" en 92nd Street Y, el 13 de septiembre de 2022, en Nueva York. Jann Wenner, quien cofundó la revista Rolling Stone y también era cofundador del Salón de la Fama del Rock & Roll, fue retirado de la junta de directores del salón después de hacer comentarios despectivos sobre mujeres músicas y músicos negros. (Foto Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Cofundador de Rolling Stone es retirado de junta directiva del Salon de la Fama del Rock & Roll

September 18, 2023 at 7:18 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Jann Wenner, quien cofundó la revista Rolling Stone y también era cofundador del Salón de la Fama del Rock & Roll, fue retirado de la junta de directores del...

FILE - Bill Maher arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 27, 2022. Mahr has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision following similar pauses in the past few days by “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “The Talk” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show.” (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Bill Maher postpones return to the air, the latest TV host to balk at working during writers strike

September 18, 2023 at 5:55 p.m.

NEW YORK — Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision that follows similar pauses over the weekend by “The...

FILE - Drew Barrymore attends the Time100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, April 26, 2023, in New York. The National Book Awards dropped Barrymore as the host for this year's ceremony, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, a day after her talk show taped its first episode since the Hollywood writers strike began. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Drew Barrymore and ‘The Talk’ postpone their daytime talk shows until after the Hollywood strikes

September 17, 2023 at 5:42 p.m.

NEW YORK — Drew Barrymore, who drew criticism for taping new episodes of her daytime talk show despite the ongoing writers and actors strikes, now says she'll wait until the labor issues...

FILE - Jann Wenner discusses his new book "Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir," at 92nd Street Y, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in New York. Wenner, who founded Rolling Stone magazine and was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after denigrating Black and female musicians. a day after Wenner’s comments were published in a New York Times interview. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial comments

September 17, 2023 at 11:52 p.m.

NEW YORK — Jann Wenner, who co-founded Rolling Stone magazine and also was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall's board of directors...

Kal Penn, center left, and John Cho, center right, speak during a rally outside Paramount Pictures Studio on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. The film and television industries remain paralyzed by Hollywood's dual actors and screenwriters strikes. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Hollywood strikes enter a new phase as daytime shows like Drew Barrymore’s return despite pickets

September 16, 2023 at 3:52 p.m.

NEW YORK — “The Drew Barrymore Show” will begin airing fresh episodes on Monday but a lot of off-air controversy will be clinging to its typically bubbly host.Barrymore — a daughter of...

Actor and musician Jared Leto, of Thirty Seconds to Mars, poses for a portrait to promote his band's latest album "It’s the End of the World But It’s a Beautiful Day,” on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Thirty Seconds to Mars returns with a new album that Jared Leto says will ‘surprise’ a lot of people

September 14, 2023 at 8:45 p.m.

NEW YORK — Thirty Seconds to Mars is back with a new clutch of songs born from the pandemic and collected under a very long title. “It’s the End of the World...

En esta imagen proporcionada por Prime Michael Peña en una escena de "A Million Miles Away." (Prime vía AP)

Resena: “A Million Miles Away” inspira con la historia de un astronauta poco probable

September 13, 2023 at 9:38 p.m.

Si alguna vez hubo una historia inspiradora sobre cómo alcanzar las estrellas, es “A Million Miles Away”, el viaje de la vida real de cómo un niño que creció siendo...

This image released by Prime shows Michael Pena in a scene from "A Million Miles Away." (Prime via AP)

Movie Review: ‘A Million Miles Away’ charms and inspires with the tale of an unlikely astronaut

September 13, 2023 at 7:39 p.m.

If ever there was an inspirational story about reaching for the stars, it's “A Million Miles Away,” the real-life journey of a how a boy who grew up as a...

FILE - Bernie Taupin poses for a portrait at the 92nd Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at the Loews Hotel on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Los Angeles. Taupin's memoir, "Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me" releases this week. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Bernie Taupin, Elton John’s lyricist, would like to have a word

September 11, 2023 at 2:35 p.m.

NEW YORK — If you're thinking of checking out the new memoir by Elton John's lyricist to learn more about the Rocket Man, you're out of luck. This is Bernie Taupin's song...

Get a taste of the world of Catan with a cookbook inspired by the hit board game

September 11, 2023 at 2:35 p.m.

NEW YORK — You can work up quite an appetite sitting around a table plotting world domination. Luckily, a new cookbook lets Catan fans savor the board game even more while out-trading...

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Taissa Farmiga as Sister Irene in New Line Cinema's horror thriller "The Nun II." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

Movie Review: Oh, sister, what happened? ‘The Nun II’ is a face-plant horror splat

September 7, 2023 at 6:14 p.m.

“The Conjuring” Universe celebrates 10 years in business this fall with the dull “The Nun II,” a movie that seems destined to pound a nail into this franchise's undead coffin.A...

This combination of photos shows John Mellencamp, left, Tracy Morgan, center, and Jon Stewart, who are among the celebrities participating at this year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser on Nov. 6, benefitting injured veterans and their families. (AP Photo)

Veterans’ fundraiser draws Tracy Morgan, Josh Groban, John Mellencamp and Jon Stewart

September 6, 2023 at 3:01 p.m.

NEW YORK — Josh Groban, John Mellencamp,Tracy Morgan and the ever-present Jon Stewart will stand up at this year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser.The fundraiser, which benefits injured veterans and their families,...

FILE - Jeff Daniels arrives at the 73rd annual Tony Awards "Meet the Nominees" press day in New York on May 1, 2019. Daniels was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in the play, "To Kill a Mockingbird," adapted from the Harper Lee novel. Daniels tackles his life and career in an absorbing, unconventional way this month with a music-and skit-filled audio memoir from Audible, "Alive and Well Enough." (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Jeff Daniels looks back with stories and music in new Audible audio memoir ‘Alive and Well Enough’

September 6, 2023 at 2:25 p.m.

NEW YORK — Jeff Daniels tackles his life and career in an absorbing, unconventional way this month with a music- and skit-filled audio memoir from Audible that he calls “a little bit...

ARCHIVO - Jimmy Buffett y el Coral Reefer Band durante un festival de música en Nueva Orleans, el sábado 6 de mayo de 2006. (Chuck Cook /The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate vía AP)

Fallece el cantante Jimmy Buffet, que convirtio la vida playera en un imperio

September 2, 2023 at 8:03 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — El cantautor Jimmy Buffett, que popularizó el rock suave playero con la canción con sabor del Caribe “Margaritaville” y convirtió esa celebración de la holgazanería en un imperio multimillonario...

FILE - Jimmy Buffett performs at the after party for the premiere of "Jurassic World" in Los Angeles, on June 9, 2015. “Margaritaville” singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett has died at age 76. A statement on Buffett's official website and social media pages says the singer died Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 “surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs”. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

‘Margaritaville’ singer Jimmy Buffett, who turned beach-bum life into an empire, dies at 76

September 4, 2023 at 3:00 a.m.

NEW YORK — Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration of loafing into a billion-dollar empire of restaurants, resorts and...

This undated image released by MGM+ shows Grace Slick recording with The Great Society at Autumn Records in San Francisco from “San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time,” a two-part documentary on MGM+ that concludes Sunday. (Sunny Andersen/MGM+ via AP)

San Francisco’s music scene in the 1960s and ’70s takes center stage in an MGM+ docies

August 24, 2023 at 3:56 p.m.

NEW YORK — Janis Joplin's first rehearsal with the rock band Big Brother & The Holding Company was apparently a loud affair. So loud it was alarming.Bassist Peter Albin recalls the band...

This image released by Bleecker Street shows Camille Cottin, left, and Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in a scene from. the film "Golda." (Bleecker Street via AP)

Filmmakers behind biopic ‘Golda,’ starring Helen Mirren, get lost in a swirl of smoke

August 24, 2023 at 6:05 p.m.

Golda Meir was many things — modern Israel’s first and only female head of government and a wartime prime minister. And she now she's provided the vehicle for Helen Mirren...

ARCHIVO - El ex director ejecutivo de Nissan Carlos Ghosn durante una entrevista en Beirut, Líbano, el 23 de junio de 2023. La historia de Ghosn, el ejecutivo estrella que cayó en desgracia y huyó de las autoridades japonesas escondido en una caja de equipo de audio, es retratada en la serie documental “Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn” ("El escape de Carlos Ghosn") que debuta el 25 de agosto en Apple TV+. (Foto AP /Hassan Ammar, archivo)

Serie de Apple TV+ relata el ascenso y la dramatica huida del director ejecutivo Carlos Ghosn

August 23, 2023 at 6:16 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Carlos Ghosn, el director ejecutivo estrella que cayó en desgracia y huyó de las autoridades escondido en una caja de equipo de audio, recibirá lo que su dramática historia...

FILE - Former Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn speaks during an interview in Beirut, Lebanon on June 23, 2023. Ghosn, the former rock star businessman who fell from grace, is the subject of a multi-part documentary series, “Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn," premiering globally on Apple TV+, Friday, Aug. 25. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Business tycoon Carlos Ghosn’s rise, fall and dramatic escape is subject of new Apple TV+ series

August 23, 2023 at 2:32 p.m.

NEW YORK — Carlos Ghosn, the former rock star businessman who fell from grace and fled authorities smuggled in a music instrument box, is getting what his dramatic story deserves — a...

FILE - Jon Batiste performs at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans on May 2, 2023. The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist releases his latest album “World Music Radio” on Aug. 18. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Jon Batiste goes galaxy-building with ambitious new album ‘World Music Radio’

August 16, 2023 at 4:08 p.m.

NEW YORK — How do you top a five-time Grammy Award-winning album that had critics applauding its rich blend of R&B, hip-hop, swing, jazz and pop? If you're Jon Batiste, you go...

This image provided by O+M/DKC shows a portrait of Nichelle Lewis. Lewis has landed the role of Dorothy in the Broadway-bound production of "The Wiz." (Gene Reed/O+M/DKC via AP)

Broadway-bound revival of ‘The Wiz’ finds its next Dorothy, thanks in part to TikTok

August 14, 2023 at 1:05 p.m.

NEW YORK — A 24-year-old triple threat who toured in “Hairspray,” competed on “American Idol” and came to the attention of casting agents with her TikTok videos has landed the plum role...

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