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Gerard Depardieu sexual assault trial marks a cultural reckoning for post-#MeToo France
When French actor Gérard Depardieu walks into a Paris courtroom on Monday, he won’t just be facing two women who accuse him of sexual assault — he’ll also be confronting a nation long criticized for dragging its feet in confronting sexual…
Today in History: March 23, ‘Titanic’ wins record-tying 11 Academy Awards
Today is Sunday, March 23, the 82nd day of 2025. There are 283 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On March 23, 1998, “Titanic” tied an Academy Awards record by winning 11 Oscars, including best picture, best director for James Cameron…
Filiz Akin, a celebrated Turkish screen actress, dies at 82
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Filiz Akin, a screen actress and iconic figure of Turkish cinema of the 1960s and 1970s, has died, the Health Ministry said. She was 82.
Akin died Saturday in a hospital in Istanbul. The cause of death was not…
Los Angeles prosecutors say no charges against movie producer David Guillod
The Los Angeles County district attorney says his office will not file sexual assault charges against movie producer David Guillod. The announcement Friday comes nearly four years after Guillod's arrest. And it comes nearly three years…
Music Review: Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s romance ‘I Said I Love You First’ is more…
LONDON (AP) — A lot can go wrong when a couple teams up for a collaborative album. The myopia of romance could make for unrelatable, navel-gazing music — the kind that should stay between partners instead of being shared with the world. But…
Rapper Yella Beezy charged with capital murder in shooting death of rapper Mo3
HOUSTON (AP) — Dallas rapper Yella Beezy has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the shooting death of fellow rapper Mo3 on a busy interstate in 2020, according to court records.
Yella Beezy, 33, whose real name is Markies…
Jonathan Majors is on a redemption tour. For what, he won’t say
Jonathan Majors is striving for an unusually swift rebound following a precipitous downfall. But he's also not directly addressing any of the allegations against him, including his 2023 conviction of harassment and assault of Grace Jabbari,…
Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar
The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and…
Q&A: ‘Severance’ is renewed for Season 3. Ben Stiller once thought the series might…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Severance” is beloved by critics and audiences alike. But there was a time when star Adam Scott and Ben Stiller, who executive produces and directs the Apple TV+ series, worried it might never get made.
The show — a…
Blake Lively accuses ‘It Ends With Us’ costar of abusing the courts with countersuit
Actor Blake Lively has asked a judge to dismiss a countersuit filed against her by her “It Ends With Us” costar Justin Baldoni. Lively's lawyers wrote in papers filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court that Baldoni and his production…
Mariah Carey didn’t steal ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ from other writers, a…
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial megahit “All I Want for Christmas Is You" from other songwriters.
Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani granted Carey's request for summary judgment on…
Remember Me? ‘Coco 2’ in the works at Disney and Pixar
“Coco” is getting a sequel. Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger said Thursday that “Coco 2” is currently in development at Pixar Animation Studios.
“While the film is just in the initial stages, we know it will be full of humor, heart and…
Q&A: Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner on melancholy and her new album
Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast released the Grammy-nominated album “Jubilee” and bestselling memoir “Crying in H Mart” in 2021. Then came a film adaptation of her memoir, for which she wrote the screenplay. After it came to a…
Disney in search of perhaps its greatest sequel — a successor to Bob Iger
Behind the red carpet movie premieres and new thrill-inducing rides for fans of its amusement parks, there is a quiet search underway to find the successor to Bob Iger, the face of Disney for most of the past two decades.
Disney went…
Movie Review: Even 2 De Niros aren’t quite enough to make ‘Alto Knights’ a successor to ‘Goodfellas’
“You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks funds to support her. “The best actor in the world! Better than Clark Gable!”
And we all…
Movie Review: ‘Snow White’ is no poisoned apple but it doesn’t whistle
Mirror mirror on the wall, what’s the fairest Disney live-action remake of them all?
Wait, mirror. Hold on a second. Maybe choosing from the likes of “Alice in Wonderland” (2010), “Mulan” (2020) and “The Lion King" (2019) isn’t such a good…
Music Review: Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s romance ‘I Said I Love You First’ is more…
LONDON (AP) — A lot can go wrong when a couple teams up for a collaborative album. The myopia of romance could make for unrelatable, navel-gazing music — the kind that should stay between partners instead of being shared with the world. But…
Q&A: Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner on melancholy and her new album
Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast released the Grammy-nominated album “Jubilee” and bestselling memoir “Crying in H Mart” in 2021. Then came a film adaptation of her memoir, for which she wrote the screenplay. After it came to a…
Maná talks historic new tour, unseating Bruce Springsteen and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) — Move over, Bruce Springsteen. Come this fall, the Mexican pop-rock giants Maná will break the Boss' record for most arena shows in Los Angeles, with 44 to his 42, during a new arena tour.
“And singing in Spanish! That’s the…
The Doobie Brothers in 2025: A tour, a new album and a date with Songwriters Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) — Just cue up the first song from the new album by The Doobie Brothers and you'll hear something unusual: harmony, in a new way.
It's not just that soulful blast from Michael McDonald, marking his first time recording with the…
The Latin Grammys get closer to cinema with the new best music for visual media category
The Latin Grammys are getting closer to cinema and television with the new best music for visual media category.
The new category announced Wednesday will recognize original music for movies, TV shows, video games and other visual media.…
Semisonic objects to White House using their song ‘Closing Time’: ‘You missed the…
NEW YORK (AP) — The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee.
The White House added the song in a post of a man with his wrists…
James Taylor songs will fuel an upcoming stage musical, ‘Fire & Rain’
NEW YORK (AP) — Alicia Keys, Dolly Parton and Neil Diamond — step aside. The next musical icon to turn their songs into a stage musical will be James Taylor.
Taylor's songs will fuel “Fire & Rain,” a musical announced Monday, in…
Music Review: My Morning Jacket’s 10th album ‘is’ a joy for fans and newbies alike
My Morning Jacket likes to hide some of its best music behind unassuming titles.
Twenty years ago, the Louisville-based jam-infused rock band led by Jim James released “Z,” one of its most heralded records. And now comes “is," their 10th…
