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Oscars to add stunt design award for its 100th ceremony
After many years of impassioned calls for an Oscar recognizing the art of the stunt, the film academy has decided to give it an official award. The film academy says Thursday that an achievement in stunt design prize will be added starting…
Mourners pay tribute to merengue icon Rubby Pérez, who died in the Dominican roof collapse
Fans and countrymen on Thursday shared their remembrances of Dominican Republic music icon Rubby Pérez, who was among the scores of people killed this week after the roof at the Jet Set club in Santo Domingo collapsed. He was 69.
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The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are coming up. Here’s who’s nominated and how…
NEW YORK (AP) — Excuse me, you look like you might want to see the next generation of country music acts clean up at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards.
Fans of the genre have long committed Ella Langley and Riley Green's throwback…
Cannes Film Festival sets lineup with Ari Aster, Wes Anderson and, yes, Spike Lee
PARIS (AP) — New films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday.
Coming off a 2024 edition that produced the Academy Award…
Today in History: April 10, Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement
Today is Thursday, April 10, the 100th day of 2025. There are 265 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 10, 1998, the Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators signed the Good Friday Agreement, a landmark settlement…
Movie Review: ‘Drop’ doesn’t phone it in
It’s oddly comforting that a movie can still dial M when it wants to.
Smart phones have largely been a bit of a buzzkill for horror films, leading filmmakers to find all kinds of reasons — dead batteries, no service — to strand potential…
‘Civil War’ filmmaker and a former SEAL built a new kind of combat movie in ‘Warfare’
Filmmaker Alex Garland wanted to make a different kind of war film. Would it be possible, he wondered, to take 90 minutes of a real incident involving combat and recreate it as faithfully as possible?
He posed that question to former Navy…
Albums from Miles Davis, Mary J. Blige, Elton John and Minecraft enter National Recording Registry
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Albums from Elton John, Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman, Mary J. Blige and the cast of “Hamilton" are entering America's audio canon, along with singles from Helen Reddy and Celine Dion and the music of Minecraft.
New…
Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s longtime publicist and an Oscar-recipient, dies at 96
Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s publicist for over four decades and the only person in his field to be recognized with an Oscar, has died. He was 96.
Levy died Monday in Los Angeles surrounded by loved ones, representatives for Amblin…
It’s Met Gala time! Get yourself suitable with this guide on what to expect
NEW YORK (AP) — As springtime sunshine finally hits New York City, the Met Gala beckons — one of the most anticipated and visible parties in the world.
This year, the theme — “Tailored For You" — is focused on classic tailoring. As always,…
Jon Hamm steals expensive stuff and likely viewers’ hearts in Apple TV+’s ‘Your…
NEW YORK (AP) — “Your Friends & Neighbors” begins with a once high-flying hedge fund manager waking up in someone else’s luxurious house, next to a dead body and in a pool of blood.
How he ended up there consumes the first season of…
Today in History: April 9, Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox
Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in…
Officials scramble to identify victims of Dominican club roof collapse that killed at least 184
The number of victims who died after a roof collapsed at an iconic nightclub has surged to 184 as dozens of people lingered outside the Dominican Republic’s forensic institute for news of their loved ones still missing more than a day after…
Colombian court says song recorded by Karol G and J Balvin violated the rights of children
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A high court in Colombia ruled on Tuesday that “+57,” a song recorded last year by urban music stars J Balvin and Karol G, violated the rights of children because its lyrics “sexualized” minors.
In a 14-page ruling,…
Movie Review: ‘Warfare,’ a forensic portrait of combat, hunts war-movie clichés
Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland ’s “Warfare” is more defined by what it isn't than what it is.
In their Iraq War -set film, there’s never any description of a wider strategy. There are no backstories to the American Navy SEALs whom we follow…
Movie Review: Rami Malek wants revenge in starry, globetrotting action pic ‘The Amateur’
Before Jack Ryan was introduced into the culture, Robert Littell imagined Charlie Heller, a quiet, CIA cryptographer who goes rogue on a quest for vengeance after his love is killed by terrorists.
As star of “The Amateur,” in theaters…
The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are coming up. Here’s who’s nominated and how…
NEW YORK (AP) — Excuse me, you look like you might want to see the next generation of country music acts clean up at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards.
Fans of the genre have long committed Ella Langley and Riley Green's throwback…
Music Review: On Bon Iver’s ‘SABLE, fABLE,’ love inspires a chilly, robotic…
On Bon Iver's “SABLE, fABLE,” Justin Vernon sings about his fear of change. And then he strives to embrace it.
The album is the first in six years from Vernon’s project, an epilogue to the reluctant pop star’s three-song EP “SABLE,”…
Meet the Mexican soldier trying to revamp a musical genre accused of glorifying cartels
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At a Mexican military base, Captain Eduardo Barrón picks up not a rifle but a microphone. Swaying boot-to-boot, he belts out a song as the sounds of trumpets and accordions roar from a band of a dozen camouflage-clad…
Musical theater’s beloved show ‘The Last Five Years’ finally makes it to Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Jonas was only 9 and portraying a teacup on Broadway when he first heard about a buzzy new musical playing way downtown.
“All my adult castmates were talking about how great the show was and how amazing the music was,”…
Bruce Springsteen to release 7 albums of unreleased songs, ‘Tracks ll: The Lost Albums’
NEW YORK (AP) —
Bruce Springsteen knows what Bruce Springsteen fans want. And that's more Bruce Springsteen.
The Boss will release seven new studio albums, titled “Tracks II: The Lost Albums,” on June 27. It will contain material written…
Broadway welcomes ‘Real Women Have Curves: The Musical,’ which lets the Latino community…
The immigrant experience takes center stage on Broadway this spring as “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” explores Latino culture in America with a predominantly Latino cast playing characters not usually portrayed on the biggest stages.…
The Sex Pistols announce first North American tour in 2 decades
NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn't the night punk broke, but it was close. Nearly 50 years ago, the Sex Pistols — then made up of vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock — performed at the 100 Club…
Ella Langley leads 2025 ACM Awards nominations. Beyoncé and Miranda Lambert are shut out
NEW YORK (AP) — Ella Langley leads the nominees for the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations.
The first-time nominee's nods include female artist of the year and female new artist.
Notably, there are no nods for…
