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Movie Review: Always time to die? In ‘Mickey 17,’ Robert Pattinson just can’t manage to stay alive
So you think YOUR job is bad?
Sorry if we seem to be lacking empathy here. But however crummy you think your 9-5 routine is, it’ll never be as bad as Robert Pattinson’s in Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” — nor will any job, on Earth or any…
Tom Llamas to succeed Lester Holt as NBC “Nightly News” anchor
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News appointed Tom Llamas on Wednesday to replace Lester Holt as anchor of “Nightly News” starting this summer, but he's not abandoning his streaming newscast.
The elevation of Llamas, 45, was widely anticipated. He has…
Movie Review: A reckoning in surreal, riveting ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’
Shula is driving home from a fancy dress party one night when she encounters an unusual sight in the middle of a country road: her Uncle Fred’s dead body.
But Shula, portrayed by Susan Chardy, does not behave in a way that we would expect.…
Lava fountain height soars in latest episode of Hawaii volcano eruption
A tall fountain of lava spewed from a volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island again. Webcam video from Wednesday showed vigorous streams of bright red molten rock in the latest episode of an on-and-off eruption. Lava fountains reached 600 feet.…
Two Oscar-winning films shed light on the thousands of disappeared people in Latin America
Two visions of the trauma of disappeared people in Latin America had a central role at Sunday's Academy Awards. The Brazilian film “I’m Still Here," which tells the drama of the family of a leftist former congressman who disappeared in 1971…
The Oscars get their biggest audience in 5 years despite dominance of ‘Anora’ and other…
Smaller movies didn’t mean smaller viewer numbers for the Oscars. An estimated 19.7 million viewers watched Sunday night’s 97th Academy Awards ceremony, the biggest audience in five years. That's according to figures released by ABC on…
Cybercrime crew stole then resold hundreds of tickets to Swift concerts, prosecutors say
A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events. New York prosecutors say the international scam involved people working in Jamaica for a firm contracted by the online…
London Symphony Orchestra conductor Antonio Pappano goes underground — he takes the Tube to work
Conductor Antonio Pappano is leading the orchestra on a 13-concert U.S. tour to California, Florida and New York that ends this week with its first Carnegie Hall concerts since 2005. A 65-year-old conductor who was music director at The…
iHeartMedia says legal dispute with Drake was settled because it ‘did nothing wrong’
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas-based iHeartMedia said it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s dis track “Not Like Us” after demonstrating that it “did nothing wrong.”
Drake had alleged in a legal petition filed in November that…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 9-15
Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 9-15:
March 9: Actor Joyce Van Patten is 91. Actor Trish Van Devere is 84. Singer John Cale (The Velvet Underground) is 83. Singer Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders is 83. TV anchor…
Joey Molland, a guitarist with 1970s Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger, dies at 77
Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as “No Matter What” and “Day After Day,” has died at age 77. Badfinger was a quartet that also included singer-guitarist Pete Ham, bassist…
Music Review: An unplugged Jason Isbell electrifies on new album, ‘Foxes in the Snow’
Jason Isbell unplugged can still electrify.
An excellent bandleader, guitarist and singer, Isbell is first and foremost a songwriter, and that skill takes center stage on his new album, “Foxes in the Snow,” which will be released Friday.…
Music Review: Neil Young taps vast archive for previously unreleased 1977 country-rock gem
The latest in a dizzying number of archival releases from Neil Young offers up a 1970s gem from his country-rock phase.
“Oceanside Countryside” opens and closes with a pair of Young classics: “Sail Away” and “Pocahontas.” In between are…
An actor in winter. Sir Anthony Hopkins will have a memoir out this fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Sir Anthony Hopkins will have a memoir out this fall, its title inspired by a childhood picture.
“We Did OK, Kid” will be published Nov. 4 by Summit Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint.
“There is a photograph I keep on my…
Anitta writes song and cheers for samba school celebrating her Afro-Brazilian faith
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anitta has become a pop music sensation in her native Brazil and abroad, but Monday she will have her first shot to prove herself on the country's biggest stage: the Sambadrome.
This year, the 31-year-old took on the…
Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years who inspired ‘Jolene,’ dies…
Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, has died. The country music superstar says Dean died Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 82. According to a statement provided to The Associated Press by Parton’s publicist, Dean will…
Joey Molland, a guitarist with 1970s Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger, dies at 77
Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as “No Matter What” and “Day After Day,” has died at age 77. Badfinger was a quartet that also included singer-guitarist Pete Ham, bassist…
Music Review: Neil Young taps vast archive for previously unreleased 1977 country-rock gem
The latest in a dizzying number of archival releases from Neil Young offers up a 1970s gem from his country-rock phase.
“Oceanside Countryside” opens and closes with a pair of Young classics: “Sail Away” and “Pocahontas.” In between are…
Anitta writes song and cheers for samba school celebrating her Afro-Brazilian faith
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anitta has become a pop music sensation in her native Brazil and abroad, but Monday she will have her first shot to prove herself on the country's biggest stage: the Sambadrome.
This year, the 31-year-old took on the…
Book Review: ‘Eternal Flame’ recounts The Bangles’ turbulent run as all-female…
For members of The Bangles, the quintessential all-female band of the 1980s, “Walk Like An Egyptian” was an aberration — not just a departure from their rock-influenced roots, but running counter to it.
How the quirky single would help…
What to stream: Lady Gaga, Daredevil, the Duchess of Sussex ‘Deli Boys’ and an evil Hugh…
Lady Gaga’s seventh studio album “Mayhem” and a new lifestyle series on Netflix from the Duchess of Sussex called “With Love, Meghan” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the…
‘El Mal’ from ‘Emilia Pérez’ wins Oscar for best original song. ‘The…
“El Mal,″ from the controversial musical “Emilia Pérez,” won best original song at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards. French duo Clément Ducol and Camille, first-time nominees, took home the trophy for their song, which also won the category at…
Charli xcx’s’ Brat reign continues, as she clears the decks at BRIT Awards
Charli xcx’s “Brat” reign continues, as she cleared the decks at this year’s BRIT Awards – the U.K.’s leading music awards show. She won 5 awards at the 2025 Brits including Artist, Song and Album of the Yearfor “Brat,” as well as the…
David Johansen, singer from the seminal punk band the New York Dolls, dies at 75
David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls, has died. Johansen, who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster Poindexter, was 75. The New…
