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Tom Cruise opens CinemaCon speech with moment of silence for Val Kilmer
Tom Cruise opened his highly anticipated CinemaCon appearance on Thursday with a moving tribute to his “Top Gun” co-star, Val Kilmer. Kilmer died Tuesday in Los Angeles. Cruise called for a moment of silence, which stood in stark contrast…
MTV Video Music Awards head to CBS for the first time
NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards have a new home: This year, the music award show will be broadcast by CBS for the first time, organizers announced Thursday.
The three-hour show will broadcast live on CBS on Sunday, Sept. 7, from…
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2. “Lethal Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam)
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4. “Nobody’s Fool" by Harlan Coben (Grand Central)
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Noteworthy and influential people who’ve died this year
The world said goodbye last month to someone who made history as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress. Former Utah congresswoman Mia Love died after battling brain cancer. Love didn’t emphasize her race during her campaigns,…
Noteworthy and influential people who’ve died this year
The world said goodbye last month to someone who made history as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress. Former Utah congresswoman Mia Love died after battling brain cancer. Love didn’t emphasize her race during her campaigns,…
The delicate dance to preserve the magic of Abbey Road’s legendary Studio One
LONDON (AP) — In Abbey Road’s Studio One, even a lick of paint could ruin everything.
Famous for hosting Adele, Harry Styles and U2, it’s where the scores of “Star Wars,” “Harry Potter” and “Wicked” were recorded, as well as the soundtracks…
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…
Today in History: April 3, Unabomber arrested in Montana
Today is Thursday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2025. There are 272 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 3, 1996, Theodore Kaczynski (kah-ZIHN’-skee), also known as the Unabomber, was arrested at his remote Montana cabin by FBI…
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo tease new ‘Wicked: For Good’ footage during CinemaCon…
When Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and director Jon M. Chu took the stage in Las Vegas last April to tease “Wicked” months before its theatrical release, there was a cautious optimism that the long-anticipated film would be a hit. But when…
Movie Review: Naomi Watts and a Great Dane mourn Bill Murray in ‘The Friend’
Having it all means different things to everyone, but a rent-controlled apartment in Manhattan is probably pretty close to a universal dream — even for non-New Yorkers. It’s easy enough, then, to understand the profound conundrum facing…
Movie Review: ‘Freaky Tales’ is a nostalgic, loving, exhausting and very gory ode to…
“Freaky Tales” certainly delivers on its title. It's a collection of tales that are freaky indeed. And nostalgic, and chaotic, and gory, too. Writer-director Ryan Fleck and partner Anna Boden pay homage to the East Bay of the ’80s with a…
Ralph Fiennes will make his opera directing debut
Actor Ralph Fiennes will make his opera directing debut in Paris next season with Tchaikovsky's “Eugene Onegin.”
The Paris Opera said Wednesday the production will run from Jan. 26 to Feb. 27 at the Palais Garnier and will star Boris…
US revokes visas of Mexican band members after cartel leader’s face was projected at a concert
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department revoked the visas of members of a Mexican band after they projected the face of a drug cartel boss onto a large screen during a performance in the western state of Jalisco over the weekend.
U.S.…
From ‘Top Gun’ to ‘Tombstone,’ notable Val Kilmer films and where to watch…
Val Kilmer once proclaimed that he’s almost been fired from all his movies. Thankfully for us, he wasn’t. Though he might have frustrated more than a few directors, they too knew the headaches were ultimately worth it. An actor’s actor, he…
Josh Brolin, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Mann pay tribute to Val Kilmer after his death
Actor Josh Brolin and director Michael Mann are among those honoring actor Val Kilmer after his death on Tuesday at age 65. Kilmer's friend Brolin says on Instagram that the actor was “a smart, challenging, brave, uber-creative…
Val Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65
Val Kilmer has died at age 65. The versatile actor played flying ace Iceman opposite Tom Cruise in “Top Gun,” Batman in “Batman Forever” and singer Jim Morrison in the biopic “The Doors.” Kilmer's daughter says he died Tuesday in Los…
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…
Movie Review: ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ is the loveliest movie of the year (so far)
It’s never a bad time for a film like “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” but at the moment it feels like a much-needed balm. Modest in scope and made with the lightest of touch, not unlike the lovely folk songs that populate its soundtrack,…
Music Review: Jessie Reyez returns in triumph with ‘Paid in Memories’
Most artists would make the first song on their new album something welcoming, trendy or pleasing, at least to make the Spotify algorithm happy. Not Jessie Reyez.
She crafted a song with clear red flags — “I Never Said I Was Sane” — a…
Music Review: Mumford & Sons return after seven years with a folksy, existential album,…
In the 2010s, Mumford & Sons' stomp-clap rock ruled. The English band had not just ushered in a new wave of bluegrass Americana revivalism, they'd created a movement. Then life happened: the COVID-19 pandemic caused delays, banjoist and…
Will Smith channels his post-slap introspection into music on ‘Based on a True Story’
Will Smith could have let his infamous Oscar slap be his cinematic fade out with a career bruised, a marriage dissected and a reputation in a free fall. But instead of retreating, he turned inward for self-reflection. In the process, Smith…
