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California Disney characters are unionizing decades after Florida peers. Hollywood plays a role

The character performers at Disneyland in California have said they filed a petition for union recognition

By The Associated Press

Posted 12:11AM on Sunday, April 28, 2024

Pope visits Venice to speak to artists and inmates and finds a city taxing day-trippers like him

Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale's must-see prison show

Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests arriving for the annual White House correspondents’ dinner

Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza

News anchor Poppy Harlow announces departure from CNN

Sean 'Diddy' Combs files motion to dismiss some claims in a sexual assault lawsuit

Entertainment

Retrial of Harvey Weinstein unlikely to occur soon, if ever, experts say

PEN America cancels World Voices Festival amid criticism of its response to Israel-Hamas war

Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly 's challenge of 20-year sentence

John Oates' new album is called 'Reunion.' But don't think Hall & Oates are getting back together

Celebrities

Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo to become general director of Opera Philadelphia

John Lithgow takes on the role of the new kid in school for a PBS special celebrating arts education

Ashley Judd and Aloe Blacc help the White House unveil its national suicide prevention strategy

Rom-com author Emily Henry knows the secret to having a healthy relationship with love

Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian makes belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Madame Butterfly

Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective 'alter ego' solves gripping crimes

Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds talks new album 'Loom' — 'Heavy concepts but playful at the same time'

Yoko Ono to receive Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement

Mary J. Blige, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, A Tribe Called Quest and Foreigner get into Rock Hall

TV

Jerry Seinfeld's commitment to the bit

Journalists critical of their own companies cause headaches for news organizations

Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day

Publishing spinoff of 'Wednesday' has everything from tarot cards to 'Woeful Waffles'

Publishing spinoff of 'Wednesday' has everything from tarot cards to 'Woeful Waffles'

Live video of man who set himself on fire outside court proves challenging for news organizations

Not a toddler, not a parent, but still love 'Bluey'? You're not alone

Dick Van Dyke earns historic Daytime Emmy nomination at age 98

What to stream this week: A Bon Jovi documentary, Idris Elba in 'Knuckles' and 'Anyone But You'

What to stream this weekend: A Bon Jovi documentary, Idris Elba in 'Knuckles' and 'Anyone But You'

Long-lost first USS Enterprise model is returned to 'Star Trek' creator Gene Roddenberry's son

Long-lost first model of the USS Enterprise from 'Star Trek' boldly goes home after twisting voyage

Travis Kelce named host of 'Are You Smarter than a Celebrity?' for Prime Video

Movies

Chasing ‘Twisters’ and collaborating with ‘tornado fanatic’ Steven Spielberg

Growing up in the Midwest, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung developed both a healthy fear of tornadoes and a reverence for Jan de Bont’s 1996 disaster film “Twister.”

By The Associated Press

Posted 11:13AM on Friday, April 26, 2024

‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ director Paola Cortellesi talks success, toxic relationships and hope

With ‘Alien’ back in theaters, ‘Alien: Romulus’ director teases how the new film connects

'Deadpool & Wolverine' is (almost) ready to shake up the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The summer after Barbenheimer and the strikes, Hollywood charts a new course

Crew members injured in crash on Georgia set of Eddie Murphy Amazon MGM movie 'The Pickup'

Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist on the steamy love triangle of 'Challengers'

Kevin Bacon dances back to "Footloose" high school

Kevin Bacon dances back to 'Footloose' high school

'Civil War’ continues box-office campaign at No. 1

Music

Four decades in, the Pet Shop Boys know the secret to staying cool

Forty years and 50 million record sales after the Pet Shop Boys rose to fame with “West End Girls,” the iconic British duo is releasing a new album

By The Associated Press

Posted 12:30PM on Thursday, April 25, 2024

The Rolling Stones set to play New Orleans Jazz Fest 2024, opening Thursday

New Orleans Jazz Fest 2024 kicks off Thursday and The Rolling Stones to headline next week

Phish fans are famously dedicated. What happens when they enter the Sphere?

After 4 decades in music and major vocal surgery, Jon Bon Jovi is optimistic and still rocking