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Man found dead after Ohio movie theater shooting. Person considered suspect is arrested

May. 11, 2024 14:36 PM EDT

MASSILLION, Ohio (AP) — A man was found dead after a shooting in a movie theater in northeastern Ohio and another person considered a suspect was arrested shortly afterward, authorities said. Police in Massillion said officers responded just before 11 p.m. Friday to the report of a...

Sam Rubin, beloved LA entertainment anchor and interviewer, dies at 64

May. 10, 2024 21:33 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sam Rubin, a beloved entertainment anchor and reporter for KTLA in Los Angeles who was on a first-name basis with Hollywood's top stars, has died. He was 64. The station announced that he died unexpectedly on Friday. No cause was released. Rubin...

Film academy launches $500M fundraising campaign ahead of 100th Oscar anniversary

May. 10, 2024 13:19 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a $500 million fundraising campaign Friday to ensure long-term, global support for its Oscar prizes, museum and educational programming in view of its 100th anniversary in 2028. Academy officials announced the...

In new memoir, Tom Selleck looks back at the hard years that made him a star in 'Magnum, P.I.'

May. 09, 2024 11:37 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Selleck starts his memoir in the middle of a car crash. He is 17 and in the passenger seat when he and two friends go airborne in his mom's red Chevy Corvair, tumbling off Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. Everyone would be eventually fine, but it's a harrowing moment and a...

‘Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’ in development with Andy Serkis to direct and star

May. 09, 2024 10:20 AM EDT

Andy Serkis is going back to Middle-earth to play Gollum in two new “Lord of the Rings” films. Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group’s Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy said Thursday that Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the Oscar-winning team behind the “Lord of the...

Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison in Iran ahead of Cannes

May. 09, 2024 08:29 AM EDT

The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press Thursday. Rasoulof, 51, known for his film “There Is No Evil," has become...

Movie Review: Brooke Shields and Benjamin Bratt deserve more than Netflix's ‘Mother of the Bride’

May. 09, 2024 07:05 AM EDT

Romantic comedies are in a destination wedding rut. Perhaps it’s a collective post-COVID wanderlust kicking in, or, more cynically, some combination of tax credits and a place producers want to spend time. But between “ Ticket to Paradise,” “Anyone But You,” “ Shotgun Wedding ” and...

Movie Review: A radiant teenage road trip in 'Gasoline Rainbow'

May. 08, 2024 14:38 PM EDT

In sibling directors Bill and Turner Ross ’ latest, “Gasoline Rainbow,” five Oregon teens just out of high school make their meandering way some 500 miles to reach the coast for what’s been billed as the “End of the World” party. They are like countless young protagonists...

Movie Review: 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' finds a new hero and will blow your mind

May. 08, 2024 11:41 AM EDT

Fans of the “Planet of the Apes” franchise may still be mourning the 2017 death of Caesar, the first smart chimp and the charismatic ape leader. Not to worry: He haunts the next episode, the thrilling, visually stunning “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.” We actually start...

North West joins starry concert event of 'The Lion King' at Hollywood Bowl

May. 08, 2024 10:01 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — North West, the daughter of Kim Kardashian and Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is going from “Paw Patrol” to another animal project: A starry “Lion King” concert. West joins a cast that includes Heather Headley, Billy Eichner, Bradley Gibson,...