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Paris Hilton waited 18 years to drop a new album. On 'Infinite Icon,' she's here to 'save pop music'
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two decades ago, Paris Hilton released her debut album, 2006's eponymous “Paris,” at one height of her powers — an album of breezy pop music that offered a soundtrack to her cheery and decadent public-facing lifestyle, anchored by the reggae-lite sugar rush of...
Music Review: On 'Cowboys and Dreamers,' George Strait's traditional country is still a heart warmer
George Strait's 31st studio album, the feel-good “Cowboys and Dreamers,” marks five decades of record releases; a titanic career for a Texas troubadour whose greatest ambition seems to have always been the same: Make pretty, plain-spoken songs about life's true pains and pleasures, and...
Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt opening night of Toronto Film Festival
TORONTO (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted an opening night screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, chanting “Stop the genocide!" during opening remarks. At the screening for the David Gordon Green comedy “Nutcrackers" on Thursday evening, four...
‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin will compete on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ amid deportation battle
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anna Sorokin, the con artist who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a reputation as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey, has found her newest venture: “Dancing With the Stars.” Described as the...
Music Review: Belarusian post-punk band Molchat Doma serves up good gloom on moody 'Belaya Polosa'
Belarusian post-punk band Molchat Doma was a world away from Minsk when they finished writing their fourth album “Belaya Polosa.” The view from Los Angeles may have been sunnier, but the brooding trio maintained the dark reflections of challenging times in their homeland for the release. ...
Book Review: Matt Haig extols the magic of Ibiza in 'The Life Impossible'
“Reality is not always probable, or likely.” That’s the quote from the late Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges that prefaces Matt Haig’s new novel, “The Life Impossible.” If you fundamentally take issue with it, don’t bother turning the page. But if you’re willing to...
Daddy Yankee's memoir, 'ReaDY! The Power To Change Your Story,' will be out in April
NEW YORK (AP) — Latin music superstar Daddy Yankee, the Grammy winning “King of Reggaeton,” hopes his memoir will inspire others to believe in themselves. HarperCollins Publishers announced Wednesday that it will release Daddy Yankee's “ReaDY! The Power To Change Your...
Venice Film Festival debuts 3-hour post-war epic ‘The Brutalist,’ in 70mm
VENICE, Italy (AP) — “The Brutalist,” a post-war epic about a Holocaust survivor attempting to rebuild a life in America, is a fantasy. But filmmaker Brady Corbet wishes it weren’t. “The film is about the physical manifestation of the trauma of the 20th century,” Corbet...
At Venice Film Festival, Jude Law debuts ‘The Order’ about FBI manhunt for a domestic terrorist
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jude Law plays an FBI agent investigating the violent crimes of a white supremacist group in “The Order,” which premiered Saturday at the Venice Film Festival. An adaptation of Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s nonfiction book “The Silent Brotherhood,”...
Book Review: Ellen Hopkins' new novel 'Sync' is a stirring story of foster care through teens' eyes
I’m always amazed at how Ellen Hopkins can convey so much in so few words, residing in a gray area between prose and poetry. Her latest novel in verse, “Sync,” does exactly that as it switches between twins Storm and Lake during the pivotal year before they age out of the...
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‘The Room Next Door' tops Venice Film Festival. Nicole Kidman misses acting honor due to mom’s death
VENICE, Italy (AP) — “The Room Next Door,” Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, topped the Venice Film Festival and was awarded its Golden Lion award Saturday. Nicole Kidman was awarded the best actress prize, for her raw and...
Maya Rudolph gets career Emmy No. 6, Angela Basset wins her first at Creative Arts Emmys
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maya Rudolph won her sixth career Emmy on Saturday night, taking the trophy for best character voice-over for her work on “Big Mouth" at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, while Angela Bassett won her first for her narration of the National Geographic show “Queens.” ...
Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut ‘The Room Next Door’ wins top prize at the Venice Film Festival
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut ‘The Room Next Door’ wins top prize at the Venice Film Festival.Nicole Kidman wins best actress award at Venice Film Festival for 'Babygirl,' misses ceremony due to death of her mother
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Nicole Kidman wins best actress award at Venice Film Festival for 'Babygirl,' misses ceremony due to death of her mother.
'Unstoppable' captures Anthony Robles' singular life, with Robles as his own stunt double
TORONTO (AP) — A few hours before the film about his life, “Unstoppable,” was to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Anthony Robles, sitting alongside the actor who plays him, Jharrel Jerome, was remembering the moment he won the NCAA wrestling national title. ...
A mural honoring scientists hung in Pfizer's NYC lobby for 60 years. Now it's up for grabs
NEW YORK (AP) — A mural honoring ancient and modern figures in medicine that has hung in the lobby of Pfizer’s original New York City headquarters for more than 60 years could soon end up in pieces if conservationists can’t find a new home for it in the next few weeks. ...
'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu on 'shooting the moon,' casting Ariana Grande and growing 9M tulips
NEW YORK (AP) — “Musical” has been a dirty word lately in Hollywood marketing, but “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu isn’t having it. Of course, there’s no running from the term when you’re bringing to the screen one of the most popular Broadway shows of the 21st century,...
Ridley Scott rebuilds Rome for 'Gladiator II'
NEW YORK (AP) — An inevitable fact of interviewing Ridley Scott is that, whatever movie he’s about to release, you’ll find him already knee-deep in his next project. Scott, Hollywood’s perpetual rolling stone even at age 86, may be preparing to unveil “Gladiator II,” one...
Nashville's Mother Church of Country Music retains its roots as religious house of worship
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium is known as the Mother Church of Country Music. And, indeed, it began as a church, built by a riverboat captain who was converted to religion by an evangelist. More than 130 years after it was built as the nondenominational...
Today in History: September 7, Germany launches Blitz on UK
Today in History Today is Saturday, Sept. 7, the 251st day of 2024. There are 115 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 7, 1940, Nazi Germany began an intense bombing campaign of Britain during World War II with an air attack on London;...
