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Usher to headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas

Sep. 24, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Usher would lead the halftime festivities from Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11. The music...

What's streaming now: Doja Cat, 'Sex Education,' 'Spy Kids,' 'The Super Models' and 'Superpower'

Sep. 22, 2023 16:00 PM EDT

The return of Netflix’s “Sex Education” with Gillian Anderson, Sean Penn's documentary about Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a docuseries that charts the rise of the first supermodels are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you ...

Today in History: September 22, Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

Sep. 22, 2023 00:18 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2023. There are 100 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves...

An end in sight? Striking writers and Hollywood studios spend second full day in negotiations

Sep. 21, 2023 20:27 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters spent Thursday in talks that could potentially put an end to the nearly five-month dispute that has brought many film and television productions to a halt. The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion...

Departure of Murdoch as Fox leader comes as conservative media landscape is increasingly fractured

Sep. 21, 2023 19:09 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The departure of Rupert Murdoch as the leader of Fox’s parent company and his News Corp. media holdings after decades at the helm is unlikely to have as much of an impact on conservative media overall as it would have a decade ago. That's because the landscape in...

Rupert Murdoch's surprise exit from Fox leaves son Lachlan in line of succession at media empire

Sep. 21, 2023 18:57 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Magnate Rupert Murdoch's surprise announcement Thursday that he's stepping down as leader of his two companies leaves his son Lachlan firmly in line of succession at Fox and the rest of the media empire. The 92-year-old Australian billionaire's creation of Fox News...

WWE's 'Smackdown' moving from Fox to USA Network in new rights deal with NBCUniversal

Sep. 21, 2023 11:27 AM EDT

WWE's popular television show, "Friday Night Smackdown," will be moving from Fox to USA Network next year under a new five-year domestic media rights partnership with NBCUniversal. “Smackdown,” a weekly two-hour live program that features wrestlers such as Roman Reigns, Charlotte...

Today in History: September 21, Senate confirms O’Connor as first female Supreme Court justice

Sep. 21, 2023 00:04 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Thursday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2023. There are 101 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On Sept. 21, 1981, the Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first...

As writers and studios resume negotiations, here are the key players in the Hollywood strikes

Sep. 20, 2023 20:51 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios have resumed and will continue Thursday, the latest attempt to bring an end to pickets that have brought film and television productions to a halt. The two sides have been divided on issues of pay,...

First Bob Ross TV painting, completed in a half an hour, goes on sale for nearly $10 million

Sep. 20, 2023 18:41 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — What would Bob Ross think? The artist who brought painting to the people, with works completed for PBS viewers in less than a half-hour with little more than a large bristle brush, putty knife and plenty of encouragement, certainly wouldn’t have envisioned one...