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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony live this year, with Elton John and Chris Stapleton performing
NEW YORK (AP) — Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews, H.E.R., Chris Stapleton, St. Vincent and New Edition will perform at this fall's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which will be broadcast live for the first time. The ceremony will be live on Disney+ on Nov....
Book Review: 'SNL' star Leslie Jones drops raw memoir mixed with life advice
Leslie Jones wants to set one thing straight in her memoir: She is undeniable. The word pops up 11 times in the book. Indefatigable is another good word to describe a comic whose career didn’t really take off until she joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” at the age of 47, though perhaps...
Rachel Bloom turns pandemic trauma into art and even laughs in her new off-Broadway show
NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Bloom was fiddling around with songs and sketches for a new musical stand-up special she was hoping to take on the road when the pandemic hit in 2020 and, as she describes it, “the world exploded.” The actor and writer, best known for creating and...
Erotic thrillers of ‘80s,’90s inspire twisty French film ‘The Origin of Evil’
A mysterious woman, down on her luck and working a miserable job at a tinned fish factory, makes contact with the extremely wealthy father she’s never met — and his suspicious heirs — in the French thriller “The Origin of Evil.” Though the title may conjure up associations...
Teddy Swims' debut album is powered by toxic relationships and heartbreak
NEW YORK (AP) — If you feel emotionally drained after listening to Teddy Swims' debut album, “I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1),” don’t worry — he understands. “I’m sure for anyone that’s not heartbroken, it’s probably exhausting. But there’s still...
Rising star Jasmine Amy Rogers is tapped to play iconic Betty Boop in new stage musical
NEW YORK (AP) — The actor picked to play the iconic, baby-faced flapper Betty Boop in a new stage musical is a triple threat from Texas with a contagious laugh. Jasmine Amy Rogers will star in “BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical” making its debut this fall in Chicago with hopes that...
Sanaz Toossi, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, makes the leap to star in her own play, 'English'
NEW YORK (AP) — Theatergoers seeing the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “English” at the Barrington Stage Company will have a treat this fall. They'll get to see the playwright up on stage. Sanaz Toossi steps into the role she wrote as one of four Iranian students preparing for an...
Spain charges pop singer Shakira with tax evasion for a second time and demands more than $7 million
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish prosecutors have charged pop star Shakira with failing to pay 6.7 million euros ($7.1 million) in tax on her 2018 income, authorities said Tuesday, in Spain’s latest fiscal allegations against the Colombian singer. Shakira is alleged to have used...
Book Review: 'The Spice Must Flow' chronicles the legacy of the breakthrough novel 'Dune'
NEW YORK (AP) — The saga of how cult sci-fi novel “Dune” slowly permeated the mainstream over decades is a tale with almost as many twists and turns as “Dune” itself, and author Ryan Britt recounts it in the lively and entertaining “The Spice Must Flow.” As Britt...
Gary Sinise to receive honorary AARP Purpose Prize Award
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gary Sinise will receive an honorary AARP Award for his work through his foundation that supports military members and first responders. The organization announced Tuesday that Sinise will receive the honorary AARP Purpose Prize awards during a ceremony on Oct....
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Country star Dustin Lynch was at an impasse. The only way forward was to have ‘Killed the Cowboy’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ahead of his sixth studio album, “Killed the Cowboy,” Dustin Lynch sensed some inner conflict. The 38-year-old country star had achieved many of his goals: He spent the last decade securing country radio hits, raking in billions of streams and touring with...
Loewe showcases high-waisted silhouettes in surrealistic Paris fashion display
PARIS (AP) — Flashes of intrigue greeted guests at Loewe’s meticulously designed space for Paris Fashion Week. Bright, other-worldly lighting brightened a dove-gray runway where gold modernist sculptures by American artist Lynda Benglis were scattered as if dropped by a fashion divinity,...
Analysis: Thriving NFL benefits most from Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce relationship
On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here. The NFL didn’t need a popularity boost before Travis Kelce became enchanted with Taylor Swift. They’ll gladly welcome millions of Swifties to watch this...
China wins bronze in League of Legends but all eyes on South Korea in gold-medal match
HANGZHOU, China (AP) — China's League of Legends team hung on Friday to take bronze in the Asian Games esports event, overcoming a strong challenge from Vietnam. Once talked about as possible contenders for the gold, China's team was blanked Thursday by South Korea. The South...
Novelist Murakami hosts Japanese ghost story reading ahead of Nobel Prize announcements
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami hosted a ghost story reading event in Tokyo amid growing attention before the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in literature, an award he is a perennial favorite to win. Murakami said at Thursday's reading that he enjoys scary...
Review: Ed Sheeran’s ‘Autumn Variations’ is a beautifully honest exploration of adult despondency
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “I’ve been up all night, thinking about dying,” Ed Sheeran opens “When Will I Be Alright”, one of his new album’s final tracks. “I’ve just been wasting time," he continues. “God is not on my side.” Somehow, that’s not even the most...
As China censors homegrown feminism, a feminist scholar from Japan is on its bestseller lists
HONG KONG (AP) — In the last few years, China’s government has promoted increasingly conservative social values, encouraging women to focus on raising children. It has cracked down on civil society movements and made laws to drive out foreign influence. So a 75-year-old Japanese...
Today in History: September 29, Munich agreement established, aimed at appeasing Hitler
Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2022. There are 93 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 29, 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders concluded the Munich Agreement, which was aimed at...
What's streaming now: Ed Sheeran, 'The Voice,' 'The Golden Bachelor' and Wes Anderson returns
An Ed Sheeran album and a spinoff of “The Bachelor” starring a 72-year-old widower are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are Wes...
Ringo Starr on ‘Rewind Forward,’ writing country music, the AI-assisted final Beatles track and more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are rock stars, and then there is Ringo Starr — drummer for the Beatles, award-winning soloist, photographer, narrator, actor, activist. To call him prolific would almost shortchange his accomplishments. But it also feels right. “Rewind Forward,” out...
