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Zachary Quinto steps into some giant-sized doctor's shoes in NBC's 'Brilliant Minds'
NEW YORK (AP) — There's a great moment in the first episode of the new NBC medical drama “Brilliant Minds” when it becomes very clear that we're not dealing with a typical TV doctor. Zachary Quinto is behind the wheel of a car barreling down a New York City parkway, packed with...
'A star is born': Actor Maisy Stella breaks through in the Sundance hit 'My Old Ass'
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — "Who’s that girl?” was a common refrain from Sundance Film Festival goers walking out of “ My Old Ass ” in January. The comedic and heartfelt coming of-age-film, in which a small town 18-year-old eager to leave for college is suddenly in conversation...
Keith Urban says 'High' is about order and chaos, with songs about love, life and his late father
NEW YORK (AP) — Decades into one of the most consistent careers in contemporary country music, and you'd think Keith Urban has this whole album thing worked out. But his 11th studio album, “High," out Friday, was no walk in the park. It's been four years since 2020's “The Speed...
Q&A: Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons on ‘Whiplash’ returning to theaters after 10 years
Ten years after “ Whiplash ” took the film world by storm, Damien Chazelle’s breakthrough feature is returning to theaters nationwide Friday. In 2014, “Whiplash" was the ultimate indie movie Cinderella story — a Sundance discovery made by a 20-something that that would go...
Radio Nikki: Haley launching a weekly SiriusXM radio talk show at least through January
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is launching her own radio talk show next week on SiriusXM that's set to air once a week at least through the inauguration of a new president. She'll do interviews, take listener calls and talk politics on the...
Music Review: Bright Eyes’ 'Five Dice, All Threes' contemplates death, the Mets and much more
Bright Eyes’ new album is a sound and word collage: confessional yet opaque, intimate yet anthemic — dense and dizzying and dark, yet catchy and engaging. “Five Dice, All Threes,” which will be released Friday, is the trio’s first album of new songs since 2020. Frontman...
Book Review: Couples mix in Paris as feminist voices rise in Lauren Elkin’s novel `Scaffolding’
If you’re a Francophile with an interest in psychoanalysis, Lauren Elkin’s smart and steamy debut novel, “Scaffolding,” may be for you. Even if you’re just a reader looking for an intriguing story of desire and love among a bright corps of professionals in France, Elkin’s...
Wife of Jane's Addiction frontman says tension and animosity led to onstage scuffle
BOSTON (AP) — A scuffle between members of the groundbreaking alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction came amid “tension and animosity” during their reunion tour, lead singer Perry Farrell’s wife said Saturday. The band is known for edgy, punk-inspired hits “Been Caught...
Book Review: Raymond Antrobus transitions into fatherhood in his poetry collection 'Signs, Music'
Becoming a parent is life changing. Raymond Antrobus’ third poetry collection, “Signs, Music," captures this transformation as he conveys his own transition into fatherhood. The book is split between before and after, moving from the hope and trepidation of shepherding a new life...
After docs about Taylor Swift and Brooke Shields, filmmaker turns her camera to NYC psychics
Filmmaker Lana Wilson had never thought much about psychics. But the morning after Election Day in 2016, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she found herself drawn towards a sign that promised “$5 psychic readings” and wandered in. Much to her surprise, she found it to be a rather...
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Movie Review: Provocative, genre-bending ‘A Different Man’ gets under our skin in unexpected ways
Imagine you could wake up one morning, stand at the mirror, and literally peel off any part of your looks you don’t like — with only movie-star beauty remaining. How would it change your life? How SHOULD it change your life? That's a question – well, a launching...
This fund has launched some of the biggest names in fashion. It's marking 20 years
NEW YORK (AP) — Amid the curated electronic music, models’ cold stares and magazine editors lining the runway at New York Fashion Week this season, several designers felt a particular sense of urgency. In a little over a month, they will learn whether they have won of one of the...
Happy 50th 'SNL!' Here's a look back at the show's very first cast
NEW YORK (AP) — Live from New York! It's 50 seasons later for “SNL.” The landmark NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” premiered Oct. 11, 1975, with drop-dead dark humor and pratfalls, George Carlin as host and not one but two musical guests: Billy Preston and Janis...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs joins list of Hollywood stars charged with sex crimes
Since the #MeToo movement took off, a multitude of male celebrities have been accused of sexual misconduct, but only a handful of those in the music and film industries who have actually faced criminal charges. Sean “Diddy” Combs has now joined that short list of prosecuted...
Young love can be hell. 'Tell Me Lies' showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer wants to write it that way
Dramatizing toxic relationships can be tricky, just ask the filmmakers and cast of “It Ends With Us." While the movie about a woman who falls in love with a man who abuses her has been a box office success, it prompted discourse about whether it glorified domestic violence. The...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Somewhere Beyond the Sea" by TJ Klune (Tor) 2. “Here One Moment" by Liane Moriarty (Crown) 3. “Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) 4. “The Games Gods Play (deluxe ltd. ed.)” by Abigail...
A charred transformer on a Kyiv square makes for an unusual Ukraine war exhibit
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A charred transformer from one of Ukraine’s badly damaged power plants has come to a square in Kyiv's city center — a stark reminder of the scale of destruction caused by Russian strikes on the country's energy system. The massive blackened hulk juxtaposed...
'A star is born': Actor Maisy Stella breaks through in the Sundance hit 'My Old Ass'
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — "Who’s that girl?” was a common refrain from Sundance Film Festival goers walking out of “ My Old Ass ” in January. The comedic and heartfelt coming of-age-film, in which a small town 18-year-old eager to leave for college is suddenly in conversation...
Zachary Quinto steps into some giant-sized doctor's shoes in NBC's 'Brilliant Minds'
NEW YORK (AP) — There's a great moment in the first episode of the new NBC medical drama “Brilliant Minds” when it becomes very clear that we're not dealing with a typical TV doctor. Zachary Quinto is behind the wheel of a car barreling down a New York City parkway, packed with...
Thailand's adorable pygmy hippo Moo Deng has the kind of face that launches a thousand memes
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Only a month after Thailand's adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable. Fans unable to make the two-hour drive to Khao Kheow Open Zoo from the Thai capital Bangkok to see her in person can watch her video clips...
