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Hollywood's video game actors want to avoid a strike. The sticking point in their talks? AI

Jun. 27, 2024 04:01 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For more than a year and a half, leaders of Hollywood's actors union have been negotiating with video game companies over a new contract that covers the performers who bring their titles to life. But while negotiators with the Screen Actors Guild-American...

What to stream this week: 'The Bear,' Camila Cabello, Megan Thee Stallion and Celine Dion

Jun. 26, 2024 18:02 PM EDT

The life and style of fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg is chronicled in a documentary and albums from Megan Thee Stallion and Camila Cabello are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as...

Movie Review: In 'The Bikeriders,' the birth of a subculture on two wheels

Jun. 19, 2024 18:32 PM EDT

Still images have been a source of wonder and mythology in the films of Jeff Nichols. “Mud,” Nichols’ Twain-soaked Mississippi fable, seemed derived from the magical sight of a boat held aloft by a tree. “Loving,” about a ‘60s interracial marriage, took inspiration from...

Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' will hit US theaters in September

Jun. 17, 2024 13:52 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — After months of conjecture about the fate of Francis Ford Coppola's self-financed epic, “Megalopolis” has finally found a home. Lionsgate will distribute “Megalopolis” in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the studio announced Monday, ending one of the biggest...

What to stream this weekend: 'Hit Man,' Tems, Dakota Johnson, Charli XCX and Star Wars: Hunters

Jun. 06, 2024 23:36 PM EDT

Idris Elba narrating a National Geographic series about the millions of soldiers erased from World War II history and the action-comedy-romance “Hit Man” landing on Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the...

Q&A: Tom Tykwer, Franka Potente on the frenzy of ‘Run Lola Run’ and its theatrical re-release

Jun. 04, 2024 15:13 PM EDT

Lola’s red hair might have been a mistake. Not the color, mind you. Franka Potente’s electric locks in “Run Lola Run” are as intrinsic to the adrenaline rush of her sprint through Berlin as the film’s heart-racing electronic score. Given the choice now, however, Potente would say no to...

Rupert Murdoch ties the knot for the 5th time in ceremony at his California vineyard

Jun. 02, 2024 14:30 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, 93, has married for the fifth time, his corporation, News Corp, confirmed Sunday. Murdoch and Elena Zhukova, a 67-year-old Russian-born retired molecular biologist, wed Saturday in a ceremony at his vineyard estate in Bel Air,...

Organizers say record-setting drag queen story time reading kicks off Philadelphia Pride Month

Jun. 01, 2024 16:55 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Organizers of a drag queen story time reading at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia say several hundred people helped establish a world record for attendance at such an event to kick off Pride Month celebrations in the birthplace of America. The...

What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?

May. 28, 2024 22:52 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Twice per year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers. The event is a favorite of photographers and often...

After Lahaina, Hawaii fire crews take stock of their ability to communicate in a crisis

May. 22, 2024 15:53 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — Fire departments across the state are reevaluating their emergency communication capabilities after the Maui wildfires, when the vulnerability of the island’s cellular network — and a lack of advanced communication tools in fire vehicles — complicated efforts by first...