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Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan chat fame and friendship
LONDON (AP) — Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan may be juggling multiple releases and busy schedules, but the bright young stars managed to reunite on Wednesday in London for a conversation at the British Film Institute. The former co-stars met on Greta Gerwig’s 2017 high...
NJ attorney general exceeded authority by taking over Paterson police, court finds
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's top law enforcement official overstepped his authority last year when he took control of the police force in Paterson, the state's third-largest city, soon after police there fatally shot a man barricaded in an apartment bathroom, an appeals court ruled...
AP's top music documentaries of 2024: Taylor Swift, ABBA, the Boss and more — and where to watch
NEW YORK (AP) — Once you've made your way through AP's list of 2024's best films and dried those tears after bingeing “I Am: Celine Dion” — we won't judge — it's time to hand over the remote. Here are 10 of The Associated Press’ favorite music documentaries of the year,...
How Timothée Chalamet transformed into Bob Dylan
NEW YORK (AP) — How many roads must a man walk down to play Bob Dylan? Quite a few, at least, if you're Timothée Chalamet. Off and on for some six years, Chalamet has been obsessively working toward his performance in “A Complete Unknown.” He has visited Dylan's childhood...
'Emilia Pérez' leads Golden Globe nominations with 10, followed by 'The Brutalist' and 'Conclave'
Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical “Emilia Pérez,” about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirming surgery, led nominations to the 82nd Golden Globes on Monday, scoring 10 nods to lead it over other contenders like the musical smash “Wicked,” the papal thriller “Conclave”...
No pressure: Singer Lucinda Williams records album of Beatles songs at famed Abbey Road
Lucinda Williams isn't easily intimidated, but it would be hard for any musician not to shudder at the task before her. The mission? Record an album of Beatles songs — only one of the best-known catalogs in popular music — in the same London studio where most of the originals...
Dark comedy 'A Different Man' surprisingly triumphs at Gotham Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — In a surprise that stunned the audience of Hollywood’s first big awards-season bash, “A Different Man,” a dark comedy about doppelgängers, deformity and authenticity in acting, won best feature film at the 34th Gotham Awards on Monday night. Much can be...
'Moana 2' sails to a record $221 million opening as Hollywood celebrates a moviegoing feast
NEW YORK (AP) — Christmas came early at the box office this year. “Moana 2” brought in a tidal wave of moviegoers over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, setting records with $221 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. That, combined with “Wicked” and...
Shel Talmy, produced hits by The Who, The Kinks and other 1960s British bands, dead at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born music producer and arranger who worked on such British punk classics as The Who's “My Generation” and The Kinks' “You Really Got Me,” helped oversee hits by Manfred Mann and the duo Chad & Jeremy and was an early backer of David Bowie, has...
Queen Bey and Yale: The Ivy League university is set to offer a course on Beyoncé and her legacy
With a record 99 Grammy nominations and acclaim as one of the most influential artists in music history, pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course at Yale University next year. Titled “Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical...
