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John Mulaney is back on Broadway in sweet 'All In' with some starry friends
NEW YORK (AP) — John Mulaney's second trip to Broadway took little convincing. He didn't even need to look at the script before signing on. “I was like, ‘OK, well, send it to me. I’ll read it.’ And they sent it to me. I didn’t read it. I just agreed immediately,” the...
The Black Crowes enjoy Grammy Awards love again several decades after first nomination
NEW YORK (AP) — The first time Chris and Rich Robinson were at the Grammy Awards, it was 1991. The New York Giants had won the Super Bowl, and the U.S. was in the midst of the Gulf War. The siblings behind the band The Black Crowes had just released their debut album “Shake Your...
Book Review: Pip Drysdale's new Hollywood thriller 'The Close-Up' weighs legacy against love
Drawn by sheer possibility and that magic, golden-hour light of Los Angeles, Zoe Ann Weiss moves from London to California when she gets her two-book-deal break. It’s that Hollywood allure that also prompts her to accept an invitation from a famous actor on her 30th birthday, sparking a string of...
Rock pioneer Brenda Lee shines in new documentary. 'I just wanted to sing'
NEW YORK (AP) — Come and take a trip to the giddy birth of rock ‘n’ roll through the eyes of one of its pioneers — Brenda Lee. The “I'm Sorry” and “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” hitmaker who shared stages with both Elvis Presley and the Beatles is a guide to...
Movie Review: With 'The Room Next Door,' Pedro Almodóvar makes a lively movie about death
Films that are straightforwardly about death are rare, but movies that are about both death and sex are rarer, still. In Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door,” the Spanish director’s first English-language feature film, Julianne Moore plays Ingrid, a celebrated author...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 29-Jan. 4
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 29-Jan. 4: Dec. 29: Actor Jon Voight is 86. Singer Marianne Faithfull is 78. Actor Ted Danson is 77. Singer-actor Yvonne Elliman is 73. Actor Patricia Clarkson is 65. Comedian Paula Poundstone is 65. Guitarist-singer Jim Reid of The Jesus and...
Questlove readies new documentary spotlighting 'Saturday Night Live' music performances
NEW YORK (AP) — Who works harder than Questlove? The Academy Award winner has teamed up with Emmy winner Oz Rodriguez and NBC for a new film, “Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music,” celebrating 50 years of the program and spotlighting its memorable live music performances. ...
Book Review: 'The Rivals' is Jane Pek’s fine new mystery novel of online dating, love and death
Claudia Lin, an online dating detective in the age of AI, is hunting once again through a dark cybersphere of tech systems in “The Rivals,” the second novel in a new mystery series by Jane Pek. Pek, who introduced Claudia in her 2022 debut book, “The Verifiers,” has given the...
Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children's hospital
Taylor Swift has made a surprise stop at a Kansas City children’s hospital, shocking parents and patients alike as she laughed with them, posed for photos and exchanged gifts. All parent Cassie Thomas was told beforehand was that she might want to brush her hair and teeth because...
Movie Review: ‘Nickel Boys’ is a knockout, one of the most powerful films of the year
A movie shot in first person sounds like a gimmick. Part of the magic of filmed storytelling is accepting that something can be from someone’s point of view and yet also from a distance. Using the camera as a character’s actual eyes is the domain of university students and niche experimental...
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Richard Perry, who produced acclaimed records by Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Ringo Starr and many others, dies at 82
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Perry, who produced acclaimed records by Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Ringo Starr and many others, dies at 82.
The end of the 'Rust' criminal case against Alec Baldwin may unlock a civil lawsuit
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The conclusion of a criminal case against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer clears the way for a related civil lawsuit by relatives of the deceased woman and efforts to depose the actor under oath, attorneys for plaintiffs in the civil suit said...
NFL on Netflix: Christmas Day games are a 1st for streaming giant
Netflix will have one of its biggest days Wednesday since the site launched in 1998 when it airs two NFL games for the first time. “NFL Christmas Gameday on Netflix” begins with a two-hour pregame show at 11 a.m., before Pittsburgh hosts Kansas City. Baltimore faces Houston in...
NORAD's Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids
The Christmas tradition has become nearly global in scope: Children from around the world track Santa Claus as he sweeps across the earth, delivering presents and defying time. Each year, at least 100,000 kids call into the North American Aerospace Defense Command to inquire about...
Nikki Glaser uses Prime Video's NFL postgame show appearances to help prepare for Golden Globes
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — What do Tom Brady, Taylor Swift and comedy have to do with learning about football? In the case of Nikki Glaser, it is all intertwined. Glaser has become a familiar face to football fans this season. Her breakthrough performance at the Tom...
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Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, narrated by the author (Little, Brown & Company) 3. 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, narrated by Richard Poe...
Soprano Angel Blue sings her first Metropolitan Opera 'Aida' in a new production
If she has the voice of an angel, and the face of an angel, she must be an Angel. Angel Blue, that is. The American soprano, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is headlining the Metropolitan Opera’s first new production of Verdi’s “Aida” in 36...
Legendary Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal dies at age 90
NEW DELHI (AP) — Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, has died after chronic kidney disease. He was 90. His contribution to cinema was recognized as a director, editor and screenwriter. He came...
Movie Review: Nicole Kidman commands the erotic office drama 'Babygirl'
The demands of achieving both one-day shipping and a satisfying orgasm collide in Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl,” a kinky and darkly comic erotic thriller about sex in the Amazon era. Nicole Kidman stars as Romy Mathis, the chief executive of Tensile, a robotics business that...
Christopher Nolan’s next film is based on ‘The Odyssey’
Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” with a true epic: Homer’s “The Odyssey.” It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday. Details remain scarce, but the studio teased that it will be a “mythic action epic shot...
