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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...
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...
Blake Lively accuses 'It Ends With Us' director Justin Baldoni of harassment and smear campaign
Blake Lively has accused her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and a subsequent effort to “destroy” her reputation in a legal complaint. The complaint obtained by The Associated Press, which The New York Times...
'Emilia Pérez' and 'Wicked' advance in Oscars shortlists
The Selena Gomez ballad “Mi Camino,” the Will Ferrell and Harper Steele road trip documentary “Will & Harper” and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s pulsating “Challengers” score are one step closer to an Oscar nomination. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled...
How the Roxies are made: Behind the iconic role in Broadway's megahit 'Chicago'
NEW YORK (AP) — There's only one Roxie Hart. And yet — stay with us here — there are many Roxie Harts. The murderous, washed-up chorus girl is the beating, biting heart of Broadway's mainstay musical “Chicago,” but no single actor owns her. She instead belongs to a...
Stage spoofs of Hallmark TV movies are Christmas gifts for theaters
PHOENIX (AP) — A career woman from the big city gets stranded in a quaint town just before Christmas but somehow finds love on the holiday with a prince in disguise ... or a high school crush ... or a widowed father. Sounds like a plot line from a Hallmark Channel holiday movie?...
The Associated Press names its Breakthrough Entertainers of 2024
If there was one thing that united us during a polarized 2024, it was likely the solar eclipse, a reminder of the awesome forces in our galaxy as one star disappeared, albeit briefly. Throughout the year, luckily, we saw the birth of more stars on Earth. Aaron Pierre announced...
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Myha’la doesn't take being #1 on the call sheet for granted
NEW YORK (AP) — Myha’la is best known for playing a steely, manipulative investment banker on HBO's “Industry,” so the thought of her breaking into song seems antithetical. Yet the graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s prestigious drama school says when she told friends and former...
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Broadway star Maleah Joi Moon enjoys a 'cupcake' of a year
NEW YORK (AP) — As a young woman, Maleah Joi Moon used to join the crowds outside Broadway stage doors to cheer the stars and maybe get an autograph. Now she's the one that people line up to meet. “It all feels like a very vivid dream, if that makes sense,” says the New...
10 new TV shows from 2024 that are worth watching before the new year
It could be argued that 2024 wasn't the best year for television. Highly anticipated shows like the final season of “Stranger Things," “The Last of Us” and “The White Lotus” didn't even make it on the calendar and will instead return in 2025. Streamers and networks...
