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DreamWorks Animation at 30: Painting a bright path forward with ‘The Wild Robot’

Oct. 01, 2024 09:56 AM EDT

Filmmaker Chris Sanders had finally cracked “The Wild Robot.” Peter Brown’s middle-grade book, about an intelligent robot living in the wilderness, had been sitting on the shelf at DreamWorks Animation for a bit. No one had quite figured it out. Then Sanders, the man behind...

Veterans’ fundraiser draws Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Seinfeld, Questlove and Norah Jones

Sep. 05, 2024 11:12 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Seinfeld, Bruce Springsteen, Jim Gaffigan, Norah Jones, Questlove and the ever-present Jon Stewart will stand up later this year at the annual Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser. The fundraiser, which benefits injured veterans and their families, will also feature...

Van Zweden earned $1.5M as New York Philharmonic music director in 2022-23

Sep. 04, 2024 15:52 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Music director Jaap van Zweden earned just over $1.5 million from the New York Philharmonic in the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2023, and Deborah Borda received slightly more than $1.7 million in her final season as CEO. The Philharmonic released its 2022 tax return...