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John Krasinski named People magazine's 2024 Sexiest Man Alive
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Let the office debates begin — John Krasinski is People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024. The magazine announced the actor-writer-director as its pick Tuesday night during “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Krasinski starred in “The...
Chris Wallace is leaving CNN. He says he wants to see what the new media environment has to offer
Chris Wallace says he's leaving CNN after three years and, at age 77, is eager to see what a transformed media environment has to offer. “When I look at the media landscape right now, the people who are going independent, whether it's podcasting or streaming, that seems to be where...
What to stream: 'Yellowstone' starts its end, Eddie Redmayne as a sniper and Aubrey Plaza gets high
Eddie Redmayne starring as a sniper for hire in the new limited series “The Day of the Jackal" and “Yellowstone” riding off into the sunset with the launch of its final episodes are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the...
Andrea Mitchell says she's ending her daytime MSNBC show after 16 years
NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran NBC News reporter Andrea Mitchell said Tuesday that she plans to end her weekday MSNBC show after the inauguration of a new president and switch back to a reporting role. Mitchell, 77, has been hosting “Andrea Mitchell Reports” in the daytime lineup...
Brian Williams and Amazon are asking election night news-seekers to take a leap of faith with them
Let no one accuse Brian Williams of trying to lower expectations a week before his election night special coverage on Amazon Prime Video. “This will be the first — if you'll forgive the phrase — new product introduction in the election night space since color television,” the...
Review: Tom Hardy's double act can't save 'Venom: The Last Dance'
For three films now, Tom Hardy has smushed Jekyll and Hyde into one strange and slimy double act. In a Marvel universe filled with alter egos that cloak stealthy superpowers, his investigative reporter Eddie Brock doesn’t transform. He shares his body with an ink-black alien symbiote (voiced with...
‘Smile 2’ grinning to No. 1 at box office while ‘Anora’ glitters in limited release
Horror movies topped the domestic box office charts and an Oscar contender got off to a sparkling start this weekend. “Smile 2,” in its first weekend, and “Terrifier 3” in its second proved to be the big draws for general movie audiences in North America, while the Palme d’Or...
Fox's Bret Baier acknowledges 'mistake' in Harris interview over airing of Trump clip
Fox News anchor Bret Baier says he “made a mistake” during his interview with Kamala Harris in not airing video of a Donald Trump comment, something Harris pointed out to him in real time. Baier made that admission on Thursday roughly 24 hours after his interview with the...
Father-and-son team Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. explore generations in 'Poppa's House'
NEW YORK (AP) — Boundaries between work and family don't just blur in the new CBS sitcom “Poppa's House” starring father-and-son comedy duo Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. They shatter. “It’s wonderful to come to work every day and see him and some of his kids and my...
Taliban-run media stops showing images of living beings in some Afghan provinces
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban run-media have stopped showing images of living beings in some Afghan provinces to comply with morality laws, an official confirmed Tuesday. In August, the country’s Vice and Virtue Ministry published laws regulating aspects of everyday life like public...
