TORONTO (AP) — The filmmaker Raoul Peck was sitting in a Toronto hotel lobby talking to a reporter when Barry Jenkins beelined over to embrace him. The two know each other, though it had been years since they saw one another. They also share a mutual affection for James Baldwin. …
Read More »While the news industry struggles, college students are supplying some memorable journalism
NEW YORK (AP) — Within the past year, young journalists have produced investigations that led to the resignation of Stanford University’s president, the firing of Northwestern University’s football coach, and a school shooting graphic so striking that it led a veteran newsman to say, “I’ve never seen a better front …
Read More »Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam ‘bullying tactics’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon. The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too great to make …
Read More »Movie Review: In the elated ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,’ every seat is the best seat in the house
It opens with a clock counting down until show time — the dropped stomach, rollercoaster slowly encroaching its apex sensation — and then, a gentle fake out. Taylor Swift is heard before she is seen. “It’s been a long time…” her voice carries. Then the drop hits: an abridged performance of “Miss …
Read More »Guns N’ Roses moves Arizona concert so D-backs can host NLDS
PHOENIX — Guns N’ Roses is giving way to the Arizona Diamondbacks so the team can host Game 3 of the National League Division Series next week. The rock band said Friday it is moving its Oct. 11 show at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix to the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre to …
Read More »Will Smith Allegedly Rolled Up On Tommy Davidson For Kissing Jada Pinkett Smith
Will Smith doesn’t play about his wife, and once allegedly rolled up on comedian Tommy Davidson over an unplanned kiss he shared with Jada Pinkett Smith on screen. The comedian stopped by Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast for a new episode that was published on Wednesday (October 11). While discussing his time making the …
Read More »British TV personality Holly Willoughby quits daytime show days after alleged kidnap plot
LONDON (AP) — Holly Willoughby, one of Britain’s most high-profile television personalities, announced Tuesday that she is stepping down from her presenting role on the ITV network’s flagship daytime program “This Morning,” days after a man was charged in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap and murder her. Willoughby, who has …
Read More »‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ will be a blockbuster — and might shake up the movie business
Greg Marcus has been in the movie business for years but he never expected to be urging moviegoers to take out their phones during a film — let alone to be crafting friendship bracelets in preparation for an opening weekend. But there the chief executive and chair of the Marcus …
Read More »Keith Urban shares the secret to a great song ahead of Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country superstar Keith Urban and Kix Brooks of powerhouse duo Brooks & Dunn will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on Wednesday night at Nashville’s Music City Center. Urban, a four-time Grammy Award winning musician, is being celebrated at the 53rd anniversary gala for hits such as “But for …
Read More »Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage last year. He’s releasing a memoir about the attack
NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand. “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” will be published April 16. “This was a necessary book for me to write: a way to take charge …
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