Chris Stapleton, Foo Fighters, Queen Latifah to join The Rolling Stones at 2024 Jazz Fest
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Country music singer Chris Stapleton, Foo Fighters, Queen Latifah and New Orleans’ own Jon Batiste are among the star power set to join The Rolling Stones as headliners of this year’s New Orleans Jazz &Heritage Festival, organizers announced Thursday.
‘The Honeymooners’ star Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton, dies at 99
NEW YORK (AP) — Joyce Randolph, a veteran stage and television actor whose role as the savvy Trixie Norton on “The Honeymooners” provided the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband, has died. She was 99.
‘Mean Girls’ takes 1st place at the box office. So fetch.
Winter storms and cinema closures in North America didn’t dampen the opening weekend for “Mean Girls.” The Paramount release, adapted from the Broadway musical and the 2004 Tina Fey movie, earned $28 million in its first three days in theaters according to studio estimates Sunday. Not accounting for inflation, that’s more than the $24.4 million the first movie made in its opening weekend.
Inside the 2024 Golden Globes: What you didn’t see on camera
EVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Golden Globe Awards likes to think of itself as the party of the year, but instead of a debauched, champagne-fueled romp, it can sometimes feel more like a strange high school reunion for the extremely famous.
Pat McAfee announces Aaron Rodgers’ appearances are over for the rest of this NFL season
Aaron Rodgers’ Tuesday appearances on “The Pat McAfee Show” are over for the rest of this NFL season.
Even Andrew Scott was startled by his vulnerability in ‘All of Us Strangers’
NEW YORK — Andrew Scott, the 47-year-old Irish actor, is in demand like never before. That’s partly due to accrued good will. A regular presence on stage in the West End, Scott is known to many as the “Hot Priest” of “Fleabag” or the cunning Moriarty of “Sherlock.” Soon, he’ll play Tom Ripley in the Netflix series “Ripley,” adapted from the Patricia Highsmith novel.
Aaron Rodgers denies implying comic Jimmy Kimmel was tied to Epstein and condemns those who do
NEW YORK — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers denied he implied comic Jimmy Kimmel was a pedophile and condemned those who do, but he stopped short of apologizing for his role in escalating their burgeoning feud.
Barack Obama, John Mulaney and Carol Burnett are among the winners at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards
LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama won his second Emmy, John Mulaney won his third, and Carol Burnett took her seventh Sunday on night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
Lily Gladstone is the Golden Globes’ first Indigenous best actress winner
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — When Lily Gladstone took the stage Sunday night to accept her first Golden Globe, she spoke to the live TV audience in the Blackfeet language.
Bill Jaeger is Kailua Village Artists featured artist in January
The Kailua Village Artists featured member artist for the month of January is stained glass artist Bill Jaeger.
Blue Sea Artisans featured Artist in January is Lorie Taylor
The Blue Sea Artisans Gallery featured artist for the month of January is clay flower sculptor and painter Lorie Taylor.
First Pooh, now Mickey. In public domain, early Mickey Mouse version will star in horror movies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage, barely two days in the public domain.
The 1972 Andes plane crash story has been told many times. ‘Society of the Snow’ is something new
LOS ANGELES — When Gustavo Zerbino watched “La Sociedad de la Nieve,” the 1972 plane crash survivor felt as if he was being submerged “into boiling water,” reliving the roughly 70 days he and his teammates were stranded in the snow-covered Andes mountains.
Was 2023 a tipping point for movies? ‘Barbie’ success and Marvel struggles may signal a shift
NEW YORK— Eight years ago, Steven Spielberg predicted that the superhero movie would one day go “the way of the Western.”
Danny Masterson sent to state prison to serve sentence for rape convictions, mug shot released
DELANO, Calif. (AP) — “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape convictions.
For a new generation of indie rock acts, country music is king
LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine,” plays out like a whispered dirge.
On the weekend before Christmas, ‘Aquaman’ sequel drifts to first
“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” led a crowd of new releases at the box office on the weekend before Christmas Monday. The DC and Warner Bros. superhero sequel starring Jason Momoa earned an estimated $28.1 million in its first three days of release in 3,706 locations in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. By Monday it is projected to have around $40 million in domestic ticket sales.
The color purple: It’s a new movie and an old hue that’s rich in meaning and history
EW YORK — “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it,” Shug tells Celie in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.”
The Emmy Awards: A guide to how to watch, who you’ll see, and why it all has taken so long
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2023 Emmy Awards will be held in 2024. Hollywood’s two strikes meant a four-month delay for television’s annual celebration of itself. But both have now been resolved and the show will go on. Here’s a look at the telecast, the ceremony, and the series and stars up for awards.
‘Wonka’ waltzes to $39 million opening, propelled by Chalamet’s starring role
NEW YORK — “Wonka” debuted with $39 million in box office sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. That made it a strong start for the Timothée Chalamet -starring Willy Wonka musical that underscored the young star’s draw.