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LOS ANGELES " Bruce Johnston, a six-decade member of the Beach Boys' live band, announced he will step away from the group. The 82-year-old Johnston told Rolling Stone that "It's time for pa…
'HOPPERS' Rated PG for action/peril, some scary images and mild language. What it's about: An animated action-comedy about an eco-activist who goes undercover as a beaver to save her favorit…
With her audacious sophomore feature "The Bride!" writer/director Maggie Gyllenhaal offers a topical-ish take on "Bride of Frankenstein": what if "the Joker" was "brat"? (To borrow Charli XC…
On March 15, Jessie Buckley almost surely will be presented with the Academy Award for best actress for her terrific performance in last year's "Hamnet." She's already getting a jump on the …
Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" hits theaters this weekend, another take on the Frankenstein story that's more about other Frankenstein movies than the original text itself. "Bride of Frank…
LOS ANGELES " Bruce Campbell, "The Evil Dead" actor who is a staple at fan conventions, says he will be taking his foot off the gas for a while as he gets treatment for an unspecified cancer…
"You are a work in progress," Sherlock Holmes is told late in "Young Sherlock," Prime Video's new origin series about the world's greatest detective. And it's true: He's young, irreverent, s…
LOS ANGELES " Bob Power, a musician and engineer who worked closely with some of the top hip-hop and R&B acts of the 1990s and 2000s " including De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, D'Angel…
LOS ANGELES " Oliver "Power" Grant's cause of death has been revealed. The Wu-Tang Clan executive producer died "following a courageous and hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer" accordi…
LOS ANGELES " In the summer of 1991, Nirvana filmed the music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on a Culver City sound stage. Kurt Cobain strummed the grunge anthem's iconic four-chord ope…
Paramount Chairman David Ellison laid out his vision for taking over Warner Bros. Discovery, including combining the two streaming services " HBO Max and Paramount+, which together boast mor…
Before his homeland of Cuba accused him of being a terrorist hellbent on toppling the island's government, Pavel Alling Peña was a writer. For years, the 45-year-old man shared the poems …
PHILADELPHIA " On the night of Feb. 4, at about 9:30, Christine Nangle received a text. It was from her boss, Matt Selman, executive producer of "The Simpsons." He had an idea. A mutual frie…
'HOW TO MAKE A KILLING' Rated R for language and some violence/bloody images. What it's about: A disgraced heir to a large family fortune decides to eliminate the competition in line for the…
For a long time, the image of "Elvis in Vegas" has been a joke: the white jumpsuits, the sunglasses, the sideburns. It's meant more "Halloween costume" than "rock god" recently, but Baz Luhr…
PHILADELPHIA " Jilly from Philly is on the Tiny Desk. On Friday, Jill Scott released "To Whom This May Concern," the North Philly singer and songwriter's first album in 11 years. The 19-trac…
When the contents of the bathtub first come into focus at the start of the premiere episode of "56 Days," you're not exactly sure what you're seeing. It's viscous, with a rainbow sheen not u…
Bed rest can go pound sand: Ray J gave his all on stage on Friday night, it seems, with fan videos showing his eyes appearing to bleed as he worked the crowd. The singer also doffed the top …
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 7, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered…
Going into the new cops-and-crooks thriller "Crime 101," you may be expecting a drama about a mentor offering a protege an introductory college-level course of sorts from one side of the law…
LOS ANGELES " The sports and entertainment executive Casey Wasserman is facing calls to step down from his namesake music agency after his sexually charged emails surfaced in the Epstein fil…
LOS ANGELES " Twisted Sister has canceled all of its 50th anniversary performances following the departure of lead singer Dee Snider because of "a series of health challenges." In a statemen…
Following major expansions to Spotify's podcast branch, the audio streamer is turning its attention to its audiobooks. The Sweden-based audio platform said it is focused on bolstering online…
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 31, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…
LOS ANGELES " Finneas O'Connell took to social media to defend Billie Eilish and her Grammys acceptance speech from a specific demographic that was angered by her remarks. "Seeing a lot of v…
