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DETROIT " Jack White's Thanksgiving Day halftime performance at the Detroit Lions game, which featured a surprise appearance by Eminem, has been released as a single to streaming services. "…
LOS ANGELES " R&B singer Ray J was arrested early Thanksgiving morning, according to jail records and a police spokesman. The 44-year-old artist " whose legal name is Willie Norwood " wa…
LOS ANGELES " True Whitaker wanted to nail her audition for "I Love LA," or, at the time, the "Untitled Rachel Sennott Project." She felt a strong connection to the role and had dreamed of w…
That "Zootopia 2" is as fresh, funny and densely packed as the first film feels like a miracle, but the truth is that there's nothing miraculous about it: it's just made by humans who put a …
LOS ANGELES " Ryan Coogler was deep into writing "Sinners" when he realized the movie was missing something: He needed a moment that would jolt the audience and plunge them into a different …
Atlanta R&B star Summer Walker's searing music could be the perfect soundtrack to a binge-worthy reality show. It's entertainingly messy and satisfyingly authentic. Her 2019 debut album …
LOS ANGELES " Back in 2024, Universal conjured a pink and green tornado that swept pop culture. From themed drinks at Starbucks and dolls of Elphaba and Glinda, to joint appearances by stars…
PHILADELPHIA " The Delco crime thriller "Task," starring Mark Ruffalo, will be getting a second season, HBO announced on Thursday. From "Mare of Easttown" creator and Berwyn native Brad Inge…
DETROIT " Comedian and Metro Detroit native Tim Robinson's character may or may not get to the bottom of the central mystery of "The Chair Company" before the show's eight-episode first seas…
SAN DIEGO " Al Jardine's endless summer officially began when he was 18 and co-founded the Beach Boys in 1961. It hasn't stopped yet. "I'm still enjoying this too much to think of quitting,"…
Call him a master wordsmith, formal innovator, Booker prize winner, Nobel laureate-in-waiting, a sorcerer. Call him Sir Salman Rushdie. He slips into a story as gracefully as Laurence Olivie…
Brandon Taylor's fourth book, "Minor Black Figures," begins in New York City in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. As political and societal tides shift, as…
"Thoughts & Prayers," which premiered Tuesday on HBO, is a documentary film about the $3 billion "active shooter preparedness industry," that space where American failure meets American …
LOS ANGELES " It takes a certain composure, as a teenager, to walk out onto Taylor Swift's stage in a sold-out stadium and play an opening set to tens of thousands of fans who have never hea…
LOS ANGELES " One of L.A.'s most promising young musicians can trace her career back to the moment she decided to run away from home. Or did her mom kick her out? "It's hard to explain," Ale…
MINNEAPOLIS " Following up an acclaimed TV drama with another hit is as difficult as winning back-to-back World Series. Just ask "Deadwood" creator David Milch, who flopped with "John From C…
"You're the last of the old movie stars," someone tells Jay Kelly, and because Jay Kelly " main character of a movie called, not surprisingly, "Jay Kelly" " is played by George Clooney, the …
Coming right up, in this year's holiday movie season: a sure-to-be-blockbuster musical, a comedic murder mystery, a return-to-Pandora sequel, a drama involving William Shakespeare and a come…
Two more horses in the crowded field of psychological thrillers have come out of the gate: "Malice," now streaming from Prime Video, and "The Beast in Me," on Netflix. Neither is especially …
LOS ANGELES " Clad in close-fitting black outfits, two performers get into stance for a fight scene. The cameras surrounding the massive stage in Playa Vista start rolling. One turns around …
I can't name a single song by the Jonas Brothers, but I can tell you their names " Joe, Kevin and Nick " and that they made a sitcom, "Jonas" (second season titled "Jonas L.A."), back in 200…
LOS ANGELES " The Alchemist's world changed when he first discovered the Beastie Boys. "Seeing them, these white Jewish guys who were rapping and on tour with Run-D.M.C. was crazy to me," sa…
For "Beard" author Kelly Foster Lundquist, the signs were there. Her husband reminded her of Montgomery Clift (gay), they moved to the rainbow-striped Chicago neighborhood known as Boystown …
It's no secret that Pennsylvania's two most powerful Democrats do not get along. Sen. John Fetterman and Gov. Josh Shapiro are stylistic opposites who have butted heads over the years. Now F…
When asked how much of the alien language used by the franchise's central hunter species he is able to speak, "Predator: Badlands" director Dan Trachtenberg quickly answers, "Zero." "My mout…
