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Nate Bargatze will host the 2025 Emmy Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze will host the 77th Emmy Awards, CBS announced Wednesday. One of the most popular stand-ups currently working, Bargatze will emcee the Sept. 14 ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. While t...
Apr 16, 2025
Tribeca Festival sets lineup with Miley Cyrus, Billy Joel and Eddie Vedder
NEW YORK (AP) - The 2025 Tribeca Festival will feature a medley of music stars, including Billy Joel, Miley Cyrus and Eddie Vedder, in its 24th edition. The annual New York festival, which in 2022 dropped "Film" from its name, unveiled the lineup We...
Apr 16, 2025
The Black Crowes and Jimmy Page revisit a pivotal but mangled 26-year-old live set
NEW YORK (AP) - One of the more puzzling live albums of all time came out in 2000. It featured songs from a two-night stand with The Black Crowes and Led Zeppelin icon Jimmy Page. But fans hoping to hear "Hard to Handle" or "She Talks to Angels" were...
Apr 15, 2025
'Sinners' mixes blues, vampires and the Mississippi Delta into Ryan Coogler's 1st original film
Ryan Coogler only makes personal movies. "Fruitvale Station" was set in his hometown of Oakland, California, and explored the last day of Oscar Grant. "Creed" was dreamed up for his father, who loved "Rocky" unabashedly. And "Black Panther" let him g...
Apr 15, 2025
Jay North, TV's mischievous Dennis the Menace, dies at 73
LAKE BUTLER, Fla. (AP) - Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV's "Dennis the Menace" for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73. North died Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Florida, after battling colon cancer, said Laurie Jacobson, a longtime friend, and Bonnie Vent, who ...
Apr 07, 2025
James Gunn predicts summer of 'Superman' to the rescue of the box office
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The 2025 box office has been hit with a deficit. Can the James Gunn-dubbed "summer of 'Superman'" save it? Warner Bros. showed off a diverse and starry slate of its upcoming films on Tuesday, but the night was carried on the shoulde...
Apr 02, 2025
Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in "Top Gun," donned a voluminous cape as Batman in "Batman Forever" and portrayed Jim Morrison in "The Doors," has died. He was 65. Kilmer died Tuesday night...
Apr 02, 2025
The Beatles biopics cast revealed: Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Hollywood studio executives are making their case for theatergoing with a little help from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - along with the newly announced stars set to play them. Sony Pictures kicked off...
Apr 01, 2025
April Fools' Day is celebrated with pranks and hoaxes worldwide
From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools' Day will be celebrated on Tuesday with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes, so make sure to triple check viral posts and don't leave your back open to any stray sticky notes. The jokesters' c...
Apr 01, 2025
Trump targets ticket scalpers and high live event fees, which he calls 'price-gouging'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump was signing an executive order Monday which he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring "commonsense" changes to the way live entertainment events are priced. Designed to stop "price-gouging by middlemen...
Mar 31, 2025