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US playwright Jeremy O. Harris released 3 weeks after arrest in Japan for alleged drug smuggling

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The American playwright and actor Jeremy O. Harris has been released from detention in Japan three weeks after he was taken into custody on suspicion of smuggling the psychedelic drug ecstasy. The 36-year-old Harris, known for his Tony-nominated “ Slave Play,” was freed from police custody Monday,

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Paramount says China’s Tencent withdrew from its Warner Bros bid to avert national security issues

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Paramount Skydance says the Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings withdrew from its bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery to avert a possible national security review. Paramount’s revised filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of its takeover bid said the Chinese company

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In ‘The Chronology of Water,’ Imogen Poots found a great role, and a best friend in Kristen Stewart

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Imogen Poots has been thinking about a Sam Shepard quote: “People here have become the people they’re pretending to be.” Those 10 words, from a poem in his “Motel Chronicles” collection, are kind of about her character in “Hedda,” the quietly courageous Thea. But they’re also kind of about

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Wrexham’s owners add US-based private equity firm Apollo Sports Capital to boost rising soccer club

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham’s celebrity owners have sold a minority stake in their on-the-rise soccer club to Apollo Sports Capital, a U.S.-based private equity firm. The deal, which was announced on Monday with no terms disclosed, includes investment by Apollo in the redevelopment of Wrexham’s stadium and the surrounding area in the small Welsh

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Golden Globe snubs and surprises: ‘Wicked,’ Julia Roberts, Sydney Sweeney and more

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Perhaps the “Wicked” team should have called on Madame Morrible to enact some dark magic on Golden Globe voters before nominations were announced Monday. “Wicked: For Good” wasn’t nominated for best picture or best director, one of several surprising exclusions. Snubs at the Golden Globes seem even more shocking

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Ryan Coogler, Rose Byrne, Chase Infiniti, Joachim Trier react to Golden Globe nominations

By The Associated Press The Golden Globes nominees have been announced — as always, an eclectic and high-powered group of the biggest names from film and television. In the lead was Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” with nine nominations, adding to the Oscar favorite’s momentum and handing Warner Bros. a victory amid Netflix’s

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Golden Globes enter the world of podcasts and tread carefully, avoiding controversy

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globes this year introduced a best podcast category and, predictably, the nominees announced Monday will get people talking. The six nominees for the inaugural best podcast award are “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard,” “Call Her Daddy,” “Good Hang with Amy Poehler,” “The Mel

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Trump says Netflix deal to buy Warner Bros. ‘could be a problem’ because of size of market share

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has suggested that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined market share. “There’s no question about it,” Trump said Sunday, answering questions about the deal and various other topics as

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‘One Battle After Another’ leads Golden Globe nominations, while ‘Wicked: For Good’ falters

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” scored a leading nine nominations to the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the Oscar favorite’s momentum and handing Warner Bros. a victory amid Netflix’s acquisition deal. In nominations announced from Beverly Hills, California, “One Battle After Another” landed nods

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Bad reviews didn’t scare off the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ audience. It even broke a record

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Five Nights at Freddy’s” has powered up the box office once again. The sequel opened in 3,412 theaters in the U.S. and Canada this weekend and far surpassed expectations with $63 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Seemingly immune to widely negative reviews, “Five Nights at

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La Scala gala crowd cheers premiere of Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ once censored by Stalin

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The gala crowd at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk ” with a 12-minute standing ovation Sunday, as the storied theater synonymous with the Italian repertoire opened with a Russian melodrama for the second time since Moscow’s 2022

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Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, a touchstone in his attack against what he calls ‘woke’ culture

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday hosted the Kennedy Center Honors and praised Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford and George Strait, the slate of honorees he helped choose, as being “legendary in so many ways.” “Billions and billions of people have watched them

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