AP National Entertainment News

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry went to Toronto for events marking the end of World War I and found himself on an apology tour for offending Canadians. Speaking to a military charity on Thursday night, the Duke of Sussex sought to once again address the “blue-hatted elephant in the room.”

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 2026 Grammy Award nominees are here, and who else but Kendrick Lamar leads this year’s crop with nine nods on the strength of 2024’s “GNX?” It’s an exciting lineup, but like every year, there were a few artists who made the coveted list Friday

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lea Michele was just a kid actor backstage at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway when she first heard a song from the musical “Chess” on a stereo. Some three decades later, she finds herself singing that same tune in the same theater. The “Glee” and

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — As French police race to track where the Louvre’s stolen crown jewels have gone, a growing chorus wants a brighter light on where they came from. The artifacts were French, but the gems were not. Their exotic routes to Paris run through the shadows of empire —

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Not like us? More like him: Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammy Award nominations, announced Friday. The rapper is up for nine trophies at February’s ceremony: record, song and album of the year — marking the third time he’s had simultaneous nominations in those big

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a long day at work, you rush to pick up your child from a playdate with a new friend. But there’s a problem as soon as you get there: The person who answers the door has no idea who your child is — or

By HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The scene: Outside a stately English home, a man and a woman attempt to solve a mystery. What’s unusual about this picture? They’re using the internet. In a departure from what could be the logline for many a cozy English mystery before it, “Agatha Christie’s Tommy &

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — TV shows like “Abbott Elementary,” “Hacks,” “Heartstopper,” “The Last of Us” and “Yellowjackets” helped increase the ranks of LGBTQ+ characters on prime time by 4% over the previous season, according to a new study by the advocacy group GLAAD. This year’s “Where We Are on

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty years after Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed at 23, regional Mexicana music is now celebrated on the global stage — no doubt a result of her unending influence. This year, there have been a number of celebrations for the “Bidi Bidi Bom

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Slime, that gooey, sticky and often-homemade plaything, was enshrined into the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday along with perennial bestselling games Battleship and Trivial Pursuit. Each year, the Hall of Fame recognizes toys that have inspired creative play across generations, culling its finalists from among thousands of nominees

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NFL’s first game in Spain will feature a Latin music showcase with Argentine producer Bizarrap and Puerto Rican superstar Daddy Yankee set to perform during the halftime show. The two hitmakers will take the stage Nov. 16 when the Washington Commanders face the

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A staple of the New York City holiday season is marking a century of wowing crowds: The high-kicking Radio City Rockettes are turning 100. The famed dance troupe will celebrate the anniversary with its annual Christmas Spectacular this week — a festive performance of synchronized dance

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as “guided by PG-13 ratings,” saying it is misleading and could erode trust in its movie ratings system. A lawyer on behalf of the MPA sent Meta Platforms a cease-and-desist letter

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Joachim Trier, Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve have gathered in a backstage room at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. A screen on the wall shows the crowd inside, raptly watching their film, “Sentimental Value.” They have all consciously sat facing away from the movie. But

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bad Company singer-songwriter Paul Rodgers treasures one of his last phone calls with guitarist Mick Ralphs. It was to deliver the news that, at long last, they’d been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “I said to him, ‘Do you remember when

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Designer Olivier Rousteing is stepping down as creative director of the Balmain fashion house after 14 hugely visible years in which he fused the rigor of Parisian tailoring with a digital-age sense of celebrity, he announced Wednesday. “Today marks the end of my Balmain era,” Rousteing,

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bodies go flying and tumbling in NBC’s latest comedy series, “Stumble,” a mocking but loving look at the competitive world of cheer from a brother-and-sister writing team. Jeff and Liz Astrof have created a mockumentary about a ragtag group of recruits building a cheer team

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A once-overlooked army psychiatrist tasked with analyzing Hermann Göring and other Nazis accused of war crimes is getting the kind of attention that he had sought in his lifetime. “Nuremberg,” starring Russell Crowe as Göring, centers on the Nazi military commander’s conversations with Dr. Douglas

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Video game maker Epic Games has reached a “comprehensive settlement” with Google that could end its 5-year-old legal crusade targeting Google’s Play Store for Android apps. Epic and Google revealed the settlement agreement in a joint legal document they filed in a San Francisco federal court Tuesday. They said

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — “Predator: Badlands” belongs to a long-established cinema subgenre: two opposed people reluctantly stuck together with a common purpose. The film, the seventh in the franchise (not counting the “Alien vs. Predator” offshoots), has the buddy comedy energy that comes with that dynamic. It also belongs

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Helen Mirren has portrayed multiple queens, a prime minister, a detective, “Barbie” narrator and many other roles in more than a half-century of acting. Her latest: Golden Globe lifetime achievement honoree. Mirren will receive the 2026 Cecil B. DeMille Award in January, the Golden Globes announced Wednesday.

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a rooftop space filled with Hollywood’s most influential figures, actor Kristen Stewart delivered an unflinching speech urging women in film to stay united, reject tokenism and celebrate the next generation of female filmmakers. Stewart, who directed “The Chronology of Water,” an adaptation of

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Helen Garner, an acclaimed Australian writer whose celebrity fans include singer Dua Lipa, won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction on Tuesday for what judges called her addictive and candid diaries. Garner, 82, was named winner of the 50,000 pound ($65,000) prize at a ceremony in

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — They threw a party at the New York Public Library and a concert broke out. Bruce Springsteen was among six honorees Monday night at the library’s annual “Library Lions” gala, which pays tribute to “outstanding achievements” in arts, culture, letters and scholarship. Others receiving medals

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s new book, his 23rd, is also a resetting of his career. “The Eleventh Hour,” which includes two short stories and three novellas, is his first work of fiction since he was brutally stabbed on a New York lecture stage in 2022. His recovery

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam Sandler will be the next recipient of AARP’s Movies for Grownups career achievement award, the group said Tuesday. And maybe this time, the actor will wait for his signal. When Sandler won the group’s best actor prize in 2020 for“Uncut Gems,” he rushed to the stage

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When it came time to receive his knighthood, soccer great David Beckham knew what to do. He bent his knee like, well, Beckham. King Charles III tapped his shoulders with the blade of a sword and “Becks” was transformed to Sir David Beckham. “This is without doubt

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion powerhouse couple A$AP Rocky and Rihanna have another fashion icon award to take home after Rocky was awarded the Council of Fashion Designers of America prize on Monday. The fashion darlings posed on the CFDA carpet together dressed in designer looks from Chanel and Alaia

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video-game maker Nintendo’s net profit jumped 85% in April-September from the year before, as its sales more than doubled following the launch of its hit Switch 2 console in June, the company said Tuesday. Nintendo, based in Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, said its profit

By The Associated Press Something has changed for “Wicked” star Jonathan Bailey, something is not the same — he is People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2025. The magazine’s pick was announced Monday night on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Bailey takes the mantle from “The Office” and “Jack Ryan” star John Krasinski, who