AP National Entertainment News

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Cruella de Vil wanted to turn Dalmatian puppies into fur coats, Captain Hook tried to bomb Peter Pan and Maleficent issued a curse of early death for Aurora. But wait, maybe these Disney villains were just misunderstood? That’s the premise of a new musical show at

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that that they

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the gay-themed song “I Kissed a Girl,” died in a house fire Thursday. She was 66. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, David Elkin, in an email Thursday afternoon. It was not immediately clear

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer It got “60 Minutes” sued by the man who became president of the United States. Now it’s up for a major award — for precisely the same aspect of it that so enraged Donald Trump. Last fall’s “60 Minutes” story on Kamala Harris — the subject of Trump’s $20

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — During a contentious exchange about deportations in his interview with ABC News’ Terry Moran this week, President Donald Trump brought up — from his perspective — how Moran had gotten into the White House in the first place. “They’re giving you the break of a

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s lawyers got their turn Thursday to question a woman who alleges the one-time Hollywood heavyweight held her down and forced oral sex on her nearly two decades ago. Miriam Haley, testifying for a third day at Weinstein’s rape retrial,

By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Diego Boneta had grown tired of Hollywood’s obsession with narco storylines for Latinos. The actor decided he would provide some new source material with his debut novel, out Thursday, a self-described “murder mystery, sexual thriller” set around a fictional business dynasty. “As someone who’s from Mexico

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Many of the big movies this summer might come from familiar places — whether they’re franchises, sequels or hybrid adaptations of beloved animated classics. But look closer and there are quite a few fresh faces making a splash with memorable characters new and old. The Associated Press spoke to

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — John Hauldren has been a Chicago Cubs fan all his life. During the team’s last homestand, he got a text message from a high school friend. It was the first text he had received from him. Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong had just used “Front to

By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a show about a Christian megachurch pastor and his nepo baby children — between the sex, violence and full-frontal nudity courtesy of Walton Goggins — the final season of “The Righteous Gemstones” is rife with its trademark depravity. But Danny McBride, who stars in and

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Before Celine Song was an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, she was a playwright in New York who needed day jobs to pay rent. That’s how she found herself as a professional matchmaker. What may have begun as a purely transactional gig, a way for her to keep making her art in

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism detectives will investigate comments by Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, which has been criticized by U.K. politicians over statements about the Middle East and British politics, police said Thursday. The Irish-language rappers from Northern Ireland were reported to police over footage from a 2024 concert in

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Growing up on the south side of Chicago, the Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley was given the message early on: What one wore as a Black man mattered. Wesley’s pastor father, who migrated from Louisiana after World War II in search of more opportunities than those readily

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Three Broadway shows — “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Death Becomes Her” and “Maybe Happy Ending” — each earned a leading 10 Tony Award nominations Thursday, as nominators spread out the joy and gave nods to George Clooney,Sarah Snook and Bob Odenkirk in their debuts. Twenty-nine

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III described Wednesday how a cancer diagnosis can be a “daunting and at times frightening” experience for sufferers and their loved ones as he hosted an event to laud the “extraordinary work” of cancer charities. In a message written in a booklet for guests at

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff’s work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death. “Aldeas — A New Story” will feature conversations between Pope Francis and Scorsese, including what

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick defended girlfriend Jordon Hudson for interjecting during a CBS interviewer’s questions about their relationship and said she was “simply doing her job.” The six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach and first-time college coach at UNC issued a statement through the school Wednesday, which followed

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC is continuing its strategy of infusing the Olympics with pop culture and celebrity appeal to generate momentum ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games in Italy next year. This time, Italian American comedians Ray Romano and Sebastian Maniscalco will make their debut during a

By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion icons like Dapper Dan, Janelle Monáe and the late André Leon Talley are known for their distinctive approaches to sartorial style — bold splashes of color, luxurious fabrics, playful construction, capes — but fashion savants and historians agree that a common thread weaves their tailored

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the toughest things about appearing on Broadway might not be the acting or the hours. It’s squeezing your resume to under 100 words for your bio in Playbill. T.R. Knight tried to include all of it, initially. “I was getting angry at myself

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It’s a stark and grainy video on a dark and stormy night. The shocking footage of the famous Sycamore Gap tree’s last stand begins with the rumble of the wind, which is then overtaken by the sound of a chainsaw snapping to attention. The black and white

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after she first told her story to a jury, one of Harvey Weinstein ‘s accusers testified anew Wednesday that he held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on her after she told him: “No, no — it’s

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer He’s a dream in the kitchen — and elsewhere in the house. He makes a mean cream-puff tower. And he’s got moves like Jagger. Alas, Antonin Carême has been dead since the 1830s, but nobody’s perfect, right? Most people have heard of Napoleon, but not many are familiar —

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer In true Clark Kent form, the new Superman would like to correct the record. David Corenswet gave an interview to Entertainment Weekly in 2019 where he said his “pie in the sky ambition” was to play Superman. At that point, the role was not on the market. And Corenswet,

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski came to Formula One like many Americans: “Drive to Survive.” In that popular Netflix series, he saw the potential for a cinematic event, full of immersive thrills, the high stakes of the competitive racing world and the idea that your teammate could be

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Ono Lennon and his fellow creators of the Oscar-winning animated short film “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” are releasing a picture book edition. Viking Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, announced Wednesday that “War Is Over!”

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Like all brides, Elana Goldin had high hopes for her wedding photos and video. “I loved their images,” she said of the company picked by her dad and future mother-in-law. “They were award-winning. They were in a ton of magazines. I really liked the vibe

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand is still a woman in love, and she’ll do anything to get you into her world. That includes a new collection of duets with some of the biggest names in music. Streisand is preparing to release a new album, “The Secret of Life:

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a brutal year of headlines about The Washington Post, Executive Editor Matt Murray sounded almost relieved to be talking about journalism. In an interview, he was touting “100 scoops in 100 days” about the Post’s coverage of the Trump administration’s first weeks. What sounds

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million that Congress appropriated for Radio Free Europe, a pro-democracy media outlet at risk of going dark for the first time in 75 years. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth also tucked a lesson on the