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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The plots of Dan Brown’s novels have so many turns that even the author has to make sure he can keep it all organized. “Anybody who writes a thriller needs to have a plan. There’s a great saying that the thriller writer who starts a

By The Associated Press There’s a new Bachelorette in town — and we’ve met her before. Taylor Frankie Paul, “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star, will be the lead on Season 22 of “The Bachelorette.” She broke the news herself Wednesday on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. ABC confirmed the news in a statement

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is no defender of democracy. At least he turned down the title when a reporter suggested he might be. “Those are heavy thoughts and I have a tendency to reject them,” he said backstage this weekend at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. “I

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Movie theaters across the country are pulling out the stops for Dick Van Dyke’s 100th birthday in December. A new documentary about the song and dance man’s life, “Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration,” will be in theaters over his birthday weekend on Dec. 13 and 14, Fathom Entertainment said

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris says it was “recklessness” for Democrats to leave it to President Joe Biden to decide whether to continue seeking another term last year, but she defends his ability to do the job, according to an excerpt of her new book. Harris,

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some prominent Hollywood names are among the filmmakers and industry figures who’ve signed a pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions — including festivals, broadcasters and production companies — that are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people,” organizers said Tuesday. The group Film Workers for

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — “Why are you making me cry?” It’s an ironic question for Chloé Zhao, of all people, to be asking the morning after premiering “Hamnet” at the Toronto International Film Festival. On the festival circuit this fall, no film has spawned more of an outpouring of emotion

By LIAM McEWAN Associated Press The experiment was a remarkable success. In 2023, the Hybe Corporation and Geffen Records set out on a quest to create a massively popular global girl group. The following year, their process was documented on the Netflix series “Popstar Academy: Katseye.” That June, the sextet Katseye debuted. But this was

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News has a new ombudsman assigned to look into public complaints, but the job being assumed by Kenneth Weinstein bears little resemblance to how this watchdog role has traditionally operated in journalism. Weinstein, appointed Monday by CBS’ parent company Paramount, has little background in

By ALICIA RANCILIO and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press Sunday’s 77th Primetime Emmy Awards arrive with clear favorites but few sure things. Will the acclaim for “Adolescence” carry it to limited series dominance, or will “The Penguin” complete a run that began with big nomination numbers and continued with a big performance at the Creative Arts

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elizabeth Gilbert’s “All the Way to the River,” a memoir that has already stirred up an online conversation, is Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick. In Gilbert’s book, published this week, the author writes of a consuming love affair with the self-destructive and terminally ill

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s National Gallery announced Tuesday that it will use a whopping 375 million pounds ($510 million) in donations to open a new wing that, for the first time, will include modern art. Founded in 1824, the gallery has amassed a centuries-spanning collection of Western paintings by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to

By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press Charlie Sheen said fatherhood quickly occupied his life when he got sober eight years ago. “It turned into just an interesting daily grind of just sudden responsibility and, you know, having to answer the call and it was amazing,” Sheen said Monday, telling an audience that once he “finally put

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ella Langley, Megan Moroney and Lainey Wilson lead the nominations for the 2025 Country Music Association Awards, with six nods each. Joining Wilson in competing for the night’s highest honor — CMA entertainer of the year — will be Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton and Morgan

By LYDIA DOYE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts, authorities said Monday. The mural appeared Monday and depicts a protester lying on the ground holding

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump celebrated news on Monday that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor Tom Hanks, with the president calling the famous actor “destructive” and “WOKE.” Hanks was scheduled to receive the 2025 Sylvanus Thayer Award on Sept. 25,

By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Not many franchises have fueled society’s timeless fascination with the boundless possibilities of a utopian future like “Star Trek.” Next year the sprawling franchise will add more shows, Lego sets and even a Rose Parade Float in a yearlong celebration of its 60th anniversary. The hefty

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — The morning after Rian Johnson premiered his latest whodunit “Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” he and one of his stars, Glenn Close, were debating billing. Not among the main cast, which considering all the stars in “Wake Up, Dead Man” — Daniel Craig,

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Stern, the popular and highly paid radio host, returned to SiriusXM’s airwaves Monday after trolling listeners into thinking he had departed his long-running show. Stern, 71, who evolved from his shock jock origins to become a respected interviewer, enlisted a seemingly flustered Andy Cohen

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer Another group of big-name sports figures have invested in Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart’s 3-on-3 women’s basketball league Unrivaled as it aims to build on its promising inaugural season. The league announced Monday that it is now valued at $340 million after closing its oversubscribed Series B investment round

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Stern, the popular radio host who gave a massive boost to the nascent satellite radio business when he signed a blockbuster, multimillion dollar contract for SiriusXM almost two decades ago, has abruptly left the company. Stern, 71, who evolved from his shock jock origins

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says “violence or threats of violence” against judges shouldn’t be the cost of public service. But in an interview at the court with The Associated Press about her new book, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution,” Barrett

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Emily Osment is divorced and single. A judge’s order dissolving the marriage of Osment and musician Jack Anthony Farina took effect on Monday after a mandatory six-month waiting period. The two had been married for less than five months when Osment filed a divorce petition in Los Angeles Superior Court

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry arrived in the U.K. on Monday leading to speculation about whether he will meet with his father, King Charles III, for the first time in 19 months. Amid signs of a thaw in the frigid relationship between Harry and the rest of the royal family,

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barack Obama won his third career Emmy and Kendrick Lamar won his second, while the 50th season of “Saturday Night Live” was the biggest winner with 11 on the second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Lamar and Tony Russell won for the music

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — Nia DaCosta was thunderstruck when she first read Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” in drama school. But when she saw a production of it, something was missing. “I was like, ‘Oh, that’s not as crazy as I thought it would feel,’” DaCosta says. “I thought: I guess I

By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s the year for horror and “The Conjuring: Last Rites” was no exception. Its opening weekend tipped the genre over $1 billion in earnings for this year’s domestic box office. The horror sequel raked in $83 million domestically in 3,802 theaters, making it the third-highest domestic