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DUARTE, Calif. (AP) — Veteran actor T.K. Carter, who appeared in the horror film “The Thing” and “Punky Brewster” on television, has died at the age of 69. Carter was declared dead Friday evening after deputies responded to a call regarding an unresponsive male in Duarte, California, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors received Guinean citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African country through DNA testing. The couple was awarded citizenship in a private ceremony in the capital of Conakry on Friday. They are scheduled to tour the country’s tourist

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press Authorities in New Mexico issued an arrest warrant Friday for director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sex abuse charge. An investigator with the Albuquerque Police Department filed a criminal complaint in support of the charge, which says a child reported that Busfield touched him inappropriately.

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — If the American Film Institute Awards stands for anything, it’s that everyone in the room — from Leonardo DiCaprio and Ryan Coogler to Timothée Chalamet and Ariana Grande — leaves feeling like a winner. That spirit was on full display Friday as the

By LOU KESTEN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington National Opera announced Friday that it will move performances away from the Kennedy Center in another high-profile departure following President Donald Trump’s takeover of the U.S. capital’s leading performing arts venue. The opera said it will seek to end its affiliation

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold for a record $15 million. The private deal for “Action Comics No. 1” was announced Friday. It eclipses the previous record price

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Those who read “The Last Thing He Told Me” and wondered what happens next for the characters will get their wish. Writer Laura Dave has penned its sequel called “The First Time I Saw Him,” out now. A second season of the TV adaptation starring Jennifer Garner and Angourie Rice

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “One Battle After Another,”“Sinners” and “Marty Supreme” scored another pivotal nomination from the Producers Guild. The Producers Guild of America on Friday named 10 nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award, their top prize and a reliable Oscar best picture bellwether, including awards season mainstays

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the pioneering hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote on Thursday sided with the recording giant, arguing that the Grammy-winning group never owned the copyrights to their

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Fetty Wap has been released from a federal prison to home confinement after serving just over half a six-year sentence for his role in a New York-based drug trafficking scheme. The federal Bureau of Prisons said the “Trap Queen” rapper, whose legal name is Willie Maxwell, was discharged from Federal

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — David Bowie’s bedroom could soon be London’s newest tourist attraction. The house where the musician grew from suburban schoolboy to rock ‘n’ roll starman has been bought by a charity that plans to open it to the public. The Heritage of London Trust said Thursday that the

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two things can be true at once. K-pop is an inextricable force in global pop culture, and it has long been undercelebrated at institutions like the Grammys — where K-pop artists have performed but have never taken home a trophy. That could change at next

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Broderick presented his wife of nearly 30 years Sarah Jessica Parker with the Golden Globes’Carol Burnett Award for a life of achievement in television at Golden Eve, a ceremony that also added Helen Mirren to the list of legends that have won the

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Sonia De Los Santos is the latest performer to cancel an appearance at the Kennedy Center in Washington. She had been scheduled to give two concerts for young people on Feb. 7, followed by a “creative conversation” with the audience. De Los Santos,

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Guillermo del Toro, Chloé Zhao and Josh Safdie have been nominated for the Directors Guild’s top prize. The organization announced feature film and first-time director nominees Thursday for the 78th annual Directors Guild Awards. The five films singled out for the top prize, “One

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pledge allegiance to her hands, her team, her vibes: Taylor Swift once again leads the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Award nominees with nine. She’s followed by Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter and Alex Warren, who are tied with eight each. The iHeartRadio Music Awards honor the most

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein is weighing a potential guilty plea to resolve a rape charge and avoid going to trial for a third time in New York, his lawyer and a judge said Thursday, even as the disgraced movie mogul insisted he “never assaulted

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disney will let down Rapunzel’s lengthy hair once again. Walt Disney Pictures said Wednesday its live-action adaptation of “Tangled” will star Teagan Croft and Milo Manheim in the lead roles of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. The 2010 animated hit followed Rapunzel, the magically long-haired princess locked away in a tower, whose

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The NFL averaged 18.7 million viewers per game during the regular season, the second-highest since audience averages began being kept in 1988. The per-game average on TV and digital platforms was a 10% increase from last season’s 17.5 million and up 7% from 2023, according to the league and

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Golden Globes are fast approaching, and Nikki Glaser is struggling to find a Julia Roberts joke. “She’s been the toughest nut to crack,” Glaser, who’s hosting Sunday’s Globes, said Tuesday with a determined laugh. “But I’m going to crack it.” The comedian got the

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and MICHELLE CHAPMAN NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. again rejected a takeover bid from Paramount and told shareholders Wednesday to stick with a rival offer from Netflix. Warner’s leadership has repeatedly rebuffed Skydance-owned Paramount’s overtures — and urged shareholders just weeks ago to back the sale of its streaming and studio

By KAITLYN HUAMANI AP Technology Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The world’s largest tech showcase does not come without theatrics. Innovations and gadgets like a lollipop that sings to you as you consume it, a laundry-folding robot and a “smart” LEGO brick have stolen the spotlight so far at CES 2026. But underscoring this year’s

By SYLVIE CORBET and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France said goodbye to one of its biggest movie stars, Brigitte Bardot, on Wednesday with a funeral in Saint-Tropez, the French Riviera resort where the icon lived for more than half a century after retiring from movie stardom at the height of her fame.

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The high-profile private attorney for Nick Reiner resigned from his case Wednesday for reasons he said he could not reveal, and he later told reporters that under California law his client is definitely not guilty of murder in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer No one can say Tony Dokoupil is slipping into his new job as “CBS Evening News” anchor unnoticed. In a week, he’s issued a veritable manifesto for how he intends to fulfill the role, cast subtle shade on saintly predecessor Walter Cronkite, had an unexpected debut dominated by Defense

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer “One Battle After Another” dominated nominations to the Actor Awards on Wednesday, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga landing a record seven nods in the annual SAG-AFTRA honors. In the 31 years of the Actor Awards, formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, no movie has received

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is joining Venezuela’s president and the man charged with gunning down United Healthcare’s CEO in a notorious federal lockup in New York City. The embattled 29-year-old artist, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, reported to the Metropolitan Detention Center in his native Brooklyn

By ANDREW DALTON and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are divorced and legally single, ending the 19-year marriage of one of entertainment’s most prominent power couples A Nashville, Tennessee, judge issued an order at a hearing Tuesday dissolving the marriage of the Oscar-winning actor and the Grammy-winning

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lisette Oropesa impresses Peter Gelb as more than a singer. “She reminds me a little bit of Beverly Sills,” the Metropolitan Opera general manager said. “She seems to have that kind of intellectual quickness. She’s extremely astute and she connects with people. Who knows? Maybe someday