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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah McLachlan’s first album in over a decade was supposed to be her last. At least, it felt that way to her for a short while. Out Friday, the release, titled “Better Broken,” has been many years in the making. “It had been so long

By MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Anthony Roth Costanzo, the man who brought $11 opera tickets to Philadelphia, hopes to keep surprising audiences during the company’s new season. “It is very much opera. It’s dramatic, it’s cathartic, it’s collaborative in interdisciplinary ways,” Costanzo said of Opera Philadelphia’s 50th anniversary season — the first

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Receiving an award from one of Manhattan’s oldest cultural institutions, The New York Historical, had Robert Caro thinking about childhood. “It (New York Historical) has been a very integral element of my life since I was a little boy,” Caro said Wednesday night during his

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely beginning Wednesday after comments that he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say it would not air the show and provoked some ominous comments from a top federal regulator. The veteran late-night

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An 84-year-old man whose home in southeast Puerto Rico served as inspiration for the house that became an iconic symbol at Bad Bunny’s residency this summer sued the superstar on Wednesday. Román Carrasco Delgado, an unemployed widower, is seeking at least $1 million in

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — France announced Wednesday that it has selected the Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning drama “It Was Just an Accident” as its submission to the Academy Awards. The selection gives an Oscar pathway to a film that Iran was certain not to select itself. Panahi,

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square that’s backed by Jay-Z lost its bid for a gambling license Wednesday after running into fierce opposition from Broadway theater owners and producers who were worried about its potential impact on the theater district. A state-commissioned community advisory

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Many times in his life, playwright David Bar Katz didn’t know how he was going to pay the bills. These days, he’s helping the next generation of artists facing that same dilemma. Katz oversees The Relentless Award, the largest annual cash prize in American theater

By The Associated Press Fashion-forward Jaden Smith has been hired as men’s creative director by Christian Louboutin and is moving to Paris, according to a report. In a lengthy story with Louboutin and Smith confirming the news, Women’s Wear Daily said the founder of the red-sole shoe brand will continue to oversee his men’s division

NEW YORK (AP) — At age 29, with several novels and millions of copies sold behind her, R.F. Kuang is just getting started. The author of “Yellowface” and the current bestseller “Katabasis,” Kuang has an agreement with HarperCollins Publishers for four more books, including a pair of fantasy novels for the imprint Harper Voyager and

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Robert Redford was disillusioned with the Hollywood mainstream. The Sundance Kid, who died Tuesday at age 89, knew that there were more stories out there, ones that weren’t getting made into films because of the rigidity of the business. So he made something different, founding Sundance Institute and the

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B is pregnant with her fourth child. It will be her first with boyfriend Stefon Diggs, the New England Patriots’ wide receiver. The Grammy Award-winning rapper revealed the news Wednesday in an interview with Gayle King on “CBS Mornings.” “I’m excited. I’m happy,” she

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s Bad Bunny’s world once again. The Puerto Rican superstar leads the 2025 Latin Grammy nominations this year. His 12 nominations mean that he’s dethroned producer and songwriter Édgar Barrera — known for his work with Bad Bunny as well as Madonna, Karol G, Peso

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Later this year, the National Toy Hall of Fame could induct snow — yes, the cold, white stuff that falls from the sky. But only if it ices out enough of the competition — a group that features hugely popular board games, outdoor favorites and giggling plushies. The Hall of

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lorie Lee Sekayumptewa, a former administrator with the Navajo Nation Film Office, remembers seeing Robert Redford at traditional cultural dances at the Hopi village of Hotevilla in New Mexico. It was more than 30 years ago and he was serving as executive producer of the

ATLANTA (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in a July auto break-in that a dancer and a choreographer touring with Beyoncé′ said resulted in the theft of the singer’s unreleased music, Atlanta police said Tuesday Police identified the suspect as Kelvin Evans and said he was booked into jail on charges of entering a

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Born during the Great Depression with sun-kissed California looks, Robert Redford never failed to epitomize something quintessential and hopeful about the American character. Redford, who died Tuesday at the age of 89, left a movie trail etched into land. He seemed to reside as much

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s that time of year again. The 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup is here. Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G will headline in April 2026. It is a bit of a full-circle moment for Carpenter. At her 2024 Coachella debut, the

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is extending a deadline for the social media app TikTok to shut down. It will be the fourth time that Trump has ignored federal and extended a deadline for TikTok to go out of business. Trump has signed an executive order to keep TikTok operating, a day after he

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has added The New York Times to the list of media companies he’s challenged in court, filing a $15 billion defamation lawsuit that targets four of its journalists in a book and three articles published within a two-month period before the last

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer When you’re a larger-than-life, generation-spanning star like Robert Redford, the hard truth is that every movie is notable in some way. He was iconic in his own time, whether in front of the camera, or behind it. And in his lifetime, so many of his films transcended their original

By The Associated Press Hollywood figures and fans of the movies mourned the death of Robert Redford, expressing affection and admiration for the actor, Oscar-winning director and Sundance Film Festival founder. Actor Colman Domingo said Redford had an “everlasting impact” on movies and director Ron Howard called his Sundance Film Festival a “game changer.” “Reservation

By BOB THOMAS Associated Press Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89. Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by

By The Associated Press Cardi B releasing her long-awaited sophomore LP, “Am I the Drama?,” and Lily James playing the founder of the popular dating app Bumble in the new biographical drama “Swiped” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — John Lithgow is returning to Broadway in a play that might change the way we read bedtime stories to our kids. The two-time Tony Award-winner will star as Roald Dahl in “Giant,” which explores accusations of antisemitism against the beloved writer of “Charlie and the

By MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For many dedicated sports fans, keeping up with their favorite teams has become a juggling act. Activate an NFL package in August, unsubscribe after the Super Bowl and before the NBA playoffs get underway, then subscribe to the NBA’s service. Grudgingly keep paying the cable bill because

MADRID (AP) — Spain joined Tuesday the group of countries threatening not to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest unless Israel is excluded from the competition over the war in the Gaza Strip. The Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia had already taken the same stance. Spain’s addition to the list puts more pressure on both Israel