AP National Entertainment News

By THOMAS ADAMSON and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Two suspects in the Louvre jewel heist have “partially” admitted their participation and are believed to be the men who forced their way into the world’s most visited museum, a Paris prosecutor said Wednesday. Laure Beccuau told a news conference that the two face

By LINLEY SANDERS and ROB MAADDI Associated Press Many NFL teams have lost star players to season-ending injuries this season, or played without them for significant stretches — but a new poll finds that many football fans want more games, even if it means more risk. A new Quinnipiac poll found about half of NFL

By WILSON MCMAKIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized U.S. President Donald Trump. The Nigerian author, 91, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Country superstar Brad Paisley made history Monday night — and this time, it wasn’t for platinum records. The singer performed the national anthem during a landmark World Series game — an 18-inning matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. The Dodgers won 6-5 on Freddie Freeman’s

By THOMAS ADAMSON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Days after thieves took just minutes to steal eight pieces of the French crown jewels from the Louvre, a former bank robber says he warned a museum official of glaring weaknesses — including jewel cases by streetside windows that were “a piece of cake”

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Michael J. Fox has been living with “Back to the Future” for a long time. “I’ll be on the street and some kid will go, ‘There’s Marty McFly!’” Fox says. “No, this is an old man.” It’s been 40 years since “Back to the Future”

By The Associated Press It’s a boy — named Christopher — for 70-year-old actor Kelsey Grammer and his wife Kayte Walsh. The “Frasier” star announced his latest baby news on Monday’s edition of the “Pod Meets World” podcast. “We just had our fourth one, it just became eight kids,” Grammer said. “It was like three

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” has died, her children said Tuesday. She was 93 and had lived with dementia for many years. Scales’ sons, Samuel and Joseph West, said she died “peacefully at home in London”

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript featuring the Cat in the Hat and celebrating the United States will be published next year, just in time for America’s 250th anniversary. “Sing the 50 United States” is the first full manuscript written by Dr. Seuss — born

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts Fund that will distribute a minimum of $50 million over the next five years. The idea for

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A delegation of French senators visited the Louvre on Tuesday and acknowledged that the museum’s security was “not in line” with modern standards, calling for improved measures at the Paris landmark that was the scene of a stunning heist earlier this month. Thieves took less than eight

By LEANNE ITALIE and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sherry Jenkins is a Halloween person by default. She lives in Blairstown, New Jersey, a rural town where much of the original “Friday the 13th” horror movie was filmed. That date is, of course, a huge draw for tourists, but the town and

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It was a true story stranger than fiction: The body of England’s King Richard III, missing for centuries, was discovered under a parking lot after a search spearheaded by amateur sleuths. Now a movie about the saga has been accused of stretching the truth too far. The

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jack DeJohnette, a celebrated jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis on his landmark 1970 fusion album and collaborated with Keith Jarrett and a vast array of other jazz greats, has died at 83. The acclaimed drummer, bandleader and composer died Sunday in Kingston, New

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — At 66 years old, Flavor Flav went 67 mph. That was all it took to get him hooked on sliding. Meet the newest fan of the U.S. bobsled and skeleton program: a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a founding member of Public Enemy,

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Judd Apatow likes to keep stuff. He even goes as far as to say he’s a hoarder. But unlike a regular hoarder, he insists all the things he keeps are awesome — and neatly collected. “I save everything, but I don’t have it in a

By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexican regional music — a catchall term that encompasses mariachi, banda, corridos, norteño, sierreño and other genres — has proved to be anything but regional, playing a key role in the continued dominance of Latin music. But even as the genre’s stars top the charts and

By LIAM McEWAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — On her ninth studio album, Demi Lovato has had a revelation: “It’s Not That Deep.” It’s the title of her energetic dance-pop record, and a celebration of life’s joys and messiness — all of which appear across its 11 tracks. “I’ve put so much energy and

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A big-screen adaptation of the popular anime “Chainsaw Man” has beaten out a biopic about the Boss and the horror sequel “Black Phone 2” to top the North American box office. It’s the latest win for an anime film, less than two months after “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Two suspects were arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, justice and police officials said Sunday, a week after the heist that stunned the world and sparked a massive manhunt. The Paris prosecutor said that investigators made arrests

By BOB THOMAS and BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in “Lassie” or up in the stratosphere in “Lost in Space,” has died. She was 100. Lockhart died Thursday of natural causes at her home in Santa

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Popular Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos was buried Saturday at Athens’ First Cemetery in a state-sponsored funeral, four days after his death at age 80. Savvopoulos had died of a heart attack after battling cancer since 2020. Thousands came to pay their respects to a well-beloved, if

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The stakes. The famous faces. The posh private rooms. The clever cheating schemes. The federal indictment of a big-money poker ring involving NBA figures on Thursday, in which unsuspecting rich players were allegedly enticed to join then cheated of their money, echoed decades of movies

By The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — His presence had remained a mystery, but Bad Bunny was there in person Thursday night to receive all the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards that were given to him, including the special Billboard Top Latin Artist of the 21st Century Award. Puerto Rican star Rita Moreno presented him

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If you wondered why Miguel didn’t release a studio album for nearly a decade, his response is simple: life. “I needed to do some growing. I had to get my (expletive) together.” Since 2017’s “War & Leisure,” the world has experienced a variety of globally-impactful

By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samara Joy’s voice has the ability to transform listeners to the early jazz clubs, filling them with warm nostalgia for legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. At 25, Joy is a five-time Grammy winning recording artist, whose album, “Linger Awhile” won her best new artist

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Jesse Plemons has a plea: Pause Netflix and go see “Bugonia” in the theater. The film, in which he plays a conspiracy theorist who kidnaps and tortures Emma Stone’s pharma CEO, believing her to be an alien, is the kind that might seem small in scope. On a certain

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Author Jodi Picoult has the dubious honor of being banned in two mediums this fall — her books and now a musical based on her novel “Between the Lines.” “I’m pretty sure I’m the first author who has now had censorship occur in two different