From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros.

A federal judge in New York says the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs will proceed as scheduled in early May despite his lawyer's claims that they need an extra two months to prepare.

A federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to stop blocking The Associated Press from presidential events has refused to take immediate steps to get White House officials to comply.

Harvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to stay there rather than in jail when he’s not in court for his #MeToo retrial.

Katy Perry has been busy.

Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw didn’t realize she was going to make history for her profession on “Sinners.”.

James Gunn’s upcoming film “Superman” is generating conversations about the place and relevance of this superhero who turned 87 on Friday, observed as Superman Day.

James Gunn's upcoming film “Superman” is generating conversations about the place and relevance of this superhero who turned 87 on Friday, observed as Superman Day.

The Force was with many Japanese, as well as visitors from abroad, at a “Star Wars” event where Lucasfilm announced that the next installation in the franchise will hit theaters in May 2027 starring Ryan Gosling.

Ralph Lauren is known for staging elaborate runway shows in sumptuous settings like the horsey Hamptons.

Oscar-nominated actor Haley Joel Osment has been charged with public intoxication and cocaine possession after his arrest earlier this month at a Northern California ski resort.

The Associated Press and Trump administration were back in a Washington court as part of a high-stakes battle over who can control which journalists can question the president.

Hip hop superstar Drake is now complaining about rival rapper Kendrick Lamar’s performance of “Not Like Us” at this year’s Super Bowl.

Jury selection has wrapped up for the week in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial.

Lee Corso’s nearly four-decade run on ESPN’s “College GameDay” is coming to an end.

Wiz Khalifa released his breakout mixtape, “Kush + Orange Juice,” 15 years ago.

Cameron Crowe was planning to compile some of his old music interviews for a book when he realized he had a more personal story to tell.

Democrats are hoping pop rock star power will help oust a long-serving Republican east of Los Angeles in the fight for the U.S. House.

Fans of Joe Jonas waited for hours to greet him at Caracas Bakery in Miami on Wednesday.

Attorneys for hip-hop producer Sean “Diddy” Combs say a federal judge in New York should delay his sex-trafficking trial by two months so they can better prepare a defense.

Actor Michelle Trachtenberg died as a result of complications from diabetes.

Afrobeats megastar Davido is readying his new album.

One of the biggest stars of Philippine cinema in a career spanning seven decades, Nora Aunor has died.

Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze will host the 77th Emmy Awards.

Andrew Ahn’s “The Wedding Banquet” is the most personal of remakes.

Nine jurors have been picked on the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo rape retrial in New York.

The 2025 Tribeca Festival will feature a medley of music stars, including Billy Joel, Miley Cyrus and Eddie Vedder, in its 24th edition.

Ryan Coogler was the one who convinced Michael B.

In the Los Angeles Times, you no longer have to take an opinion columnist's word for it.

Authorities in northern New Mexico have released body camera video and other public records in the investigation into the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy.

Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough,” has died.

American artist Kehinde Wiley has unveiled an exhibition in Morocco of portraits of African leaders as part of a yearslong series exploring politics and image-making.

Authorities have released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last internet searches done by Gene Hackman's wife in the days before her death.

One of the more puzzling live albums of all time came out in 2000.

Kim Kardashian's lawyer says the reality TV star will testify in person at an upcoming French trial over a 2016 heist in Paris.

Filmmaker Ryan Coogler has made his first truly original film in “Sinners,” which opens in theaters nationwide Friday.

No jurors were picked on the first day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape retrial.

Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the disgraced movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations.

A federal prosecutor says lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are looking for reasons to delay a sex trafficking trial slated to start in three weeks.

The Trump administration has turned a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press away from covering an Oval Office news conference involving President Donald Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.

Blue Origin has launched Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez into space with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry and Gayle King.

Leslie Odom Jr_, one of the original cast members of the mega-hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” is coming back for another shot, a role he says “gave me life.”.

A jury has been selected to hear Sarah Palin's claims that The New York Times libeled her in an editorial eight years ago.

President Donald Trump has attacked CBS News and “60 Minutes."

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday.

After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025.

The head of the U.S.-funded Al Hurra Arabic-language television and online news outlet has terminated most of his staff and TV programming.

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs want a judge to let prospective jurors at his upcoming sex trafficking trial be questioned about sex, drugs and violence.

In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals — monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe — stand at attention in a clearing.

Ten emerging writers, from an author of speculative fiction to a poet rooted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, have received $50,000 grants from the Whiting Foundation.

Mariska Hargitay reuniting with her old partner, Detective Elliot Stabler, on “Law & Order: Organized Crime” and Jude Law sporting a mustache and an American accent to play an FBI agent are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases.

Authorities in Nigeria have barred radio stations from playing a song critical of President Bola Tinubu and his administration’s policies.

“Euphoria” and former “Grey’s Anatomy” veteran Eric Dane has announced that he has ALS but will continue working.

Comedians have long used jokes to raise awareness of serious problems, and many are now turning the gaze to climate change.

Before she kicks off her upcoming world tour, Katy Perry is reaching for the stars.

Mariah Carey's comeback album turns 20 on Saturday.

A structure once filled with roaring boat engines and screaming fans could soon see new life.

A jury on has found rapper Soulja Boy liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former assistant.

After many years of impassioned calls for an Oscar recognizing the art of the stunt, the film academy has decided to give it an official award.

Legendary music icon Rubby Pérez has died.

The sweepstakes company known for its giant checks and smiling winners has filed for bankruptcy.

One of four women suing influencer and self-styled misogynist Andrew Tate for sexual assault said he whipped her with a belt and once stuck a gun in her face, according to court documents that have been filed in London.

The “Last of Us” picks up five years where the story left off.

The Prada Group has agreed to buy rival Versace from the U.S. luxury group Capri Holdings in a deal valuing the Milan fashion house at 1.25 billion euros ($1.4 billion.

The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are just around the corner.

New films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

The 29 vehicles in a Rolls-Royce and Bentley museum outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, are getting the best of care in their golden years.

Lawyers for 40 women who accused writer and director James Toback of sexual abuse over a 35-year span say they have been awarded $1.68 billion from a New York jury.

Filmmaker Alex Garland has teamed up with former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza to make a new kind of war film.

Albums from Elton John, Tracy Chapman, Mary J.

The Trump administration says it will appeal a federal court decision that ordered it to readmit Associated Press journalists to White House events on First Amendment grounds.

Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s publicist for over four decades and the only person in his field to be recognized with an Oscar, has died.

Pope Francis met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the Vatican during the royal couple’s four-day state visit to Italy and on the occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary.

A judge says an accuser will be allowed to use the word “force” in her testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s retrial even though the disgraced movie mogul was acquitted of a rape charge that alleged he used physical force against her.

Universal says it has chosen the homeland of Harry Potter to build its first theme park and resort in Europe.

Springtime sunshine has finally hit New York City, and that means the Met Gala beckons.

“Your Friends & Neighbors” begins with a once high-flying hedge fund manager waking up in someone else’s luxurious house, next to a dead body and in a pool of blood.

Fifteen years after publishing the classic memoir “Just Kids,” Patti Smith has a lot more to say about her life.

The number of victims who died after a roof collapsed at an iconic nightclub has surged to 184 as dozens of people lingered outside the Dominican Republic’s forensic institute for news of their loved ones still missing more than a day after disaster struck.

A high court in Colombia has ruled that “+57,” a song by urban music stars J Balvin and Karol G, violated the rights of children because its lyrics “sexualized” minors.

Three years after flying into the Cannes Film Festival with “Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise is returning to the Croisette with “Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning.”.

Former Sen. Joe Manchin has a memoir coming out in September.

A lawyer for Prince Harry says he was treated unfairly when he was stripped of his British security detail.

Clem Burke, whose versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades of music that spanned from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes, has died.

Robert Caro, Salman Rushdie and Sandra Cisneros were honored Monday night at an Authors Guild dinner gala that celebrated the written word and its vital role in the preservation of democracy.

Character actor Denis Arndt, who was cast in “L.

Billie Jean King became the first woman to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the new sports entertainment category.

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran said in an upcoming documentary series that two years before his 2024 All-Star season, the pressures of the sport led him to intense bouts of depression and an attempted suicide.

The sex abuse trial of former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse in Nevada has again been postponed.

Comic Amber Ruffin has a new spring gig.

Praise be.

For 11 seasons, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots” and led them through secrets in their family tree.

Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should start seeing more billion-dollar jackpots, but at a cost — literally — with tickets for the multistate lottery more than doubling in price from $2 to $5.

The American Library Association has unveiled the 10 most “challenged books” of 2024.

Regional Mexican music is crossing borders and going global.

Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for four seasons starting in 1959, has died.

Winners of the 2024 Olivier Awards, handed out Sunday for achievement in London theater, opera and dance include “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”.

American actor John Lithgow has won the best actor trophy at the London stage Olivier Awards for exploring the dark side of children’s writer Roald Dahl in “Giant.”.

“A Minecraft Movie” is smashing all box office projections.

Renowned guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of Mali’s music duo Amadou & Mariam has died.