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Ed Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore

NEW YORK | Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. Hours after Sheeran posted on social media about Macklemore’s ouster and attributed the decision to the tour’s […]

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Complete list of winners at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards

LOS ANGELES | “The Pitt” keeps its Emmy streak for best drama going, and Jean Smart of “Hacks” keeps stacking the wins. The hospital drama starring Noah Wyle won the top prize in its genre for the second consecutive year. Wyle took the best actor in a drama trophy at Monday night’s Emmy Awards. Smart […]

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Cliff Booth’s next act: Quentin Tarantino’s new novel arrives as David Fincher directs the sequel

NEW YORK | Quentin Tarantino has stepped back from directing in recent years, but he continues to build upon his career as an author. The upcoming spinoff from his “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” will be accompanied by Tarantino’s novelization of the new film. The Oscar-winning filmmaker’s second novelization, “The Adventures of Cliff […]

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An Israeli documentary on the war in Gaza sets off a firestorm at home after Venice award

JERUSALEM | An Israeli documentary about the civilian death toll in the war in Gaza has sparked fierce backlash at home after being awarded the special jury prize last week at the Venice Film Festival, drawing anger from top officials and even calls to strip the filmmakers of Israeli citizenship. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

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Pope celebrates his 71st birthday but it’s Vatican employees who get the gift

VATICAN CITY | Pope Leo XIV celebrated his 71st birthday on Monday but it was Vatican employees who got the gift. The Vatican published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts that Pope Francis had imposed on many Vatican employees as part of the Holy See’s COVID-19 cost-saving measures. In the decree, Leo said the […]

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‘Widow’s Bay’ breaks Emmys record with 14 wins including best comedy series, ‘Pitt’ wins best drama

LOS ANGELES | A “Widow’s Bay” wave slammed into the Emmy Awards on Monday night as the Apple TV show set a single-season record for a comedy with 14 wins, including best comedy series and best actor for star Matthew Rhys, who personally took home three trophies. “The celebrations will be long, varied, and I […]

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President Donald Trump’s childhood home sells for $2 million

NEW YORK | Donald Trump’s childhood home has sold for nearly $2 million after a renovation transformed the New York City residence from a mold-ridden cat den to a modern abode. The president lived at the Tudor-style Queens estate until age 4. His father, developer Fred Trump, built the home in the affluent Jamaica Estates […]

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What to Stream: ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ Carly Rae Jepsen, ‘Tony’ and ‘Marvel’s Wolverine’

The return of “Dancing with the Stars” and a new album from Luke Bryan are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: A new album from Carly Rae Jepsen, […]

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What’s happening at TIFF: Musical comedy ‘The Debut’ dazzles and ‘I Play Rocky’ scores a knockout

TORONTO | The 51st Toronto International Film Festival is underway, with steady parades of premieres running like traffic jams through downtown Toronto. Here are glimpses of what’s happening on the ground, and what festivalgoers are talking about. ‘The Debut’ dazzles in its debut It takes a certain amount of gumption to declare an arch comedy […]

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Bob Mackie, designer to the stars who dressed Cher and Marilyn Monroe and defined ’70s glamour, dies at 87

NEW YORK | Bob Mackie, the fashion designer whose visually provocative Hollywood style defined glamour for the 1970s — including putting Carol Burnett in some of her kookiest getups and Cher in her raciest ones — died Monday. He was 87. “He lived his 87 years to the fullest, fulfilling his dream of being a […]