Arts & Culture

Signage is seen at the CNN Center in Atlanta on April 21, 2022. NEW YORK (AP) — At a particularly inopportune time for legacy media and CNN, the news outlet is on trial in Florida this week, accused of defaming a Navy veteran involved in rescuing endangered Afghans from that country when the U.S. e…

From left, Paul Stookey, Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 1987. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lift…

Zendaya arrives at the 82n Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. NEW YORK (AP) — Zendaya is generating engagement speculation after wearing a massive diamond on her left ring finger during the Golden Globes. Representatives for Zendaya and her longtime…

Joey Connolly Joey “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.

Duane Davis, left, listens to his attorney Carl Arnold during a hearing at the Regional Justice Center on July 23, 2024 in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS (AP) — An ex-gang leader is seeking to have all the charges against him dismissed in the 1990s killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur. Attorney Carl Arnold…

Ben Affleck, left, and Jennifer Lopez attend the premiere of “The Last Duel” on Oct. 9, 2021, in New York. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have settled their divorce and are asking a judge to finalize their breakup. Lopez filed documents Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court that s…

Anna Sawai poses with the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama Award for “Shogun” at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, Jan. 5, 2025. BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) — “Shogun,” FX’s historical epic set in imperial Japan, claimed …

Nicole Kidman in a scene from “Babygirl.” (AP) — The demands of achieving both one-day shipping and a satisfying orgasm collide in Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl,” a kinky and darkly comic erotic thriller about sex in the Amazon era. Nicole Kidman stars as Romy Mathis, the chief executive of Tensile, a r…

Demi Moore poses with the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture. BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) — “The Brutalist,” the story of a Holocaust survivor who chases the American dream, and musical thriller “Emilia Perez” took home the first major movie honors of HollywoodR…

Jeff Baena arrives at the premiere of “Spin Me Around” on Aug. 17, 2022 at The London in West Hollywood, Calif. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer-director Jeff Baena, whose darkly comedic independent films included “The Little Hours” and who was married to his frequent creative collaborator Aubrey Plaza, h…