Arts & Culture

Maxime le Mal voiced by Will Ferrell, left, and Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, in a scene from “Despicable Me 4.” (AP) — Should a review of a “Despicable Me” movie be a thoughtful analysis or just a list of the funny stuff the Minions do in it? As much as I might believe in the value of film criticis…

This image released by Penguin Classics shows the title page of the first edition of the 1789 book “The Power of Sympathy” by William Hill Brown. NEW YORK (AP) — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country’s first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launch…

(AP) — To be clear, Randall Woods’ “John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People” is not a leisurely read designed for the beach or airport. Clocking in at more than 700 pages, Woods’ biography of the sixth president is massive in both length and scope. But that’s the type of book Adams deserves f…

Dua Lipa performs at Glastonbury on Friday, June 28. GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) — Pop star Dua Lipa lit up a chilly Glastonbury evening on Friday, transforming its famous Pyramid stage venue into an open-air nightclub where thousands grooved to hits such as “Levitating” and “H…

Director and producer Tim Burton, promoting the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, poses on the red carpet during a Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 9, 2024. ROME (Reuters) — “Beetlejuice Beet…

Actor Ian McKellen attends a Service of Thanksgiving for Sir Peter Hall at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain, Sept. 11, 2018. LONDON (Reuters) — British actor Ian McKellen, 85, will not return to the role of John Falstaff in a tour after he fell off a London stage mid-performance last month, the…

Jeremy Allen White arrives for the launch of the third season of the TV show “The Bear” at El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California, June 25, 2024. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The cast and creators of the 10-time Emmy-winning FX series “The Bear” celebrated its third season with hype a…

Cast members Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn attend the international premiere of “Daddio” at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 10, 2023. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Dakota Johnson knew two-time Academy Winner Sean Penn was exactly who she wanted to sta…

Judge Reinhold and Eddie Murphy attend the World premiere of “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, June 20, 2024. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — After more than a decade of superheroes saving the world on the movie scre…

Seventeen perform on the Pyramid Stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Pilton near Glastonbury, Somerset, Britain, June 28, 2024. GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) — Boy band Seventeen skipped, twisted and gyrated in a high-energy performance on Glastonbury’s main Pyramid Stag…