Arts & Culture

MARIANAS Variety editor Zaldy Dandan’s fourth book, “If He Isn’t Insane Then He Should Be: Stories & Poems from Saipan,” is available at the Joeten Shopping Center in Susupe.

LONDON (AP) — When novelists look to the future, the view is often grim. There are a lot more fictional dystopias than utopias.

(AP) — Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs are planning to appeal after the Grammy-winning artist and music executive was sentenced Friday to more than four years in prison for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters. The case shattered his carefully cultivated reputation as an af…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison over his conviction on prostitution-related charges, with the judge rebuking the hip-hop mogul for subjecting two former girlfriends to years of abuse.

(AP) — Filmmaker Raoul Peck uses George Orwell’s writings to weave together a biographical portrait of the author and a dispiriting picture of power and truth in the modern world in “Orwell: 2+2=5.”

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been eight years since Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting and said he wanted to “explore the world in a different way.”

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.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The recent debut of an AI-generated “actress” dubbed Tilly Norwood, and its producer’s boasts of interest from studio executives, sparked a backlash on Tuesday from the SAG-AFTRA actors union, condemning the replacement of human performers with “synth…

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Actor Glen Powell couldn’t recall seeing many shows about college football, so creating sports comedy series “Chad Powers” felt like a huge win.

NEW YORK (AP) — “One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s widely acclaimed American epic of rebellion and resistance, opened with $22.4 million in ticket sales from North American theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Anderson’s ultracontemporary opus signifies a…