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Tiger King Joe Exotic delaying treatment for resentencing
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic is…
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Anupam Tripathi of ‘Squid Game’
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Anupam Tripathi said his grandfather sometimes read his palm and…
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Icy queen Saweetie ready to win
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Bay Area-rapper Saweetie learned she was nominated for two Grammys,…
Hungarian fashion studio builds Roma cultural prestige
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A fashion studio in Hungary is challenging the centuries-old stereotypes faced…
Colleges go back to drawing board – again – to fight COVID
Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. have once again…
George Stevens Jr. memoir, ‘My Place in the Sun,’ out in May
NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of the American Film Institute and son of Oscar…
The AP names its Breakthrough Entertainers of 2021
If 2020 was a pandemic-induced pause, 2021 was when things started up again, albeit slowly…
Q&A: Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley on sharing Leda
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not often that two actors inhabit the same role seamlessly…
Met Opera to require booster shots starting mid-January
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera is requiring audience and employees to receive COVID-19…
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Adrienne Warren, Broadway baby
NEW YORK (AP) — Adrienne Warren had studiously avoided ever touching a Tony Award her…
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: ‘Shang-Chi’ star Simu Liu
NEW YORK (AP) — When little-known actor Simu Liu tweeted in 2014 asking Marvel for…
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Rachel Zegler’s baptism by fire
In another timeline, Rachel Zegler would have had her breakthrough moment last December. That was…
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: ‘Snowfall’ star Damson Idris
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Damson Idris transformed from his real life British-speaking Nigerian persona into…
Duggar fails to make runoff in Arkansas state Senate primary
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — A former city council member and a retired U.S. Navy captain…
‘Something out of nothing’: Carvers in Nunavut community shaped by family
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut – A metallic shrill rings out over the Arctic Ocean on the…
2021 Notebook: Alec Baldwin and the movie-set shooting
THE BACKGROUND: On Oct. 21, on a movie set in New Mexico, what was supposed…
Judge in Prince Andrew suit says document should be unsealed
NEW YORK (AP) — A secret 2008 settlement that a lawyer for Prince Andrew says…
Black juror: Smollett’s reaction to noose makes no sense
CHICAGO (AP) — The only Black juror on the panel that convicted Jussie Smollett of…
Martin Scorsese Institute to be established by NYU
NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese’s alma mater, New York University, is establishing a film…
Golden Globes announce nominations to a skeptical Hollywood
NEW YORK (AP) — After widespread criticism forced the organization that puts on the Golden…
B.C. commits almost $30 million for event recovery fund for fairs and festivals
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government has added more money to its grant program to…
Afghan musicians look to recreate famed school in Portugal
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Students and faculty members from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music…
New this week: Roddy Ricch, ‘Swan Song’ and ‘The Larkins’
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV,…
Anne Rice, who breathed new life into vampires, dies at 80
NEW YORK (AP) — Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including “Interview…