NEW YORK - Sharon Stone has taken on a new, real-life role — memoir writer.
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LOS ANGELES - Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger say they are “beyond thrilled” and “extremely blessed" after she gave birth to their first child together.
LOS ANGELES - A politically charged episode of “black-ish” from 2017 that was shelved by ABC has found a home on Hulu, a corporate sibling of the Disney-owned broadcast network.
TORONTO - The Toronto International Film Festival is giving more details on a hybrid festival that will largely feature digital screenings for home viewers but will also offer in-person screenings at venues such as TIFF Bell Lightbox and the Isabel Bader Theatre.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A second person who works on the St. John's-shot TV series "Hudson & Rex" has tested positive for COVID-19, but the show's producer says the two cases linked to the canine-cop program do not pose a risk to the community.
NEW YORK - An English-language edition of “Le Consentement,” a French publisher's jarring memoir about her abusive relationship as a teenager with a prominent writer in his 50s, will come out next year.
James Harris, a Mississippi-born sharecropper who gained international fame as “Kamala the Ugandan Giant,” a massive professional wrestler who terrorized opponents with his trademark “splash,” has died.
To audiences, singer Salome Bey was billed as Canada's first lady of the blues.
NEW YORK - The coronavirus hasn't stopped the world's smallest theatre.
NEW YORK - “MacGruber,” a parody skit on “Saturday Night Live” that became a movie, is coming back to the small screen.
EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. Lionel Richie, then just starting his solo career, spoke to the AP recently about his performance at the closing ceremony of the 19…
NEW YORK - Sara Bareilles will be acting against type in her next role: She'll be playing a washed-up musician.
LOS ANGELES - Peacock is launching a pair of weekly late-night comedy series with Larry Wilmore and Amber Ruffin to focus on current events.
LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie has asked that the private judge overseeing her divorce from Brad Pitt be disqualified from the case.
NEW YORK - Antonio Banderas says he's tested positive for COVID-19 and is celebrating his 60th birthday in quarantine.
ALBANY, N.Y. - A massive fire engulfed cooking show star Rachael Ray's New York home, authorities said.
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
TORONTO - Paula Spurr is used to being herded together with co-workers on the job.
LOS ANGELES - Simon Cowell underwent surgery to repair a broken back, the result of an electric bicycle accident, and was recovering at a hospital, a spokesperson said Sunday.
ROME - Franca Valeri, an elegant, ironic and versatile actor who pioneered female comic roles in Italy's post-war years and helped the nation laugh at its foibles, has died at 100.
Montreal has been having its quietest summer in recent memory, as COVID-19 put an end to a world-renowned festival circuit celebrating everything from jazz to circus arts.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The canine-cop TV series "Hudson & Rex" has been hit by COVID-19, forcing it to shut down production for at least a day.
NEW ORLEANS - Comedian Andy Dick has filed a lawsuit in New Orleans against the man who punched him last year outside a French Quarter nightclub.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Award-winning Canadian stage actor Brent Carver is being remembered for his natural love of theatre and zest for life.
LOS ANGELES - Athletes Stephen Scherer, Jeret Peterson and Kelly Catlin have two things in common: They all reached their dream of becoming Olympians, and they all died by suicide.
LONDON - The British issue of Vogue is devoting its September issue to activism, with a cover featuring two Black activists and produced by a predominantly Black team.
LONDON - A British coroner ruled Thursday that reality TV host Caroline Flack killed herself while facing an assault trial she feared would end her career and bring unbearable media scrutiny.
SALZBURG, Austria - Placido Domingo is back in Europe to receive a lifetime achievement award after a bout with the coronavirus, vowing in an interview with a top Italian daily newspaper to clear his name from allegations of sexual misconduct.
NEW YORK - The filmmakers behind “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein” moved quickly when Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested on federal charges that she acted as a recruiter for the financier’s sexual abuse.
TORONTO - A video-only dating app co-developed by Canadian comedian Norm Macdonald has launched in Canada.
LOS ANGELES - Grammy Award-winning music producer Detail was arrested Wednesday on more than a dozen charges of sexual assault, authorities said.
LOS ANGELES - FBI agents including a SWAT team served a search warrant at the home of YouTube star Jake Paul on Wednesday.
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Twin brothers who have won millions of followers by posting prank videos on social media have been charged for faking bank robberies in Southern California and could go to prison if convicted, authorities said Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES - Viola Davis, Sterling K. Brown and LeBron James are among several honorees at the AAFCA TV Honors later this month.
TORONTO - Beloved TV sitcom dad Alan Thicke is being honoured by the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Friday for a trio of popular theme songs he helped create.
TORONTO - Beloved TV sitcom dad Alan Thicke is being inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Friday for a trio of popular theme songs he helped create.
LOS ANGELES - The brazen humour of “The Ren & Stimpy Show” will be revisited in a new Comedy Central version of the animated series.
LOS ANGELES - Kaley Cuoco was looking for her next project three years before “The Big Bang Theory” ended. She found it reading a snippet about a book on Amazon.
Selena Gomez is taking the heat in the kitchen.
LOS ANGELES - For Bette Midler and Sarah Paulson, making HBO's “Coastal Elites” in pandemic-forced isolation proved an unsettling challenge.
TORONTO - Sports fans can't pack into arenas this summer, but a new Toronto drive-in theatre hopes to get them a bit closer to the action.
TORONTO - A couple dozen sportswriters sat physically distanced at a makeshift work area on the 200 level at Rogers Centre for the Toronto Blue Jays' first intrasquad game of summer training camp.
NEW YORK - Pete Hamill, the self-taught, street-wise newspaper columnist whose love affair with New York inspired a colorful and uniquely influential journalistic career and produced several books of fiction and nonfiction, died Wednesday morning. He was 85.
When Liam Neeson sits down with a script, he usually knows within five pages whether he wants to do it. He calls it his “cup of tea” test. If he finds himself eager to get one, it’s not a good sign.
Anthony McCartney, The Associated Press' West Coast entertainment editor who as a reporter covered the legal aftermath of Michael Jackson's death and many celebrity trials, has been appointed the news co-operative's global entertainment and lifestyles editor.
A man who was fatally shot as he stood with another man on one of Chicago's most fashionable streets was a local rapper, police said.
TORONTO - Canadian filmmaker Stella Meghie is set to direct a highly anticipated biopic on the late singing legend Whitney Houston.
LONDON - A British judge ruled Wednesday that the Duchess of Sussex can keep the names of five close friends secret while she brings a privacy invasion lawsuit against a British newspaper — but he chided both sides in the case for playing out their battle in the media as well as the courtroom.
“Mulan” is no longer headed for a major theatrical release. The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it will debut its live-action blockbuster on its subscription streaming service, Disney+, on Sept. 4.
NEW YORK - Five high school juniors, residing everywhere from Lake Worth, Florida, to Saratoga, California, have been named National Student Poets.
WASHINGTON - Fiona Hill, a key witness in President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry, is going to be sharing her views about the future of a polarized America.
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One-third of our food relies on bees for pollination. It's that kind of important role that led the Okanagan's Jennifer Krezan and her husband, Brad, to start Hiveology in 2019. “Without the bees, farmers would face having to hand-pollinate many of our foods, but as this is labour-intensive …
Chief provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix provide an update on the province's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.