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Lawyers for Bill Cosby on Tuesday will ask Pennsylvania's highest court to overturn his 2018 sex assault conviction

Irina Antonova, a charismatic art historian who presided over one of Russia’s top art museums for more than half a century, has died at 98

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“I’m Your Woman" turns the lens on the suburban housewife who has to go on the run with a new baby when her criminal husband disappears

This week’s new entertainment releases includes a new album from pop heartthrob Shawn Mendes and separate Christmas TV specials from Carrie Underwood and Mariah Carey

British singer Rita Ora has apologized for breaking lockdown rules by holding a birthday party, saying it was “a serious and inexcusable error of judgment.”

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Dec. 6-12 include director Judd Apatow, actor Kenneth Branagh and rapper Mos Def

The co-author of the million-selling “Game Change” has a book of his own coming about the 2020 election

With nothing on their agendas for months to come, music festival organizers in Belgium want to use their know-how to help the country's coronavirus vaccination campaign

Dave Prowse, the British weightlifter-turned-actor who played Darth Vader in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, has died

Testing a novel release strategy, Universal Pictures’ animated sequel “The Croods: A New Age” had one of the best opening weekends of the pandemic, grossing $14.2 million over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday

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Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant” after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo, has been readied for his flight to a sanctuary in Cambodia and the much-needed company of other elephants

In taking Bill Cosby's appeal of his sexual assault conviction, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court appears eager to clear up the law on when a jury should hear about someone’s past

Britain’s culture minister thinks the Netflix TV series “The Crown” should come with a disclaimer: It’s a work of fiction

Vow comes following a demonstration in front of the Culture Ministry in Havana.

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The Walt Disney Co. is announcing plans to lay off 4,000 more employees largely due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Issa Rae believes now is the time to support small businesses more than ever during the coronavirus pandemic

Bad Bunny caps a week of awards and Grammy nominations with the release of his fourth studio album, “The Last Tour of the World.”

Fresh off his record-breaking Verzuz event with real-life rival Gucci Mane, rapper Jeezy is back with “The Recession 2,” a follow-up to 2008’s hit album “The Recession.”

An animal welfare group says the iconic singer Cher is set to visit Pakistan.

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Every year, hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa go through the USPS system, asking for everything from toys to food

James Wolfensohn, who served as the president of the World Bank for 10 years, has died

Somali-American model Halima Aden has announced that she is taking a step back from the fashion industry, saying the pandemic slowdown has allowed her to see instances when her desire to maintain a hijab was not properly respected

She gave a personal account of the experience in hope of helping others.

The Justice Department says it's appealing a judge's refusal to let the United States replace President Donald Trump as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit by a woman who says he raped her in the 1990s

Melissa McCarthy's checkered track record starring in films directed by her husband, Ben Falcone, continues in the new comedy “Superintelligence."

The pandemic may have upended most traditions this holiday season, but the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will march on with balloons, dancers, floats, Broadway shows and Santa all heavily tweaked for safety

A judge has refused Johnny Depp permission to appeal against a British court’s ruling that he assaulted ex-wife Amber Heard

German media giant Bertelsmann says that its Penguin Random House division is buying rival Simon & Schuster

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The late Chadwick Boseman gives a performance both devastating and electric — and arguably his finest — in “Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,” a screen adaptation of the 1982 play by August Wilson, lovingly directed by George C

Until recently, Hollywood's big-budget spectacles have largely tried to wait out COVID-19

The Weeknd angrily slammed the Grammys, calling the collective “corrupt” after the pop star received zero nominations despite having multiple hits this year

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After 12 seasons on CBS' “The Big Bang Theory,” Kaley Cuoco stumbled on her latest role while online

K-pop band BTS has earned its first Grammy nomination, a long-awaited feat for the South Korean act that has been reshaping the global pop landscape with record-breaking songs and well-mobilized fans

Former President Barack Obama is already a million-selling author and also a prize-winning author

Beyoncé is bringing her black parade to the Grammys: The pop star’s anthem about Black pride scored multiple nominations Tuesday, making her the leading contender with nine

Fox News has reached a settlement with the parents of Seth Rich, a former Democratic National Committee employee who was killed in 2016

In the new rom-com “Happiest Season," Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis star as Abby and Harper, a happy couple living in Pittsburgh whose lives are thrown into chaos when Harper invites Abby back to her parents' home for the holidays

With his followers prodded by President Donald Trump, Fox News viewership slipped the two weeks after Election Day compared to the two weeks prior

Tuesday's Grammy Award nominations included numerous surprises and snubs

Former President Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold more than 1.7 million copies in North America in its first week, roughly equal to the combined first week sales of memoirs by his two immediate predecessors

Megan Thee Stallion, BTS and Dua Lipa are some of the music artists sharing reactions after learning about their Grammy nominations

In the top categories at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, Beyoncé leads all nominees with nine