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Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died

Phil Spector was viewed as a man with two distinct personas: The late music producer was regarded as a rock ‘n’ roll genius who elevated the genre with his “Wall of Sound” style and creating hits for several big names from the Beatles to Tina Turner

There is a ray of light for Parisians who, like the rest of the French nation this weekend, begin to observe a tightened coronavirus curfew

Phil Spector, the revolutionary music producer convicted of murdering an actress, has died at 81.

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The rapper and producer reportedly was released Friday from Cedars-Sinai.

Betty White is turning 99 on Sunday and says she is planning a low-key day.

Prince William is encouraging everyone in Britain to get COVID-19 vaccine.

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With protests planned at state capitols across the country, news organizations are planning in case they descend into the type of chaos that enveloped the U.S. Capitol last week

This week’s new entertainment releases include Regina King’s directorial debut “One Night in Miami,” which brings together Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke in the same Miami hotel in February 1964

Prince William says he is concerned about the mental health of U.K. ambulance drivers, police officers and other first responders who are being exposed to extraordinary levels of trauma and death as coronavirus cases soar

Justice Department lawyers have asked a federal appeals court to replace President Donald Trump with the United States as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says he raped her in the 1990s

Nineteen of the 45 college football bowl games that were scheduled in December and January were canceled, including three after the participating teams were announced

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Off camera, Joanne Rogers was the same, but even warmer.

Elvis Presley’s Graceland is now offering real-time online tours for fans around the world, including those who can’t make it to the tourist attraction during the coronavirus pandemic

New NASCAR team Trackhouse Racing has brought entertainer Pitbull on as an ownership partner

After making a name for himself in “Pitch Perfect” and “Pitch Perfect 2," and then joining the final season of the CW's “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” Skylar Astin wasn't actively looking for another musical role

Doug Liman’s “Locked Down,” one of the first and most ambitious films to be conceived and shot during the pandemic, is like our own quarantine experiences

“Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho has been selected as jury president of the 78th Venice International Film Festival, organizers said Friday

The country's next inaugural poet is an old pro at ceremonial occasions, and she's only 22

The stars are coming out for Joe Biden's inauguration

A memorial honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is moving forward in Boston

Authorities say Atlanta rapper YFN Lucci has been accused of being the driver in a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded

British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir may not be a household name yet, but that’s poised to change with his scene-stealing performance as Malcolm X in Regina King’s “One Night in Miami

Peter Mark Richman, a character actor who appeared in hundreds of television episodes and had recurring roles on “Three’s Company” and “Beverly Hills 90210,” has died

A bound edition about President Donald Trump’s second impeachment will feature a foreword from an estranged associate — former Trump attorney Michael Cohen

Lady Gaga will sing the national anthem at Joe Biden’s inauguration and Jennifer Lopez will give a musical performance on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol when Biden is sworn in as the nation’s 46th president next Wednesday

Joanne Rogers, the widow of Fred Rogers, the gentle TV host who entertained and educated generations of preschoolers on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” has died

Siegfried Fischbacher, namesake partner in the entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy, has died in Las Vegas at age 81

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey will have a biographical documentary released on Apple TV+

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey will have a biographical documentary released on Apple TV+

Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli is asking to serve the remainder of his five-month prison term at home, saying he spent eight weeks in solitary confinement before being transferred to a minimum security camp this week

CNN's Jake Tapper says the criticism he's getting for a remark about a congressman and combat veteran is an attempt to change the subject from an attack on the U.S. Capitol

First a rally, then assault

Brian Robbins directed “Varsity Blues” and was the producer of “Coach Carter,” but both of those might have been eclipsed last Sunday with Nickelodeon’s successful kids-oriented broadcast of an NFL playoff game

British musicians are demanding that the UK government faces the music after new post-Brexit regulations failed to consider their unique work lives and left them in the lurch

The potential pitfalls of a movie that brings together Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown for a night in February 1964 seem so numerous, so prone to falling into caricature, that “One Night in Miami” feels like a miracle

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The only stars at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am this year will be the players

Filmmaker Tyler Perry and the Motion Picture and Television Fund are being honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday

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Connecticut authorities are investigating whether Amazon’s e-book deals with certain publishers are anticompetitive and violate antitrust laws

The documentary “MLK/FBI” chronicles one of the darkest chapters in the FBI's history

LGBTQ and gender inclusiveness on television has retreated slightly this season due to delays and shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Country stars Tyler Hubbard and Tim McGraw are asking people to walk a mile in someone else's shoes in a call for unity on their new duet “Undivided."

A Tintin drawing by the Belgian artist Herge has sold in Paris for 2.6 million euros ($3.1 million), breaking the record for the most expensive comic book art in history

A Tintin drawing by the Belgian artist Herge has sold in Paris for 2.6 million euros ($3.1 million), breaking the record for the most expensive comic book art in history

The glowing face of one of Venezuela’s greatest athletes seems to invigorate a corner of the country’s decaying capital, a splash of color and inspiration for increasingly grim times. Elsewhere, swirls of patterns surround a realistic portrait of beloved singer and actor Simon Diaz, an immense image on a wall towering over a Caracas street. Wolfgang Salazar has gained increasing fame for his spray-painted murals of Venezuelans — heroes and everyday folk alike — at a time when the pandemic and economic hardship weigh upon his fellow citizens. “I want people to smile for a moment,” said the 30-year-old Salazar. “I want them to go home with a different kind of story to tell.” His most recent work, commissioned by a Caracas restaurant, honors triple-jump indoor world record setter Yulimar Rojas, the first Venezuelan honored as athlete of the year by World Athletics. The mural depicts Rojas’ smiling face above a image of her silhouette leaping Venezuela’s iconic Angel Falls, the...