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Five alleged gang members have been indicted on murder charges in last year’s shooting death of a Chicago rapper that prosecutors say was part of ongoing violence over gang territories on the city’s South Side

The lavish waxworks temple Madame Tussauds has opened its first Middle East location on a small artificial island off the coast of Dubai

“Squid Game,” a South Korea-produced Netflix show that depicts hundreds of financially distressed characters competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape severe debt, has captivated global audiences since its September debut

One of the most talked about attractions at the world’s fair underway in Dubai is a towering statue made of marble dust that’s raising eyebrows just as its original form did more than 500 years ago

ESPN has signed a five-year agreement with the NFL to broadcast the Monday night game during the first weekend of the playoffs, beginning this season

The Velvet Underground emerged from the '60s downtown New York avant-garde arts scene and launched the career of Lou Reed before the mercurial rocker walked away six years later

Singer Adele has been gone from the public spotlight, musically speaking, since after the release of her “25”album in 2015

A publishing division is being started by the conservative media company the Daily Wire

Actor Danny Strong pops up in an eclectic batch of series, from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” to “Gilmore Girls” to “Billions.”

“Halloween Kills” picks up at the moment David Gordon Green’s 2018 “Halloween” ended

The union representing film and television crews says its 60,000 members will begin a nationwide strike on Monday if it does not reach a deal that satisfies demands for fair and safe working conditions

Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasts off toward space on rocket built by Jeff Bezos' company

Union says film and television crews will start nationwide strike Monday if deal with studios, producers isn't reached

Nathalie Stutzmann, the French-born contralto turned conductor, will succeed Robert Spano as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra starting with the 2022-23 season and become the second woman to lead a major American orchestra

Author Shannon Messenger can now see the end for her telepathic heroine Sophie and the million-selling middle-grade series “Keeper of the Lost Cities.”

A Danish artist is seeking to get back his sculpture in Hong Kong commemorating the victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square as a deadline passed for its removal

Comic book writer Tom Taylor says he could not be happier with the reaction to his portrayal of a new Superman as bisexual

Authorities say rapper Tyga has been arrested in a felony domestic violence investigation

Considering he's starred for more than 18 seasons on television's most popular drama, Mark Harmon made a quiet exit from “NCIS” on Monday night

A standalone Peppa Pig theme park at the Legoland Florida Resort is scheduled to open Feb. 24

As William Shatner prepares to be beamed up at age 90 for his first real-life spaceflight, he’s bringing out the awe in people around a rural Texas spaceport

On its mud-and-blood surface, “The Last Duel” seems like a familiar slog

Rapper, music producer and clothing entrepreneur Kanye West is selling his ranch and business properties in northwestern Wyoming

The last time Coldplay put out an album, it was like a warm embrace of the Earth

An abandoned city bus that people sometimes went on deadly pilgrimages to Alaska’s backcountry to visit can now safely be viewed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks while it undergoes preservation work

Author Sally Rooney is holding off on allowing her current book to be translated into Hebrew, citing Israel’s “system of racial domination and segregation against Palestinians.”

Queen Elizabeth II has been seen using a walking cane at a major public event for the first time

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“The Boys” is a co-written memoir by Ron Howard, better known as Opie Taylor and Richie Cunningham, and his younger brother, Clint

The custom suits BTS wore for their Grammy Awards performance earlier this year are among the items that will be sold at an auction benefitting the Recording Academy's MusiCares charity

Sometimes it takes a crisis to settle into the space you should have been all along, writes Scott Stroud of The Associated Press

The 90-year-old Star Trek icon will be the oldest person ever to space travel.

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One of Jimmy Pitaro’s top objectives when he became ESPN’s president was to get the National Hockey League back on the network

All good things must come to an end and Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!”

It's not just old rock stars benefiting from the current trend of artists selling off rights to their work

A top Netflix executive says Dave Chappelle’s special “The Closer” doesn’t cross “the line on hate” and will remain on the streaming service

Billionaire Richard Branson says it was an honor and a once-in-a-lifetime experience to don a drum major's uniform and march ahead of a famed New Orleans high school band

Alan Horn, the film executive who helped turn Walt Disney Studios into the most powerful movie studios in Hollywood and whose 50-year career has touched films from from “When Harry Met Sally

The new film “Mass” is set in the aftermath of a school shooting

President Joe Biden attended his nephew’s wedding Monday in Pennsylvania before returning to Washington for the week

Continue with this story only if you're OK hearing the conclusion to “No Time to Die” discussed

In her new book, Fiona Hill lays out her experiences as the Russia adviser in Donald Trump’s White House and the circumstances behind her riveting congressional testimony in Trump's first impeachment

In a story published Oct. 9, 2021, about the death of historian Martin Sherwin, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a center he helped found at Tufts University

This week’s new entertainment releases include a Christmas album from Norah Jones and the return of "Succession,” with the wealthy, dysfunctional Roy family up to more power-grab shenanigans

French filmmaker Audrey Diwan’s life changed forever when her sophomore film “Happening” won the top award at the Venice International Film Festival exactly one month ago

Todd Doughty’s “Little Pieces of Hope” is a joyful compilation of lists meant to remind readers of all the little things in life that make us happy