JOCELYN NOVECK

AP National Writer
This image released by Apple TV+ shows, from left, JaNae Collins, Lily Gladstone, and Cara Jade Myers in a scene from "Killers of the Flower Moon." (Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple TV+ via AP)
Lily Gladstone, first Native American actress nominee, travels to Osage country to honor Oscar nod
Lily Gladstone knew she wanted to be somewhere special when the Oscar news came. And that somewhere was with the Osage community, where Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” is centered.
January 23, 2024
This cover image released by Polydor/Universal shows the live edition of "Hackney Diamonds" by the Rolling Stones. (Polydor/Universal via AP)
Music Review: Rolling Stones’ ‘Hackney Diamonds’ live album will give you serious party FOMO
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Hackney Diamonds’ live album is a feat. “How ya doing?” Mick Jagger asks the crowd, arriving for a club gig in Manhattan. Yes, you read that right: A club gig. With the Rolling Stones as house band.
January 17, 2024
Matty Matheson, center, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach kiss as "The Bear" wins the award for outstanding comedy series during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Emmy Moments: ‘Succession’ succeeds, ‘The Bear’ eats it up, and a show wraps on time, thanks to Mom
The 75th Emmy Awards piled honors on three main shows Monday, while delivering a nostalgia-filled night with popular presenters and cast reunions.
January 16, 2024
This undated image provided by Heritage Auctions shows a Burberry bag prop from the HBO series "Succession." The item was part of an online auction on behalf of HBO at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, which ended Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (Heritage Auctions via AP)
From a ludicrously capacious bag to fake sausages: ‘Succession’ props draw luxe prices
Someday soon, someone will be walking down the street proudly carrying a ludicrously capacious bag, bought for a ludicrously capacious price.
January 14, 2024
This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Renee Rapp in a scene from "Mean Girls." (Jojo Whilden/Paramount via AP)
Movie Review: Still trying to make ‘fetch’ happen, now in song: ‘Mean Girls’ gets a musical update
Two decades later, Gretchen’s still trying to make “fetch” happen. Tina Fey’s “Mean Girls” is back, this time as a musical. The new version is an adaptation of the Broadway show, itself an adaptation of the 2004 film.
January 13, 2024
★★★★
This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Leonie Benesch in a scene from "The Teachers' Lounge." (Judith Kaufmann/Sony Pictures Classics via AP)
Movie Review: In ‘The Teachers’ Lounge,’ one middle school as microcosm of a troubled world
Who’s stealing from the teachers’ lounge? When a series of thefts plague a middle school and officials aggressively question her sixth-grade students, idealistic new teacher Carla Nowak is determined to unmask the real thief.
January 8, 2024
★★★★
CORRECTS GERWIG'S CREDIT TO DIRECTOR AND CO-WRITER - This image released by CBS shows director and co-writer Greta Gerwig, left, and actor Margot Robbie accepting the award for best cinematic and box office achievement for the film "Barbie" during the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Sonja Flemming/CBS via AP)
A chaotic Golden Globes night had a bit of everything: The silly, the serious, and Taylor Swift, too
The Golden Globes had a bit of everything: Silliness, seriousness, history, a few good jokes and many bad ones, loads of stars — and Taylor Swift, who didn’t ascend the podium but still made her presence known as perhaps only Swift can.
January 8, 2024
This image released by MGM Pictures shows Bruce Herbelin-Earle, from left, Callum Turner and Jack Mulhern in a scene from "The Boys in the Boat." (Laurie Sparham/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures via AP)
Movie Review: Clooney’s ‘Boys in the Boat’ is an underdog saga that’s both stirring and a tad stodgy
Director George Clooney both begins and ends “The Boys in the Boat” on a sun-dappled lake. It’s a seductive sight, and aptly reflects the ethos of a film that feels like one has walked straight into an oil painting.
December 21, 2023
★★★★
This image released by A24 shows Zac Efron, right, in a scene from "The Iron Claw." (Brian Roedel/A24 via AP)
Movie Review: A transformed Zac Efron gives his all in tragic, true-life wrestling tale ‘Iron Claw’
Zac Efron turns in career-best work as Texas wrestling brother Kevin Von Erich in “The Iron Claw,” a role for which the actor transformed his body into a taut mass of muscle and sinew.
December 20, 2023
★★★★
This image released by A24 shows Sandra Hüller in a scene from "The Zone of Interest." (A24 via AP)
Movie Review: In harrowing ‘Zone of Interest,’ the Holocaust’s evils are cloaked in mundanities
In his meticulous and harrowing Holocaust film “The Zone of Interest,” writer-director Jonathan Glazer has found a way to convey evil without ever depicting the horror itself.
December 14, 2023
★★★★
This image released by the National Film Registry shows, from left, Bill Paxton, Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon in a scene from the 1995 film "Apollo 13." The film has been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. (NBC Universal/National Film Registry via AP)
Coming home, staying home: ‘Apollo 13' and ‘Home Alone’ among 25 films picked for national registry
Houston, we have a problem: Where’s Kevin? Perhaps the ultimate coming-home movie, “Apollo 13,” and the ultimate staying-home one, “Home Alone,” are both being honored this year, selected for preservation in the National Film Registry They’re part of an annual group of 25 that this year spans more t
December 13, 2023
This image released by Bleecker Street shows Charity Angél Dawson, from left, Sara Bareilles, and Caitlin Houlahan in a scene from "Waitress: The Musical." (Bleecker Street via AP)
It Used to Be Hers: Sara Bareilles dons her apron once more with ‘Waitress’ live-capture film
She was an admired pop star with a voice like butter. But writing a musical about a woman who bakes pies?
December 6, 2023
FILE - Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
2023 (Taylor’s Version): The year in pop culture
At the multiplex, “Barbenheimer” ruled. Beyoncé launched a huge tour and scored with her concert film. The Rolling Stones, hovering around age 80, roared back with a new album, and Rihanna soared above the Super Bowl.
December 7, 2023
Cynthia Erivo, left, performs at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 65th anniversary season gala on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in New York. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP)
Alvin Ailey troupe – and a soulful Cynthia Erivo – join to celebrate dance legend Judith Jamison
Actor-singer Cynthia Erivo lent searing and soulful vocals to an evening marking Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 65th anniversary, and celebrating the talents of dance legend Judith Jamison its former star dancer and longtime company leader.
November 30, 2023
This image released by Amazon Prime Video shows a scene from "Saltburn." (Amazon Prime Video via AP)
Movie Review: Emerald Fennell chronicles a promising young man in audacious, shock-filled ‘Saltburn’
Anticipation has been hot for Emerald Fennell’s second feature ever since her bracingly original “Promising Young Woman” won a screenplay Oscar.
November 21, 2023
★★★★
A girl observes part of the Picasso: 14 Sketchbooks exhibit at Pace Gallery in New York, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)
Even Picasso had to practice, practice: Sketchbooks on display show whimsy, humor, determination
He was a giant of 20th-century art, but that doesn’t mean Pablo Picasso needed a big canvas. Fourteen of his sketchbooks — some smaller than, say, a compact disc cover — are on display at Manhattan’s Pace Gallery as part of “Picasso: 14 Sketchbooks,” marking 50 years since the legendary artist’s dea
November 10, 2023
This image released by A24 shows Nicolas Cage in a scene from "Dream Scenario" (A24 via AP)
Movie Review: Nicolas Cage finds fame to be highly overrated in chillingly funny ‘Dream Scenario’
Nicolas Cage, perhaps best known for his onscreen volatility, takes a fascinating swerve to play a mundane, schlubby, balding professor at nowhere famous in Kristoffer Borgli’s “Dream Scenario.”
November 8, 2023
★★★★
Curator Andrew Bolton displays garments in the conservation space of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, Nov. 8, 2023. The garments will be part of the upcoming spring exhibit at the Costume Institute, launched by the Met Gala. “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” will run from May 10-Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jocelyn Noveck)
Next Met Gala theme unveiled: the ‘sleeping beauties’ of fashion
It may be time to get out those fairytale ballgowns. The theme of the next Met Gala has been unveiled: It’s “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”
November 8, 2023
Serena Williams attends the CFDA Fashion Awards at the American Museum of Natural History on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Tennis legend Serena Williams honored as ‘fashion icon’ at fashion industry’s big awards night
Serena Williams has been honored at Monday’s Council of Fashion Designers of America awards for her contributions to American fashion. Williams, who retired from tennis last year, is the first athlete to win the CFDA’s Fashion Icon award.
November 7, 2023
This image released by Netflix shows Chris Evans as Brenner, left, Andy Garcia as Neel, center, and Emily Blunt as Liza in a scene from "Pain Hustlers." (Brian Douglas/Netflix via AP)
Movie Review: ‘Pain Hustlers’ tells a sadly familiar story with a kitchen-sink style
“Pain Hustlers” tells a tale both familiar and tragic, the latest in a string of films about the opioid crisis.
October 26, 2023
★★★★
This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Layla Mohammadi, foreground left, and Niousha Noor in a scene from "The Persian Version." (Yiget Eken/Sony Pictures Classics via AP)
Movie Review: ‘Persian Version’ finds laughter, tears in Iranian American tale of resilient women
In the autobiographical “The Persian Version,” Maryam Keshavarz chronicles a young woman’s struggle to reconcile two identities: her Iranian heritage and her current American life as an aspiring filmmaker who longs to be an Iranian Martin Scorsese.
October 23, 2023
★★★★
This image released by Apple TV+ shows, from left, JaNae Collins, Lily Gladstone, Cara Jade Myers and Jillian Dion in a scene from "Killers of the Flower Moon." (Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple TV+ via AP)
Movie Review: Scorsese’s epic ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is sweeping tale of greed, richly told
There tends to be lots of fast talking and fast moving in Martin Scorsese films. But in his elegant, masterfully told “Killers of the Flower Moon,” everything seems to slow down, especially when the camera lands on Lily Gladstone.
October 18, 2023
★★★★
This undated photo provided by Rachel Goldberg shows her son Hersh Goldberg-Polin. The 23-year-old from Jerusalem was last seen when Hamas militants loaded him into the back of a pickup truck with other hostages abducted from a music festival in the western Negev Desert on Oct. 7. (Courtesy of Rachel Goldberg via AP)
‘Not knowing’ plunges the families of Israel’s missing into a limbo of pain and numbness
The families of Israel’s missing after Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre say they’re stuck in a limbo of pain and numbness, and without much information.
October 18, 2023
This image released by Universal Music shows cover art for "Hackney Diamonds" by The Rolling Stones. (Universal Music via AP)
Music Review: The Rolling Stones show time’s (still) on their side with crackling ‘Hackney Diamonds’
Those exultant sounds you hear on “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” the penultimate track on the Rolling Stones’ terrific new album “Hackney Diamonds,” are Mick Jagger and Lady Gaga trying to one-up each other vocally.
October 17, 2023
Passengers wait in a queue, to enter a flight to Israel, at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. From Athens to New York, some Israeli citizens are rushing to airports and diving into online chat groups for help, desperate to make their way to the country after Hamas militants attacked. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Some Israelis abroad desperately try to head home — to join reserve military units, or just to help
At the most harrowing of times, some Israeli citizens living overseas aren’t running from the war at home, but to it. From Athens to New York, they’re rushing to airports and diving into online chat groups for help.
October 11, 2023
This image released by Magnolia Pictures shows Joan Baez in a scene from the documentary "Joan Baez: I Am a Noise." (Albert Baez/Magnolia Pictures via AP)
Movie Review: Her voice is lower, but Joan Baez has songs to sing and secrets to tell in new doc
Joan Baez was once a teenager with a guitar around her neck singing “We Shall Overcome.” She was singing about civil rights of course, but we learn in the new documentary “Joan Baez: I Am a Noise” just how much the celebrated folk singer needed to overcome in her own life: anxiety, depression, lonel
October 3, 2023
★★★★
Artworks from the Barkley L. Hendricks exhibition are displayed on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023 at The Frick Madison in New York. Hendricks, who died in 2017, is the first artist of color to have a solo exhibit at the Frick. “Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick” is open now through Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Pioneering Black portraitist Barkley L. Hendricks is first artist of color to get solo show at Frick
The pioneering Black portrait artist Barkley L. Hendricks loved to visit the Frick Collection in New York, where he admired its Old Master European works by artists like Rembrandt and Van Dyck.
September 26, 2023
This image released by Lionsgate shows Sylvester Stallone in a scene from "The Expend4bles." (Lionsgate via AP)
Movie Review: St4llone, St4tham are back in ‘Expend4bles,’ yet another expend4ble sequel
Maybe this was supposed to be the clever new thing about the fourth “Expendables” movie — the title has the number “4” embedded in the word. Nice try, guys.
September 21, 2023
★★★★
This image released by Netflix shows Haley Lu Richardson in a scene from "Love at First Sight." (Netflix via AP)
Movie Review: A charming Haley Lu Richardson anchors sappy but sweet rom-com ‘Love at First Sight’
She’s American, charming, chronically late, and her phone is always running out of juice. He’s British, prompt, has a fully charged phone and spouts statistics.
September 14, 2023
★★★★
The Michael Kors collection is modeled during Fashion Week, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Michael Kors pays tribute to late mother with waterfront runway show set to Bacharach tunes
On a waterfront promenade lined with pink flowers and facing Manhattan’s majestic skyline, designer Michael Kors paid tribute to his late mother with a show honoring the travels the two enjoyed together.
September 11, 2023
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