MARK KENNEDY

AP Entertainment Writer
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at the National Guard Association of the United States' 146th General Conference, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Pop group ABBA ask Donald Trump to stop using their songs, but Trump team says they have the OK
Swedish supergroup ABBA has asked Donald Trump to stop using their music at campaign rallies, but the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign says it has permission.
 
FILE - Nikki Glaser attends the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 25th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor presented to Kevin Hart in Washington on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
Golden Globes tap Nikki Glaser to be the telecast’s next host
Comedian and actress Nikki Glaser has been picked to host the next Golden Globes, adding an edgy voice known for mercilessly teasing the rich and powerful. Glaser will make her Globe debut Jan. 5 live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
 
This image released by Lionsgate shows Robert De Niro as Salvo in a scene from "About My Father." (Dan Anderson/Lionsgate via AP)
Movie Review: ‘About My Father’ is a messy, limp rom-com with Robert De Niro as bait Copy1
 
This image released by Lionsgate shows Bill Skarsgård in "The Crow". (Larry Horricks/Lionsgate via AP)
Movie Review: ‘The Crow’ reimagined is stylish and operatic, but cannot outfly 1994 original
This weekend marks a reimagined “The Crow,” a new look at the graphic novel by James O’Barr that was made into a 1994 film.
 
★★★★
This image released by DKC/O+M shows cast members for the Broadway-bound dramatic sea tale "Swept Away," from left, Wayne Duvall, John Gallagher, Jr., Adrian Blake Enscoe, Stark Sands (Giles Clement. /DKC/O+M via AP)
The lead actors are revealed for the Broadway-bound dramatic sea musical ‘Swept Away’
 
This cover image released by Union Square shows “What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking” by Caroline Chambers. (Union Square via AP)
Fall means a return to routines and nightly dinner stress. Caroline Chambers is here to help
Many cookbooks are organized by ingredient — like pasta, chicken and veggies. Or by dish — mains, sides and desserts. But not the latest offering by Caroline Chambers. Her book is grouped by how long it takes to cook each recipe.
 
FILE - Eugene Levy, left, and Dan Levy appear at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Father-and-son team of Eugene and Dan Levy to co-host the Emmys
Eugene Levy and Dan Levy will make history at the Emmy Awards next month as the first ever father and son co-hosts.
 
FILE - Singer Jack Russell, of the band Great White, performs during a benefit to honor the memory of the band's guitarist Ty Longley at the Key Club in West Hollywood, Calif., on April 29, 2003. Russell, the lead singer of the bluesy ’80s metal band Great White whose hits included “Once Bitten Twice Shy” and “Rock Me” and was fronting his band the night 100 people died in a 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island, has died. He was 63. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly, file)
Jack Russell, lead singer of band Great White who was onstage during horrific ’03 concert fire, dies
Jack Russell, the lead singer of the bluesy ’80s metal band Great White whose hits included “Once Bitten Twice Shy” and “Rock Me” and was fronting the band the night 100 people died in a 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island, has died. He was 63.
 
FILE - Actor Gena Rowlands poses for a portrait at the London West Hollywood hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., on Dec. 4, 2014. Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and later charmed audiences in her son's tear-jerker “The Notebook,” has died at age 94. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Gena Rowlands, acting powerhouse and star of movies by her director-husband, John Cassavetes, dies
Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and who later charmed audiences in her son’s tear-jerker “The Notebook,” has died.
 
This cover image released by Atlantic Records shows "Paradise State of Mind" by Foster the People. (Atlantic Records via AP)
Music Review: Foster the People delight and frighten with outstanding ‘Paradise State of Mind’
When you put on Foster the People’s new album and you’re happily bopping along to the infectious funk-disco beat of the first track, you might hardly notice the growing sense of dread in the lyrics, says Associated Press reviewer Mark Kennedy.
 
FILE - Alyssa Milano appears at a screening of "Maestro" in Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP File)
Alyssa Milano to make her Broadway debut in the razzle-dazzle musical ‘Chicago’ this fall
Alyssa Milano hopes to charm audiences when she makes her Broadway debut this fall in the musical “Chicago,” adding her celebrity to a show that skewers celebrity culture. The former star of “Who’s the Boss?”
 
Bob Odenkirk, from left, Kieran Culkin and Bill Burr will star in the revival of the cutthroat business play “Glengarry Glen Ross” slated for Broadway. (AP Photo)
New ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ on Broadway attracts Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr
A revival of the cutthroat business play “Glengarry Glen Ross” is slated for Broadway this spring, cast with a star from “Succession.”
 
This image released by Sony Pictures shows Justin Baldoni, left, and Blake Lively in a scene from "It Ends With Us." (Nicole Rivelli/Sony Pictures via AP)
Movie Review: ‘It Ends With Us’ with Blake Lively tackles big issues but slips into soap opera
Blake Lively stars in an uneven movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling 2016 novel “It Ends With Us,” which tries to balance the realities of domestic violence inside a rom-com and a female-empowerment movie.
 
★★★★
This July 19, 2024 image released by Downey's Farm in Caledon, Ontario shows a corn maze honoring the 75th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip. (Joanne Strom/Downey's Farm via AP)
Farmers honor ‘Peanuts’ creator Charles M. Schulz with corn mazes across US and in Canada
Visitors to corn mazes across the country are finding a familiar figure in the winding labyrinth of tall stalks. Snoopy.
 
This album cover image released by RCA Records shows “Sincere” by Khalid. (RCA Records via AP)
Music Review: More of the same has Khalid treading water on third album
Mark your calendars: In the summer of 2024, Khalid became less a singer-songwriter and more a vibe. Associated Press reviewer Mark Kennedy writes that the Texas artist’s 16-track “Sincere” is a collection of beautiful harmonies and airy and spare rhythms, melting together like a sticky frozen popsic
 
Alex Winter appears at the premiere of "John Wick: Chapter 4," in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023, left, and Keanu Reeves attends a special screening of "John Wick: Chapter 4" in New York on March 15, 2023. Reeves and Winter, who starred in the “Bill & Ted” film franchise, are reuniting on Broadway for a revival of the brainy, existential classic “Waiting for Godot.” The play is planned for the fall of 2025. (AP Photo)
‘Bill & Ted’ stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter eye Broadway reunion in 2025 for ‘Waiting for Godot’
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who played a pair of extraordinary slackers in three “Bill & Ted” films, are reuniting on Broadway for a revival of the brainy, existential classic “Waiting for Godot.”
 
This image released by Disney Theatricals shows Adi Roy as Aladdin, left, and Sonya Balsara as Princess Jasmine during a performance of the musical "Aladdin." (Evan Zimmerman/Disney Theatricals via AP)
On Broadway, two stars of ‘Aladdin’ trace their roles all the way to middle school
Some years ago, when Sonya Balsara and Adi Roy were in middle school, they got cast in the kiddie version of the musical “Aladdin.” Little did they know it would be very good preparation for the same roles on Broadway.
 
This combination of photos show, from left, Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Peter Dinklage, who will help reopen the newly revitalized Delacorte Theater in Central Park in a free production of “Twelfth Night.” (AP Photo)
New York’s Public Theater to celebrate reopening of Central Park stage with all-star cast
Lupita Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sandra Oh will help reopen the newly revitalized Delacorte Theater in Central Park in a free production of “Twelfth Night.”
 
This image released by DKC O&M Co. shows Adam Lambert, left, and Auli'i Cravalho posing in costume ahead of their run this fall in "Cabaret" on Broadway. They will play the roles if the Emcee and Sally Bowles, respectively. (Gina Manning /DKC O&M Co. via AP)
Adam Lambert and Auli’i Cravalho to step into ‘Cabaret’ on Broadway this fall
Get ready to say willkommen to the next stars to enter the Kit Kat Club on Broadway — Adam Lambert and Auli’i Cravalho.
 
FILE - Dan Aykroyd attends the world premiere of "Get On Up" in New York on July 21, 2014. Aykroyd writes and narrates the Audible Original “Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude,” which starts with him meeting John Belushi in 1973. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Dan Aykroyd revisits the Blues Brothers’ remarkable legacy in new Audible Original
The shades are on, the skinny tie is knotted and the fedora is perched just so — Dan Aykroyd is ready to look back.
 
FILE - Richard Simmons speaks to the audience before the start of a summer salad fashion show at Grand Central Terminal in New York on June 2, 2006. Simmons, a fitness guru who urged the overweight to exercise and eat better, died Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the age of 76. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76
Fitness guru Richard Simmons has died. Publicist Tom Estey tells The Associated Press that Simmons died Friday at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after his 76th birthday.
 
FILE - Dr. Ruth Westheimer signs a copy of her book "Sexually Speaking" in New York on April 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Westheimer never advocated risky sexual behavior.
 
This image released by A24 shows, from left, Paul Raci, Sean San José, Colman Domingo, Sean "Dino" Johnson, and Mosi Eagle from "Sing Sing." (A24 via AP)
Movie Review: ‘Sing Sing’ cheers the power of art inside a maximum security prison
“Sing Sing” follows the well-trodden path of a motley group of amateur actors as they come together to rehearse and put on a play in front of their peers.
 
★★★★
This image released by Discovery shows a scene from “Belly of the Beast: Bigger and Bloodier,” part of 21 hours of programing celebrating "Shark Week." (Discovery Channel via AP)
Massive makos, Queen Bosses and a baby angel shark on Discovery ‘Shark Week,’ where women shine
Imagine stepping into a life-sized whale carcass decoy and steering it into deep water. You’re looking — yes, looking — for a group of hungry sharks to spark a feeding frenzy.
 
his image released by Netflix shows Eddie Murphy, from left, Taylour Paige, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bronson Pinchot in "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F." (Netflix via AP)
Movie Review: Eddie Murphy returns to Beverly Hills, which is good enough for everyone
Judge Reinhold is in a truck barreling down the highway chased by angry cops when he turns to Eddie Murphy at the wheel and says something we’re all feeling, “God, I missed you, Axel.”
 
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Kevin Costner in a scene from "Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter I." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
Movie Review: Kevin Costner sets the table with overstuffed first take on epic ‘Horizon’
There’s a scene deep into Kevin Costner’s new Western when he and a woman are fleeing bad guys on horseback. They pause at a jaw-dropping vista and he tells her: “You just gotta keep going.”
 
This image released by CBS Entertainment shows CSI Expert Mary's Martinez on "The Real CSI: Miami," premiering on June 26 on CBS. (CBS Entertainment via AP)
The mastermind behind ‘CSI’ turns the franchise to a new direction with unscripted CBS series
There have been five “CSI” shows with actors playing forensics experts. Now it’s time for the real experts to bask in the spotlight.
 
This image released by Print Shop PR shows the company during a performance of the musical "From Here" in Orlando by Donald Rupe. The musical will make it's off-Broadway debut this summer. (Ashleigh Ann Gardner/Print Shop PR via AP)
Musical ‘From Here’ explores life before and after the Pulse nightclub massacre
Playwright Donald Rupe didn’t intend to write a musical about the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. What he wanted to write about was his friends. But the more he dug into it, the more he returned to his hometown’s 2016 trauma.
 
Alicia Keys performs alongside members of the company of "Hell's Kitchen" during the 77th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
That cool Tony Awards moment when Jay-Z joined Alicia Keys? Turns out it wasn’t live
Jay-Z’s electrifying reunion with Alicia Keys on what appeared to be a live duet of “Empire State of Mind” at the Tony Awards was actually pre-taped, a show official who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly told The Associated Press.
 
The members of the company of "Stereophonic" perform during the 77th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
‘The Outsiders’ wins best musical and ‘Stereophonic’ best play as women make strides at Tony Awards
“The Outsiders” became the essence of a Broadway insider on Sunday as the gritty adaptation of the classic American young adult novel won the Tony Award for best new musical.
 
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