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Prince Harry’s battle with the British press is headed for a showdown in a London courtroom this week with the publisher of the Daily Mirror.

The blockbuster exhibition of paintings by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer has closed its doors for the final time.

“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” opened in U.S. and Canadian theaters with a massive $120.5 million, more than tripling the debut of the 2018 animated original and showing the kind of movie-to-movie box-office growth that would be the envy of even the mightiest of Hollywood franchises.

Chuck Todd says he's leaving “Meet the Press” after a tumultuous near-decade of moderating the NBC political panel show.

Russian Orthodox believers are celebrating Trinity Sunday with Russia’s most famous icon transferred from a museum to Moscow’s main cathedral despite the keepers’ vociferous protests.

Prince Harry has become the royal family's most famous litigant in London.

The award-winning film “20 Days in Mariupol” made its premiere in Ukraine, attended by some Ukrainian medics and security officials who got their first look at the jarring documentary on how Russian forces bombed and blasted their way into the southeastern port city last year.

A judge says three women who claim Cuba Gooding Jr. sexually abused them can testify at a federal civil trial next week to support a woman's claim that the actor raped her in 2013.

“The Eric Andre Show” is ostensibly not a series that lends itself to longevity.

A federal judge overseeing the First Amendment lawsuit that Walt Disney Parks filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis and others is disqualifying himself, but not because of bias claims made by the Florida governor.

Cynthia Weil, a Grammy-winning lyricist of great range and endurance who enjoyed a decades-long partnership with husband Barry Mann and helped write "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," "On Broadway," "Walking in the Rain" and dozens of other hits, has died at age 82.

Greece has launched its main summer theater and arts festival, dedicated this year to opera great Maria Callas who was born 100 years ago.

A federal bankruptcy judge has ordered Diamond Sports to pay the full value of its media contracts to the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers.

The auction house Sotheby’s will buy the modernist Marcel Breuer-designed building that housed New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art for nearly 50 years.

A former Playboy model who alleges Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her and another woman at his home in 1969 is suing the entertainer in Los Angeles under a new California law that suspends the statute of limitations on sex abuse claims.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is set to crown a champion, with 11 finalists gathering in a convention center ballroom outside Washington to demonstrate their mastery of Merriam-Webster’s Unabridged dictionary.

Billy Joel is finally moving out of his monthly perch at Madison Square Garden.

The release of “Diablo IV” is right around the corner.

Singer-songwriter Tommy Prine is poised to release a promising debut album that neither runs from nor depends heavily on his father’s legacy.

It's no secret that Christopher Nolan made “Oppenheimer” to be seen on the big screen, but not all “big screens” are created equal.

Central Florida is about to become a hub of LGBTQ+ life.

A jury has convicted a former contestant on the television game show “Family Feud” of first-degree murder and home invasion in the shooting death of his estranged wife in western Illinois.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is down to 11 finalists, many of whom flash their knowledge onstage by asking questions even though they know the answers.

“Ted Lasso” was criticized by some for losing its way in its third season.

Jurors have found “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson guilty of two counts of rape.

John Beasley, the veteran character actor who played a kindly school bus driver on the TV drama “Everwood” and appeared in dozens of films dating back to the 1980s, has died.

Rapper and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs is suing Diageo, saying the company didn’t make promised investments in his vodka and tequila brands and treated them as inferior “urban” products.

Italy is displaying hundreds of antiquities that were looted from Italian territory and were recovered from a London antiquities dealer.

CBS News says it is hiring veteran journalist Lisa Ling as a Los Angeles-based reporter starting later this summer.

Authorities in Poland say that a priceless 16th century Italian painting that was looted by Nazi Germany during World War II has been found in Japan and returned.

A representative for Al Pacino confirms that the 83-year-old actor and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah are expecting a baby.

Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee, will journey across the United States this fall, visiting key places in America’s history in an attempt to raise awareness about immigration and migration.

Major League Baseball will take over broadcasts of San Diego Padres games beginning Wednesday after Diamond Sports missed a rights fees payment and let the grace period expire.

A third man has been charged in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay.

Competitors in the Scripps National Spelling Bee are trying to adjust their preparation so they don't get tripped up by onstage, multiple-choice vocabulary questions.

A California appeals court says Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten should be let out of prison on parole.

The middle school-age spellers who make it to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee spend years studying roots and language patterns and poring over the dictionary in order to give themselves a chance to be crowned bee champion.

If you like your summer reads to be like your summer movies — big, explosive and fast-paced, then look no further than T.

Visitors will now get to sit on the even greener grass of the new Eastern Michigan University Lawn at Pine Knob Music Theatre.

The word list for the Scripps National Spelling Bee is crafted by a panel of 21 people, including five former Scripps champions.

The French general manager of Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala is facing the threat of a tenure cut short, even as he unveiled a star-studded 2023-24 season on Monday.

Moviegoers wanted to be under the sea on Memorial Day weekend.

Several Jewish groups, politicians and an alliance of civil society groups have gathered for a memorial ceremony and a protest rally against a concert by Roger Waters in Frankfurt.

The Oakland Athletics are asking Nevada for $380 million for a 30,000 seat, $1.5 billion retractable roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip.

The critically acclaimed drama series “Succession” is coming to an end Sunday night after four seasons of chronicling a feuding a billionaire family.

After 21 world premieres, nearly two weeks of red-carpet parades and hundreds of thousands of camera flashes, the 76th Cannes Film Festival concludes Saturday with the presentation of its top prize, the Palme d’Or.

Jurors have been deliberating for nearly seven days without reaching a verdict in the rape retrial of “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson.

CBS is television's most popular network for the 15th straight year, even though the bragging rights don't mean quite what they used to.

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Foo Fighters and some lost songs by the late Kenny Rogers, a new gritty HBO series from “Euphoria” creator Sam Levinson called “The Idol” starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd.

Adam Kealoha Causey was just 10 years old the first time he heard Tina Turner's voice.

Tyler Hubbard wasn't sure what his options were when his duo partner in Florida Georgia Line, Brian Kelley, said he wanted to go solo.

A new exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City features dozens of costumes and props from throughout Taylor Swift’s career.

A London court has rejected an attempt by the publisher of The Sun newspaper to throw out a lawsuit by actor Hugh Grant alleging that journalists and investigators it hired illegally snooped on him.

Tina Turner’s death is being mourned around the world.

Maryland’s highest court has issued an order to prevent Adnan Syed's murder conviction from being reinstated by a lower court, as the court decides whether to hear his appeal of the lower court’s decision.

A Los Angeles County judge says she will dismiss a lawsuit that the stars of the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet” filed over a nude scene shot when they were in their mid-teens.

Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks told graduates of Harvard University to be superheroes in their defense of truth and American ideals, and to resist those who twist the truth.

Gustavo Dudamel surprisingly announced his resignation as music director of the Paris Opéra, two seasons into a six-year contract scheduled to run through the 2026-27 season.

Tina Turner escaped a violent marriage to a controlling musical partner and empowered herself to emerge through a musical renaissance.

The attention at the Cannes Film Festival turns Thursday to the glitzy amfAR gala to raise money for AIDS research.

In her adoptive country, Tina Turner was more than just a swivel-hipped rock, R&B and pop superstar.

Fans of Tina Turner are paying their respects to the singer and actress at a Tennessee museum located near her childhood home.

Destination cruise shows are among the fashion world's most ambitious, winging the fashion crowd to some of the planet's most scenic locations.

From Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger to NBA legend to Magic Johnson, many paid tribute to music superstar Tina Turner following her death on Wednesday.

Tina Turner has died at age 83.

Look at James Hong, you will likely see the busiest 90-something in show biz.

The streaming service Max may only be hours into its rollout, but it’s already under fire by Hollywood’s top guilds for the way it credits writers and directors.

Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte and scored four of his son Spike’s early films, has died.

Rapper Fetty Wap has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for his role in a New York-based drug-trafficking scheme.

It’s widely know that Henry VIII, the Tudor king, had a particularly grim batting average when it came to matrimony.

A poem written for President Joe Biden’s inauguration has been placed on a restricted list at a South Florida elementary school after one parent's complaint.

Nigerian Afrobeat star Seun Kuti, who is facing trial on on charges of assaulting a police officer, will embark on a delayed concert tour after being released on bail, his manager said Wednesday.

Alternative rock indie band Rainbow Kitten Surprise has canceled their tour dates while a member of the band faces a medical crisis.

Netflix has outlined how it intends to crack down on the rampant sharing of account passwords in the U.S. It's an attempt to reel in more subscribers to its video streaming service amid a slowdown in growth.

Bestselling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has won this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for literature.

The Duchess of Edinburgh has expressed her condolences after the death of an 81-year-old woman who was hit by a motorcycle that was part of the U.K. royal's police escort.

“Asteroid City" is among Anderson’s most charmingly chock-full creations, a much-layered, ’50s-set fusion of science fiction, midcentury theater and about a hundred other influences ranging from Looney Tunes to “Bad Day at Black Rock.”.

Netflix has outlined how it intends to crack down on the rampant sharing of account passwords in the U.S. It's an attempt to reel in more subscribers to its video streaming service amid a slowdown in growth.

The news that Molly Manning Walker's first feature film “How to Have Sex” had gotten into the Cannes Film Festival set off perhaps the most surreal six weeks of the 29-year-old's life.

Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen play best friends in a new comedy series for Apple TV+ called “Platonic,” but unlike many stories of male-female friendships, these two are just friends, as the show title suggests.

After 17 years, cartoonist Gene Luen Yang is seeing his American dream come true.

Rolf Harris, the veteran entertainer whose decades-long career as a family favorite on British and Australian television was shattered when he was convicted of sexual assaults on young girls, has died.

Music superstars Lenny Kravitz, Billie Eilish and H.

A London judge has ruled against Prince Harry in his efforts to pay for police protection when he visits Britain.

Actor Jeremy Renner spent Monday pitching an amendment to Nevada lawmakers to include his home region in a tax deal to expand the film industry to Las Vegas.

Todd Haynes' “May December" is a delicious and disquieting drama laced with comedy and camp that premiered over the weekend at the Cannes Film Festival.

Very few are capable of capturing people’s attention at the Cannes Film Festival like Liv Ullmann.

Ray Stevenson, the Irish actor who played the villain in “RRR,” an Asgardian warrior in the ‘Thor’ films, and a member of the 13th Legion in HBO’s “Rome,” has died.

The Cannes Film Festival is on, which means stopwatches are out.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, but artist and baker Jasmine Cho brings attention to AAPIs every month.

Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen says he was blindsided during an attack on him outside a South Florida hotel following a concert earlier this year.

The independent bookselling community continues to grow, with membership in the American Booksellers Association reaching its highest levels in more than 20 years.

Spain is set to unveil what is touted as one of Europe’s cultural highlights of the year with the opening in Madrid of The Royal Collections Gallery next month.

“Brokeback Mountain” was a star-making story onscreen.

Prominent Indigenous journalist Stan Grant will step away from television hosting duties after viewers responded with racist abuse to his comments on historic Aboriginal dispossession.

The new club at 210 S. 1st St. creates an over-the-top atmosphere with eccentric drinks, neon lights, live music and a historic venue.

Most filmmakers in the Cannes Film Festival’s top-rung competition lineup are well-known directors who have been around for decades.

Scores of Boston University students turned their backs on the head of one of Hollywood’s biggest studios as he gave the school’s commencement address in a stadium where protesters supporting the Hollywood writers’ strike picketed outside.

Though protests over pension reforms have roiled France in recent months, demonstrations have been kept largely at bay at one of the country’s glitziest events, the Cannes Film Festival.

The NAACP over the weekend issued a travel advisory for Florida, joining two other civil rights groups in warning potential tourists that recent laws championed by Gov_ Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.”.