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Sarah Jessica Parker appears at the premiere of "Hocus Pocus 2" in New York on Sept. 27, 2022, left, and Amber Ruffin appears at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2023, (AP Photo)
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Literary world gathers for PEN America dinner-gala hosted by Amber Ruffin

Read full article: Literary world gathers for PEN America dinner-gala hosted by Amber Ruffin

Hundreds of writers, editors and publishers are to gather Thursday night for PEN America’s annual gala, hosted by Amber Ruffin and featuring a tribute to actor-publisher Sarah Jessica Parker.

FILE - Theo Von, left speaks with Jake Paul in Emancipation Hall at the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Jasper Colt/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Who is Theo Von? The 'manosphere' podcaster with Trump in Qatar

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Podcaster Theo Von performed a set for U.S. troops in Qatar where he joked about doing drugs on a mixed-race baby, the sexuality of men in the U.S. Navy, and compared the Qatari hosts’ attire to Klansman robes.

Nominee Daniel Dae Kim from "Yellow Face" attends the 78th Annual Tony Awards Meet the Nominees press event at the Sofitel New York on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Daniel Dae Kim making history at the Tony Awards and pushing for Asian representation on Broadway

Read full article: Daniel Dae Kim making history at the Tony Awards and pushing for Asian representation on Broadway

Actor Daniel Dae Kim more than made the nominee list for the Tony Awards.

FILE - Theo Von arrives at "Opry 100: A Live Celebration", March 19, 2025, at The Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
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Theo Von riffs on drugs, disabilities and homosexuality before Trump speaks at US base in Qatar

Read full article: Theo Von riffs on drugs, disabilities and homosexuality before Trump speaks at US base in Qatar

When President Donald Trump addressed U_S_ and Qatari troops at a military base in Qatar, he assured the rank and file “we don’t care if you’re politically correct.”.

Swedish Eurovision contestants KAJ from Finland, Kevin Holmstrom, Jakob Norrgard and Axel Ahman, from left, pose for the camera before an interview with the Associated Press during the 69th Eurovision Song Contest week, in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Eurovision favorites KAJ fly the flag for Sweden and make saunas all the rage at the contest

Read full article: Eurovision favorites KAJ fly the flag for Sweden and make saunas all the rage at the contest

There’s one word you hear more than any other in Basel during the Eurovision Song Contest: Sauna.

The Palais des festivals ahead of the 78th international film festival in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 11, 2025. The Cannes film festival runs from May 13 until May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Cannes bars actor from premiere over sexual assault allegations in a shift for the festival

Read full article: Cannes bars actor from premiere over sexual assault allegations in a shift for the festival

The Cannes Film Festival has barred French actor Théo Navarro-Mussy from attending the premiere of the competition entry “Case 137.”.

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Yuval Raphael from Israel performs the song "New Day Will Rise" during the dress rehearsal for the second semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Israel’s presence still roils Eurovision a year after major protests over the war in Gaza

Read full article: Israel’s presence still roils Eurovision a year after major protests over the war in Gaza

Israel’s Yuval Raphael is keeping a low profile at the Eurovision Song Contest.

A family walks to the span of the American Legion Memorial Bridge, also known as the "Jaws Bridge", while spending the day fishing, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard Island. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Endurance swimmer is attempting first-ever swim around Martha’s Vineyard ahead of ‘Jaws’ anniversary

Read full article: Endurance swimmer is attempting first-ever swim around Martha’s Vineyard ahead of ‘Jaws’ anniversary

An athlete will aim to be the first person to swim around Martha's Vineyard to educate the public on sharks.

This photo provided by Colorado Gators shows Matt Jordan, employee at Colorado Gators, as he pulls the tail of Morris the alligator, an alligator that appeared in numerous TV shows and films over three decades, most notably the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy Happy Gilmore, in Mosca, Colo., June 9, 2024. (Jay Young/Colorado Gators via AP)
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Alligator that starred in 'Happy Gilmore' dies of old age in Colorado

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An alligator that appeared in numerous TV shows and films over three decades, most notably the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy “Happy Gilmore,” has died at a gator farm in southern Colorado.

Sal Perez, executive producer and VP of Sesame Street at Sesame Workshop, talks to Bert and Ernie after winning the Elevate Prize Foundation's Catalyst Award, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)
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Sesame Workshop receives Elevate Prize Catalyst Award as it charts a new path for 'Sesame Street'

Read full article: Sesame Workshop receives Elevate Prize Catalyst Award as it charts a new path for 'Sesame Street'

Elmo, Abby Cadabby and the rest of the “Sesame Street” gang will get some high-profile help as they travel down a new road.

FILE - Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez leave a courtroom in Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 6, 1990, after a judge ruled that conversations between the brothers and their psychologist after their parents were slain were not privileged and could be used as evidence. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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The Menendez brothers case reflects a shifting culture across decades

Read full article: The Menendez brothers case reflects a shifting culture across decades

The trials of Lyle and Erik Menendez and their conviction for killing their parents came at a time when televised trials captured national audiences in the 1990s.

Jury president Molly Manning Walker poses for photographers at the photo call for the Un Certain Regard jury at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
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What's happened at the Cannes Film Festival so far — and what's still to come

Read full article: What's happened at the Cannes Film Festival so far — and what's still to come

This year’s Cannes Film Festival has barely started and already has been an attention-grabbing affair, from new rules for its red carpets, nerves about potential U.S. tariffs and the return of Tom Cruise.

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2020, file photo, EVP of Content Acquisitions for TNT, TBS, truTV, HBO & HBO MAX Michael Quigley, from left, Chief Content Officer, HBO MAX and President, TNT,TBS, & truTV Kevin Reilly and Head of Original Content , HBO MAX Sarah Aubrey appear at the HBO Max Executive Sessions panel during the HBO TCA 2020 Winter Press Tour at the Langham Huntington in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
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Max streaming service is reviving the HBO name — the one it discarded two years ago

Read full article: Max streaming service is reviving the HBO name — the one it discarded two years ago

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Tramell Tillman, from left, director Christopher McQuarrie, Hannah Waddingham, and Angela Bassett take a selfie upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
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Tom Cruise brings 'Final Reckoning' to Cannes, but won't bid 'Mission: Impossible' adieu yet

Read full article: Tom Cruise brings 'Final Reckoning' to Cannes, but won't bid 'Mission: Impossible' adieu yet

Three years after Tom Cruise and “Top Gun: Maverick” flew into the Cannes Film Festival, the star has come back to the Croisette with “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.”.

Cassie Ventura wipes tears from her eye while testifying in Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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Cassie testifies that Sean 'Diddy' Combs raped her and threatened to release sex videos

Read full article: Cassie testifies that Sean 'Diddy' Combs raped her and threatened to release sex videos

The R&B singer Cassie has testified that her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs' raped her in 2018 and kept control over her life by threatening to release recordings of her with male sex workers during encounters he arranged.

FILE - Halle Bailey attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" exhibition on May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Actor Halle Bailey gets restraining order against rapper DDG alleging violence, fear for their baby

Read full article: Actor Halle Bailey gets restraining order against rapper DDG alleging violence, fear for their baby

A Los Angeles judge has granted a restraining order to “The Little Mermaid” actor and singer Halle Bailey, who says her ex-boyfriend, rapper DDG, has been violent toward her and she fears for herself and the baby they have together.

FILE - Rapper Tory Lanez performs at HOT 97 Summer Jam 2018 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on June 10, 2018. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File)
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Rapper Tory Lanez's alleged prison attacker is man with previous conviction for assault on inmate

Read full article: Rapper Tory Lanez's alleged prison attacker is man with previous conviction for assault on inmate

Authorities say a man who attacked rapper Tory Lanez in a California prison is an inmate serving a life sentence for second-degree murder who was previously convicted for an in-prison assault with a deadly weapon.

Kim Kardashian waves as she arrives to testify regarding a robbery of millions of dollars in jewels from her Paris hotel room in 2016, in Paris, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
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Tears, trauma and a million-dollar necklace as defiant Kim Kardashian faces Paris robbery suspects

Read full article: Tears, trauma and a million-dollar necklace as defiant Kim Kardashian faces Paris robbery suspects

Kim Kardashian appeared in a Paris courtroom Tuesday to testify in the trial over the 2016 armed robbery that upended her life.

FILE - Actor Nicole Kidman, left, and director Robert Benton appear at the premiere of "The Human Stain" at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 6, 2003. (Tobin Grimshaw/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Robert Benton, Oscar-winning filmmaker of 'Kramer vs. Kramer,' dead at 92

Read full article: Robert Benton, Oscar-winning filmmaker of 'Kramer vs. Kramer,' dead at 92

Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules of Hollywood as co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later wrote and directed the sensitive domestic dramas “Kramer vs.

FILE - Actor Charlie Chaplin appears in a scene from the 1925 film "The Gold Rush." (AP Photo)
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On 100th anniversary of 'The Gold Rush,' Cannes tips hat to Charlie Chaplin

Read full article: On 100th anniversary of 'The Gold Rush,' Cannes tips hat to Charlie Chaplin

One hundred years after Charlie Chaplin made dinner rolls dance and ate his shoe like it was a fine meal, “The Gold Rush” has been vividly brought back to life in a new restoration that premiered Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival.

Kaja Sokol arrives at Manhattan criminal court before the start of Harvey Weinstein's trial in New York, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Bing Guan/Pool Photo via AP)
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Ex-model testifying that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her questioned about private journal

Read full article: Ex-model testifying that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her questioned about private journal

A former model testifying in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial on sexual assault charges has been questioned about a private journal she wrote a decade ago.

FILE - Arturo Chacon-Cruz as Arcadio, left, and Lisette Oropesa as Rosalba perform during a rehearsal for the Spanish-language opera, "Florencia en el Amazonas," at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)
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From opera houses to the Indy 500: Arturo Chacón-Cruz's next big stage

Read full article: From opera houses to the Indy 500: Arturo Chacón-Cruz's next big stage

Acclaimed opera tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz will perform “God Bless America” during pre-race ceremonies for the Indianapolis 500.

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2009 file photo, Stephen A. Smith arrives at Spike TV's Video Game Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
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ESPN says its direct-to-consumer streaming service will debut in September at $29.99 a month

Read full article: ESPN says its direct-to-consumer streaming service will debut in September at $29.99 a month

ESPN says its new streaming service will debut in September, allowing consumers to buy access to all of its various networks directly for $29.99 a month.

Conductor Ivan Fischer, center, mezzo-soprano Anna Lucia Richter, left, and soprano Christiane Karg, acknowledge the audience's applause after performing Mahler's Symphony nr. 2 with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Choir in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Composer Gustav Mahler, whose music is enjoying new popularity, is celebrated at Amsterdam festival

Read full article: Composer Gustav Mahler, whose music is enjoying new popularity, is celebrated at Amsterdam festival

A Gustav Mahler festival featuring all his symphonies and other major works is taking place at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam through May 18.

This image released by National Geographic shows Stanley Tucci posing in the Abruzzo region of Italy during the filming of his series "Tucci in Italy." (Matt Holyoak/National Geographic via AP)
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Stanley Tucci returns to Italy with National Geographic series and vows to 'go more in depth'

Read full article: Stanley Tucci returns to Italy with National Geographic series and vows to 'go more in depth'

You can’t keep Stanley Tucci from his beloved Italy just like you can’t keep cheese from lasagna.

Kim Kardashian leaves the justice palace after testifying, regarding a robbery of millions of dollars in jewels from her Paris hotel room in 2016, in Paris, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
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Kim Kardashian testifies about being bound and held at gunpoint during Paris robbery

Read full article: Kim Kardashian testifies about being bound and held at gunpoint during Paris robbery

Kim Kardashian says she feared she would be raped and killed during a 2016 armed robbery in Paris.

FILE - Actor Gerard Depardieu arrives to face trial for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021, on March 24, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)
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French actor Gérard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault and given 18-month suspended sentence

Read full article: French actor Gérard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault and given 18-month suspended sentence

French movie star Gérard Depardieu has been convicted of sexually assaulting two women on a set and received an 18-month suspended prison sentence.

Tiffany Chen, left, and Robert De Niro pose for photographers during the opening ceremony red carpet of the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
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At Cannes opening, Robert De Niro calls Trump 'America's philistine president'

Read full article: At Cannes opening, Robert De Niro calls Trump 'America's philistine president'

Much of the cinema world, including Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Quentin Tarantino, descended on the Cannes Film Festival as the French Riviera extravaganza got its 78th edition underway Tuesday.