“Michael,” the big-budget Michael Jackson spectacle, shrugged off bad reviews and a troubled production to launch with $97 million in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, shattering a record debut for music biopics.
OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence but also raised alarms in Hollywood and elsewhere.
Japan has upstaged the United States in the short program of the women's figure skating competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
The U.S. Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump but added little new revelatory information to the long-anticipated public file on the disgraced late financier.
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
The Department of Justice has published thousands of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Tech advocacy group Public Citizen has demanded OpenAI withdraw Sora 2, citing safety concerns and threats to democracy from the AI video generator.
The top Democratic senator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the Trump administration made a $7.5 million payment to the government of Equatorial Guinea amid an effort deport people to the West African country.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania hosted a Halloween celebration at the White House.
Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline is telling his side of their time together in a new memoir being released Tuesday.
The Trump administration is set to allow a West African leader accused of flagrant corruption to travel to the United States for this month’s U.N. General Assembly and cities outside New York that he has previously been barred from visiting.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry have sparked speculation after dining together in Montreal.
Fans are reeling following the successive deaths of celebrities including “The Cosby Show” actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, jazz performer Chuck Mangione, wrestler Hulk Hogan, heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne and baseball star Ryne Sandberg.
Forty years ago, the legendary Live Aid concerts simulcast from Philadelphia and London aimed to do a lot of good.
A New York City jury’s decision to convict Sean “Diddy” Combs on prostitution-related offenses and acquit the music mogul on sex trafficking and racketeering charges is the latest in a line of high-profile celebrity criminal cases that garnered widespread attention.
The Academy Awards' choreographer Mandy Moore had a real challenge for the 2025 Oscars.
Beyoncé leads the 2025 Grammys nominee pack, but Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli xcx are vying for their moment in the spotlight.
Here are some of The Associated Press’ favorite music documentaries of the year — in no particular order — along with where to find them.
A Marine veteran who put an agitated subway rider in a chokehold on a New York subway has been acquitted in the man’s death.
Jurors have started deliberating in the trial of a military veteran charged with using a fatal chokehold to subdue a man whose behavior was alarming passengers on a New York subway train.
Closing arguments are set to wrap up Tuesday in the trial of a Marine veteran charged with recklessly choking to death an irate homeless man on a New York subway train.
Defense attorneys began their defense of a former U.S. Marine charged with fatally choking a homeless man aboard a Manhattan subway by calling the defendant's older sister to the witness stand.
Few artists have legacies so mammoth their very name could be considered synonymous with the music industry, but then again, most musicians are not the prodigious producer Quincy Jones.
Riley Keough, the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley, has faithfully completed her mother's memoir after her sudden death in 2023.
Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history for many of the nation’s most significant criminal and civil trials died Sunday.
Fresh off his Oscar nomination, Colman Domingo has joined the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” to play the pop star’s domineering father, Joe Jackson.
On Friday, Migos rapper Offset released his ambitious second solo album, “Set It Off.”.
The Colorado Buffaloes were facing their second straight blowout Saturday when they fell behind eighth-ranked USC 34-7 late in the first half at Folsom Field.
How do you top a five-time Grammy Award-winning album that had critics applauding its rich blend of R&B, hip-hop, swing, jazz and pop.
Clarence Avant, the manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and many others and came to be known as the "Black Godfather" of entertainment and beyond has died at 92.
A lawyer for the estate of Michael Jackson argued at a court hearing that employees of corporations owned by the pop star could not be legally obligated to protect children from him.
Gloria Estefan sang a medley of her hits, Post Malone sang one of his forgotten gems, Teddy Riley swayed to New Jack Swing and Jeff Lynne rocked out to “Mr. Blue Sky” at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
A man charged with manslaughter for putting an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal chokehold has been indicted.
Janet Jackson inserted some youthful spirit into her normally mature concert during a Saturday night tour stop in Los Angeles.
Mourners gathered at a Harlem church at the funeral of Jordan Neely, the man whose chokehold death on the New York City subway set off a debate about vigilantism, homelessness and public safety.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the death of Jordan Neely at the hands of a fellow subway rider was “a tragedy that never should have happened.”.
The potential criminal charges against a U.S. Marine veteran who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold aboard a New York City subway train might depend on whether a “reasonable” New Yorker would have acted similarly.
A man who had been shouting at people aboard a New York City subway train died after fellow riders tackled him and one put him in a chokehold that lasted until his body went limp.
This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Michigan rapper NF, a two-part documentary about Brooke Shields on Hulu, and Kathryn Hahn portraying a character inspired by writer Cheryl Strayed in the series “Tiny Beautiful Things.”.
Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her father’s legacy, died Thursday after being hospitalized for a medical emergency.
Cameron Rising threw for 415 yards, ran for three touchdowns and scampered up the middle for a go-ahead two-point conversion with 48 seconds left in No. 20 Utah’s 43-42 victory over No. 7 Southern California on Saturday night.
“MJ,” the hit-filled Broadway musical about the King of Pop, got a huge bump at the box office after nabbing four Tony Awards and getting valuable exposure in front of millions during its electric telecast performance.
Jon Batiste won album of the year honors for “We Are” at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, giving him five trophies on a night that saw the ’70s funk of Silk Sonic take record of the year and song of the year and newcomer Olivia Rodrigo take three awards.
Sketches by Dr. Seuss that have never been published will see the light of day in a series of books being written and illustrated by a diverse group of up-and-coming authors and artists.
Ken Kragen, a top entertainment producer, manager and philanthropist who turned to such clients as Lionel Richie and Kenny Rogers in helping to organize the 1985 all-star charity single “We Are the World,” has died.
An actor charged with storming the Capitol as a member of the Oath Keepers nearly talked his way into remaining in jail after his former attorney told a judge that the actor was challenging the court’s jurisdiction.
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