In Cannes, Harrison Ford bids adieu to Indiana Jones
May 19, 2023 GMTCANNES, France (AP) — As the Cannes Film Festival crowd stood in rapturous applause, a visibly moved Harrison Ford stood on the stage, trying to keep his emotions in check.
Nicole Holofcener has learned a few things about Hollywood over the years.
That attending the Oscars is more fun as a guest than a nominee.
Salman Rushdie honored at PEN America gala, first in-person appearance since stabbing
May 19, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie made an emotional and unexpected return to public life Thursday night, attending the annual gala of PEN America and giving the event’s final speech as he accepted a special prize, the PEN Centenary Courage Award, just nine months being after being stabbed repeatedly and hospitalized.
Bass guitarist Andy Rourke of The Smiths, one of Britain’s most influential bands, dies at 59
May 19, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate Johnny Marr said Friday.
Film Reviews
Review: This 'White Men Can't Jump,' with Jack Harlow, has no game
Movie Review: A delicious Jason Momoa saves 'Fast X' from furiously speeding off into numbness
Movie Review: Smelling dirt with Joel Edgerton in Paul Schrader’s murky 'Master Gardener'
Review: In 'Still,' Michael J. Fox movingly tells his story
Review: Jennifer Lopez anchors the action pic ‘The Mother’
Movie Review: A delicious Jason Momoa saves 'Fast X' from furiously speeding off into numbness
Movie Review: Smelling dirt with Joel Edgerton in Paul Schrader’s murky 'Master Gardener'
Review: In 'Still,' Michael J. Fox movingly tells his story
Review: Jennifer Lopez anchors the action pic ‘The Mother’
Movie Review: A delicious Jason Momoa saves 'Fast X' from furiously speeding off into numbness
Movie Review: Smelling dirt with Joel Edgerton in Paul Schrader’s murky 'Master Gardener'
Review: In 'Still,' Michael J. Fox movingly tells his story
Review: Jennifer Lopez anchors the action pic ‘The Mother’
Music Reviews
Music Review: Marty Stuart’s new album 'Altitude' is vibrant country inspired by the Byrds
Dave Matthews Band has new album ‘Walk Around the Moon’ and perspective: ‘Everything is kind of new’
May 19, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Ten studio albums done, the Dave Matthews Band finds itself in a good place, maybe even at a new beginning.
“The band is really gelled right now," says singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews.
Sean Penn, backing WGA strike, says AI dispute is ‘a human obscenity’ at Cannes Film Festival
May 19, 2023 GMTCANNES, France (AP) — Sean Penn strongly backed the current Hollywood screenwriters strike while speaking at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, saying the dispute over artificial intelligence is “a human obscenity.”
What to stream this weekend: Jack Harlow’s acting debut, Kesha, Scott brothers on HGTV
May 19, 2023 GMTThis week's new streaming options include rapper Jack Harlow's acting debut, the return of Kesha and new projects for an heart-warming HGTV show.
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
Milan’s La Scala and Paris Opera commission opera based on Umberto Eco’s ‘The Name of the Rose’
May 19, 2023 GMTMILAN (AP) — Italian composer Francesco Filidei has been commissioned by Milan's Teatro alla Scala and the Paris Opera to write a new opera based on Umberto Eco's most famous novel “The Name of the Rose,'' the opera houses announced Friday.
CANNES, France (AP) — Just a year ago, the image of Johnny Depp smiling and waving atop the Palais steps at the Cannes Film Festival would have been unthinkable to most — including to Depp, himself.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Attorneys for the weapons supervisor on the New Mexico film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer asked a judge Thursday to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter charge, as Baldwin's was last month.
Disney World’s “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser” hotel to close
May 19, 2023 GMTLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — No more premium stay in a galaxy far, far away: Disney World's “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser” hotel is making its last voyage at the end of September.
The hotel at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida opened in March 2022 and lets guests create and live out “Star Wars” immersive adventures.
Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar
May 19, 2023 GMTThe Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
May 19, 2023 GMTMay 12-18, 2023
From elections in Turkey and the Champions League seminfinals, to floods in Italy and protests in Senegal, this gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Europe and Africa.
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian-born actor Helmut Berger, a European movie star in the 1960s and 1970s who rose to prominence with roles in films by Italian director Luchino Visconti, died Thursday, his agent said.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The show must go on, even when its Ukrainian director is drafted by the army weeks before opening night.
“Silence, Silence, Silence, Please,” a play that tackles Russia’s war in Ukraine had its world debut in Portugal last week, but it’s chief creator was conspicuously missing from among the packed audience.
CANNES PHOTOS: Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones fever sweep Cannes on festival’s 3rd day
May 19, 2023 GMTIndiana Jones fever — and fervent love for its star, Harrison Ford — have swept through the Cannes Film Festival.
Ford and his last film as the whip-cracking explorer held the spotlight Wednesday with a premiere that provided equal parts glamour and emotion.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Country music star Garth Brooks promises no two shows of his new Las Vegas residency opening Thursday night will be the same.
From the occasional special guest to a rotating cast of band members, Brooks, in an interview hours before his first show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, even teased the possibility that fans may hear new music for the first — and last — time at “Garth Brooks/Plus One.”
Los Angeles Dodgers remove gay ‘nun’ group from Pride Night
May 19, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have disinvited a satirical LGBTQ+ group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to the team's annual Pride Night after opposition from conservative Catholic groups.
Montana is banning TikTok. But can the state enforce the law and fend off a lawsuit?
May 19, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Montana's first-of-its kind law that makes it illegal for residents to use TikTok in the state is already facing its first legal challenge with a lawsuit filed by five people who use the app and argue the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights.
Prince Harry and Meghan’s run from paparazzi is another episode in battle royale with the media
May 18, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — The latest chapter in the drama surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan’s treatment by the tabloid media was much ado about something.
‘Indiana Jones’ swings into Cannes Film Festival; Harrison Ford honored before joyous festivalgoers
May 18, 2023 GMTCANNES, France (AP) — Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford swung into Cannes on Thursday for the world premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” in one of the most anticipated events of the French Riviera festival.
Disney scraps plans for new $1 billion Florida campus amid fight with Gov. Ron DeSantis
May 18, 2023 GMTLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday that it was scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florida and relocate 2,000 employees from Southern California to work in digital technology, finance and product development.
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May 18, 2023 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Happy Place" by Emily Henry (Berkley)
2. “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece” by Tom Hanks (Knopf)
Supreme Court rules against Andy Warhol’s foundation in a case about a portrait he made of Prince
May 18, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the 2016 publication of an Andy Warhol image of the singer Prince violated a photographer's copyright, a decision a dissenting justice said would stifle the creation of art.
NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran correspondent Christiane Amanpour became the most prominent CNN journalist to publicly criticize her network for airing last week's town hall with former President Donald Trump.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The city of Nashville is naming a street after Grand Ole Opry pioneer DeFord Bailey, the “Harmonica Wizard" whose popularity and contributions to country music and blues are still being recognized decades later.
First full-size 3D scan of Titanic shows shipwreck in new light
May 18, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — Deep-sea researchers have completed the first full-size digital scan of the Titanic, showing the entire wreck in unprecedented detail and clarity, the companies behind a new documentary on the wreck said Thursday.
ABC News crew spends year in Uvalde, documents journey of survivors, families of shooting victims
May 18, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — After most mass shootings that capture the public's attention, national news organizations will send reporters for a few days, a week maybe, before moving on. There's always another community, another tragedy.
Curator of Africa-themed Venice Biennale denounces Italy’s denial of visas to 3 Ghanaians
May 18, 2023 GMTVENICE, Italy (AP) — The curator of this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale on Thursday denounced Italy’s denial of visas to three Ghanaian men who worked with her on the main exhibition giving voice to Africans and the African diaspora.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Stephanie Beatriz, who starred as Detective Rosa Diaz on the TV show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and voiced Madrigal on the Academy Award-winning film “Encanto,” will serve as the grand marshal for the Indianapolis 500 later this month.
Dancers at Los Angeles bar to become only unionized strippers in US after 15-month battle
May 18, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Dancers at a Los Angeles bar could soon become the only unionized group of strippers in the U.S.
The Actors’ Equity Association labor union says owners of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood have withdrawn their opposition and agreed to recognize the strippers' union.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Although the clock is rapidly dwindling, FIFA President Gianni Infantino seems slightly more optimistic about reaching what he sees as an acceptable deal for the broadcast rights to the upcoming Women's World Cup in five key European countries.
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, were pursued in their car by photographers after a charity event in New York, an incident that the mayor and the couple’s office described Wednesday as potentially dangerous and stirred memories of the 1997 car crash that killed Harry’s mother, Princess Diana.
CANNES PHOTOS: Festival gets into full swing on Day 2 with Hawke, McQueen, ‘Monster’ and more Depp
May 17, 2023 GMTCANNES, France (AP) — Ethan Hawke and his “Strange Way of Life" co-stars showed off their itchy trigger fingers on the second day of the Cannes Film Festival.
A year and a half after the fatal shooting of its cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the Alec Baldwin Western “Rust” is back on the market at the Cannes Film Festival, shopping for international buyers.
Jury deliberates, no verdict yet in Danny Masterson rape retrial
May 17, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors in Danny Masterson’s rape retrial finished their first day of deliberations Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the case against the former “That ’70s Show” star.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who testified against three former friends who murdered rising rap star XXXTentacion during a robbery five years ago will spend the next two years in prison, a judge ruled Wednesday.
A man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” federal prosecutors in North Dakota say.
1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible sells for $38 million at NYC auction
May 17, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts sold for $38 million in New York on Wednesday.
The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten parchment volume containing a nearly complete Hebrew Bible, was purchased by former U.S.
A recipe for Escarole and White Bean Soup, from Lidia Bastianich and her new PBS special
May 17, 2023 GMTLidia Bastianich offers this classic Escarole and White Bean Soup recipe from her new special on PBS. She says it was one of the first dishes on the menu when she and her husband opened their first restaurant, and it is still a family favorite at home.
CANNES, France (AP) — Appearing at the Cannes Film Festival the day after premiering his first film in three years, Johnny Depp said Wednesday that he has “no further need” for Hollywood.
Danny Masterson’s rape retrial: Key things to know
May 17, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — For the second time in six months, a Los Angeles jury is debating whether actor Danny Masterson, former star of “That '70s Show," is guilty of raping three women on between 2001 and 2003.
NEW YORK (AP) — Angelina Jolie announced a new fashion venture Wednesday aimed at allowing customers to participate in the making of their own creations with master tailors, pattern makers and artisans around the world while keeping discarded fabric out of landfills.
Tupac Shakur to be honored with a street name in California
May 17, 2023 GMTOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The late Tupac Shakur will have a stretch of an Oakland street renamed for him after a unanimous vote by the city council Tuesday.
Shakur was born in Harlem and later lived in Baltimore, Maryland; and in Marin City, California, but credited Oakland as the location where he got his “game” and launched his career, according to legislation authorizing the commemorative street renaming.
Renowned actor Forest Whitaker sets up his Peace and Development Initiative in poor Paris suburb
May 17, 2023 GMTAUBERVILLIERS, France (AP) — Renowned actor Forest Whitaker, who has portrayed a dictator, a Mafia hitman and a butler, has taken on what for some may be his most inspirational role.
Whitaker officially inaugurated on Wednesday his Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative in Seine-Saint-Denis, meant to bring business, communication and conflict resolution skills to the young people of France’s poorest region.
Daytime Emmy Awards postponed because of writers strike
May 17, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Daytime Emmy Awards have become the latest casualty of the Hollywood writers strike.
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN said Kaitlan Collins will host a new hourlong show at the center of the prime-time lineup, filling a slot left vacant since the firing of Chris Cuomo and as the network's ratings are at a low ebb.
Paul Schrader can’t shake his Christian faith, even with his latest movie, ‘Master Gardener’
May 17, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Throughout his life, Paul Schrader has had a complicated relationship with Christianity.
He grew up in a strict Calvinist home, went to a Christian college, left the faith and then eventually returned, albeit to a different denomination.