SAN DIEGO " In a career that stretched across seven decades, Mike Wofford provided exactly the right touch on piano in any and every musical setting. His death Friday morning just after midn…
NEW YORK " More than 100 members of the Writers Guild of America East and their supporters jammed the sidewalk in front of Walt Disney Co.'s Lower Manhattan headquarters Friday to protest AB…
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 13, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, power…
"CODA," the heartwarming drama about the child of deaf adults, made a resounding noise at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022. In addition to winning for best picture, the film's triumph was hig…
It never takes long when you're listening to country radio to hear a song by Jordan Davis. Since 2017, this singer and songwriter from Shreveport, Louisiana, has put 10 singles on Billboard'…
SEATTLE " It was a well-earned off day for Tucker Wetmore. Two nights earlier, the burgeoning country star had opened for Thomas Rhett in Savannah, Georgia, and with 12 more days before the …
CHICAGO " Oscar speeches come and go. Each year a new batch replaces the old with only a select few penetrating public consciousness enough to make a best-of reel. Fewer still can survive a …
In the spring, I wrote that we were in the most electrifying season we've had on Broadway in years, and it was capped by a magnificent Tony Awards telecast hosted by Cynthia Erivo. This fall…
LOS ANGELES " Clifton Powell is unapologetically dropping the name of the agent who he alleges fired him for taking a role in the 2005 musical "The Gospel." "My agent at the time, and I'll s…
Six years ago, a boy in a checkered green and black cloak found the dead bodies of most of his family members, murdered by the demon Muzan Kibutsuji (voiced by Toshihiko Seki). His sister Ne…
MINNEAPOLIS " Here comes another Prince reissue " 1985's "Around the World in a Day" " but fans are overwhelmingly disappointed that, unlike other posthumous Purple reissues, there is no pro…
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 6, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…
PHILADELPHIA " Peacock's "Bel-Air," the streaming network's hourlong drama based on the '90s sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" starring Will Smith, will return for its fourth and final se…
Things are very, very grim in "The Long Walk," the adaptation of Stephen King's 1979 novel (published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman), which is essentially "The Hunger Games" for teenag…
LOS ANGELES " You'd be hard-pressed to find any greater pop-culture rebuke of the anti-immigrant, anti-DEI messages promulgated by the Trump administration than in the big-screen spectacle o…
SAN DIEGO " San Diego guitar great Peter Sprague's album-release concert at Tio Leo's Sunday should be one for the record books. The album's 23-year-long gestation is almost worthy of a musi…
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 30, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…
[This article contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of "Wednesday."] LOS ANGELES " In a world where teenagers grapple with accusations of withering attention spans and a lack of motivati…
PHILADELPHIA " Philadelphia bred David Corenswet's imperfect, affable and slightly corny Superman was a mega hit, grossing $611 million worldwide. High off that success, "Superman" writer Ja…
LOS ANGELES " Thomas Schumacher, the long-serving executive who was key to Walt Disney Co.'s success on Broadway, is stepping down this month, the company said Wednesday. The producer joined…
We've put off writing about "Twinless" for as long as possible. We've dreaded this task not because the film isn't worth writing about; on the contrary, the sophomore effort from writer-dire…
LOS ANGELES " Want to get Generation Alpha into movie theaters? Look to video games. Kids still like to go to the movies, according to a high-profile new research report. But the franchises …
LOS ANGELES " Paramount has inked a film deal with video game giant Activision to bring the popular franchise "Call of Duty" to the big screen, in the latest example of the media company's c…
MINNEAPOLIS " When Bill Engvall announced his retirement from stand-up comedy in 2022, he meant it. But after 42 years of churning out sitcoms, being part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and …
The slate of movies landing in theaters and on streaming services between the Friday after Labor Day through the Friday before Thanksgiving is, surprisingly, devoid of superheroes. Nothing f…