At long last, vindication is at hand for an Oscar-winning composer who sought to prove he was as capable of breathing life into Italy’s grand theaters as gritty Hollywood films.

A Hollywood director has been convicted on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $11 million for a show that never materialized, while he instead used the cash for lavish purchases that included several Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari and about $1 million in mattresses and luxury bedding.

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI to bring characters like Mickey Mouse and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora video tool.

It's a childhood classic hitting the stage at Queensbury Theatre. See a sneak peek of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and enjoy a heartwarming holiday tradition for all ages.

A rare magnum of Dom Pérignon Vintage 1961 champagne that was specially produced for the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana has failed to sell during an auction.

Danny Ramirez's acting career began unexpectedly on a soccer field.

The Mariachi Rams are reshaping NFL game day by blending traditional Mexican music with Los Angeles’ hip-hop and rock influences.

The painting that introduced the movie “Star Wars” to the world nearly 50 years ago sold at auction for $3.875 million.

Casting directors have long been the unsung heroes behind films like “Wicked.”.

Composer Jake Heggie is set to premiere his opera “The Judgment of Paris,” inspired by the famous 1976 wine tasting where California wines triumphed over French selections.

USA Today's editor in chief, Caren Bohan, is out of the job she's held for a little more than a year.

Charli XCX is heading to the Sundance Film Festival in January 2026.

Jennifer Shah, a former star on “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” has been moved from a federal prison into a community confinement program after serving less than half of her sentence for defrauding thousands of people.

Iceland's national broadcaster has announced it will boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest due to discord over Israel's participation.

The language of politicians has become more vulgar in recent years.

CBS says Tony Dokoupil will take over at the beginning of next year as anchor of its flagship “CBS Evening News” broadcast.

Three years ago, Arden Cho was ready to walk away from acting.

The youngest is 16.

Five people who became stars in 2025 have been named The Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year.

Writer Sophie Kinsella, known for her rom-com "Confessions of a Shopaholic," has died at 55.

The next Met Gala co-chairs have been announced, and it's a high-powered quartet: Beyoncé, Venus Williams and Nicole Kidman will join Vogue's Anna Wintour in hosting the starry event next May.

Paramount Skydance says that the Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings withdrew from its bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery to avert a national security review.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy describes his time behind bars in a book released Wednesday.

Authorities say Grammy-nominated singer Jubilant Sykes was stabbed to death at his home in Santa Monica, California, and his son was arrested on suspicion of murder.

Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of The Mavericks, has died at age 60.

It's a tough time for CNN, which looks like it will be in management limbo for some time with Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid of its parent company, Warner Bros.

President Donald Trump won't be getting his wish, at least not soon.

A California man says he has marked his 15,000th spin on an auto-racing Disneyland attraction inspired by the animated film “Cars.”.

Wrexham’s celebrity owners have sold a minority stake in their on-the-rise soccer club to Apollo Sports Capital, a U.S.-based private equity firm.

Eric Dane, known for his roles in “Grey's Anatomy” and “Euphoria,” has announced a memoir titled “Book of Days.”.

The Golden Globes nominees have been announced, featuring a diverse group of top names from film and television.

The Golden Globes have introduced a best podcast category that's likely to spark conversations.

The Golden Globe nominations have left many surprised with notable snubs and unexpected inclusions.

Pollstar has ranked the top 25 “Most Popular Touring Artists of the Millennium” based on ticket sales from Jan. 1, 2001, to the end of 2025.

Paramount has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.

President Donald Trump says a deal struck by Netflix last week to buy Warner Bros.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” topped the Golden Globe nominations on Monday.

“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” is dominating the box office in its opening weekend in North America.

Sylvester Stallone, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries celebrated at the annual Kennedy Center Honors.

The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala has cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" with a 12-minute standing ovation.

Hungarian author and Nobel Prize for Literature 2025 winner László Krasznahorkai, known for his surreal and anarchic novels, gave a rare public lecture in Stockholm on Sunday.

President Donald Trump has presented medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony.

Prominent American playwright Jeremy O.

Vanity Fair is parting ways with West Coast editor Olivia Nuzzi amid controversy over her past coverage of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A statement Friday from Nuzzi and the magazine says they have mutually agreed to let her contract expire at the end of the year.

Mexico’s anti-money laundering office has frozen the bank accounts of Raúl Rocha Cantú, a Mexican co-owner of Miss Universe, amid an investigation into drugs, fuel and arms trafficking.

Groundbreaking architect Frank Gehry who was behind the acclaimed Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles has died.

Netflix's $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros.

President Donald Trump's White House has established a hall of shame for journalists it finds guilty of media bias as it looks for new avenues of attack against legacy news outlets.

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts.

Police have recovered a James Bond-inspired Fabergé pendant after six days of waiting for it to exit a suspect's gastrointestinal tract.

The Red Sea International Film Festival has opened its fifth edition in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

In the Ecuadorian Andes, young Otavalo Indigenous people are using anime to inspire pride in their culture and language.

RoboCop has found a permanent home in Detroit — all 11 feet and 3,500 pounds of him.

Creative director Dario Vitale is leaving Italian fashion brand Versace only eight months after he was appointed, the company said in a statement Thursday.

The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies.

Pope Leo XIV's first full-length U.S. book is set to release next winter.

From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year’s news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations.

At least four countries have announced they are pulling out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classic songs, including “(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died.

Wednesday morning, many music listeners woke up to the newest editions of their “Spotify Wrapped” and “Apple Music Replay” yearly recaps.

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show earlier this year featured a stage design resembling a giant PlayStation controller.

“Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and star Lauren Graham have teamed up for a new book about the beloved series.

Spotify Wrapped is here.

Police in New Zealand are monitoring a man accused of swallowing a $19,000 pendant with the intention of smuggling it out of a jewelry store.

The Kennedy Center, known for theater and opera, becomes the sports world's focus on Friday.

A doctor who sold ketamine to ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry before his overdose death has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.

The Pentagon press secretary has held her first briefing since most nonpartisan news outlets were replaced by friendly media representatives willing to accept new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

A rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before the revolution has sold for more $30 million.

Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter and the publisher of Franklin the Turtle are disavowing the Trump administration's use of their work.

The publishing world's notable releases this year included a new “Hunger Games” novel and a book by Thomas Pynchon.

Oscar-nominated producer Jason Blum is set to receive the Business Visionary award from PEN America at its fundraising gala next spring.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” was crowned best feature film and the dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won three awards Monday at the 35th annual Gotham Awards, a starry kickoff to the film industry’s awards season.

A charitable foundation is making 25 Christmas stockings from the drapes of King Charles III’s Sandringham estate.

“Zootopia 2" broke box office records with a massive Thanksgiving weekend opening.

A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens has sold for $2.7 million at an auction Sunday.

You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists.

An AI-generated country song, “Walk My Walk,” recently topped Billboard's country digital song sales chart.

George Clooney playing a dashing movie star with nagging midlife regrets in “Jay Kelly” and Zac Brown Band returning with fresh tunes are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

In a story published Nov. 28, 2025, about holiday television programs, The Associated Press erroneously reported the title of a song and show.

The Louvre museum has approved a ticket price increase for non-EU visitors, raising it from 22 to 32 euros starting in January.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has brought balloons depicting Buzz Lightyear and Pac-Man to the New York City skies and floats featuring Labubu and Lego to the streets.

Giant balloons are getting into shape for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Country music star Lainey Wilson, fresh off her wins at the CMA Awards, is preparing for her 'dream' performance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She shares her exciting news and holiday plans with Houston Life's Derrick Shore.

After President Donald Trump’s reported intervention, Paramount Pictures is set to distribute Brett Ratner’s “Rush Hour 4,” a project that Hollywood had eschewed after earlier sexual misconduct allegations against the director.

Military historian Rick Atkinson, known for his Revolutionary War trilogy, is venturing into graphic books.

Decades-long efforts to provide uncensored foreign news into North Korea are facing setbacks now.

’Tis the season to put on some holiday music.

With “Bel-Air” entering its fourth and final season on Monday, the cast reflects on how the ambitious Peacock drama expanded the possibilities for Black-led prestige television.

The Associated Press and the Trump administration renewed their argument over a president’s ability to limit media access to journalists he disagrees with.

Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached defiance, joy and endurance in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81.

Dharmendra, a beloved star of Indian cinema, has died at 89.

Donald Glover has revealed he suffered a stroke last year, which forced him to cancel his tour.

Universal Pictures' "Wicked: For Good" has taken the box office by storm, earning an estimated $150 million in North America and $226 million globally in its opening weekend.

Christmas went on the auction block this week in Pennsylvania farm country in the form of a giant Christmas tree sale.

In the mid-20th century, comic books groups grew in popularity.

Ornella Vanoni, a beloved Italian singer with a career spanning seven decades, has died at 91.

Rosalía has won over millions of music lovers for her fusions of flamenco and urban Latin beats.

Pope Leo XIV has revealed a closely held secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day.

A new play titled “Kramer/Fauci” explores the complex relationship between playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer and Dr. Anthony Fauci.

“High Horse: The Black Cowboy,” a new docuseries executive produced by Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions that is now streaming on Peacock, highlights who it says are the first American cowboys – Black men.