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The first of 40 movies premiered on Oct. 20, with new movies premiering every Thursday on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel, and every Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the Hallmark channel through Dec. 26.

Benjamin Zephaniah, a British dub poet and political activist who drew inspiration from his Caribbean roots, has died.

Norman Lear, who died this week at age 101, changed American life with the candor and comedy of his creations.

Some of the words tied to this year’s hottest topics were also among the most mangled when it came to saying them aloud.

J Balvin has released his latest single, “Amigos.”.

Jonathan Majors’ former girlfriend testified Wednesday about the injuries that she suffered after the actor allegedly attacked her in the backseat of a cab this spring.

The gentle giants cruising Florida's waterways are one of the state’s most beloved creatures. On the surface, they may seem like slow, gray lumps grazing on sea grass but there is more than meets the eye with the ancient anatomical and ancestral traits still visible in manatees today.

“Killers of the Flower Moon” was named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review, adding to the early awards-season haul of Martin Scorsese’s Osage epic.

A woman has sued the hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs claiming he and two other men raped her 20 years ago in a New York City recording studio when she was 17.

Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun play a satellite and a buoy in love, and Will Ferrell takes a road trip with his best friend who is transitioning in films heading to Sundance this year.

She was an admired pop star with a voice like butter.

At the multiplex, “Barbenheimer” ruled.

Michael Urie has a very hard job this winter: Not cracking up when he’s not supposed to on Broadway.

Dallas philanthropist Lyda Hill has devoted much of her giving to tackling social problems through science.

Gov_ Ron DeSantis’ appointees to Walt Disney World’s governing district have released a series of reports justifying their takeover of the government and accusing their Disney-controlled predecessors of being a part of “the most egregious exhibition of corporate cronyism in modern American history.”.

Norman Lear has died.

Time magazine has named Taylor Swift its person of the year.

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Members of Hollywood’s actors union have voted to ratify the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months.

Dr. Kien Vuu competed as #330 on Netflix's reality spinoff Squid Game: The Challenge

Denny Laine, a British singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed in an early, pop-oriented version of the Moody Blues and was later Paul McCartney’s longtime sideman in the ex-Beatle’s solo band Wings, has died at age 79.

Did you watch “Beef” yet.

Jonathan Majors’ former girlfriend told a Manhattan jury that the actor was prone to fits of rage that escalated in the months leading up to his arrest for allegedly attacking her in the backseat of a car last spring.

P!nk just gave you a reason to see her again.

Attention all 90s kids! Were you able to convince your parents to hold onto those old Disney VHS tapes? You're in luck, because some of those tapes might be worth more than you're thinking.

Disney World is known by many as "the most magical place on earth" -- but don’t be too quick to write it off as just another spot for the kids. It can also be the most romantic place on earth.

Tom Hanks is a lifelong space buff.

Celine Song’s “Past Lives,” Todd Haynes’ “May December” and Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” got a leading five nominations, including best feature, from the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

The highly anticipated trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI has arrived a little early after a copy was leaked online.

Like the “Paddington” movies, “Wonka” was dreamt up by Paul King, a lifetime Roald Dahl fan and a writer and director whom his collaborators somewhat universally agree may actually be Paddington in a human costume.

An upcoming biography of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will draw upon hundreds of interviews, along with the civil rights activist’s FBI files and materials from a planned book that was never completed.

Her book is called ‘My Name is Barbra’ and it runs nearly 1,000 pages.

Greece’s Acropolis Museum has launched an exhibition that includes a renowned ancient Greek water jug from 420 B.C. on loan from the British Museum.

No jokes about No. 4 on the list, please.

Republicans are scheduled for their fourth presidential debate this week, again minus Donald Trump.

Broadway audiences will soon be hearing the hit songs of Alicia Keys not far from where the multiple-Grammy-winner grew up.

Remember what you searched for in 2023.

It's that time of the year.

“The Holdovers" marks the long-in-coming reunion of Paul Giamatti and director Alexander Payne, 20 years after “Sideways.”.

Opening statements were given in the criminal trial of actor Jonathan Majors, who was charged last spring for allegedly assaulting his then-girlfriend during an argument.

The top 10 albums of the year chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman include Peso Pluma's “Génesis,” Olivia Rodrigo's “GUTS,” Megan Moroney's “Lucky,” The Rolling Stones' “Hackney Diamonds,” Kelela's “Raven,” Karol G's “Mañana Será Bonito," André 3000's “New Blue Sun," Noname's “Sundial,” Wednesday's “Rat Saw God” and Arlo Parks' “My Soft Machine.”.

Spotify says it’s axing 17% of its global workforce in the music streaming service’s third round of layoffs this year.

Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from an ex-con hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army.

Taylor Swift is on hand at Lambeau Field to watch Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs in their Sunday night game against the Green Bay Packers.

Say goodbye to the flesh-and-blood members of the rock group Kiss.

Beyoncé ruled the box office this weekend.

Players have to be careful when going out this holiday season, as there’s no telling when this song could pop up.

New Kennedy Center honorees including comedian Billy Crystal and rapper and actor Queen Latifah have been feted at a star-studded event commemorating their lifetime achievement in arts and entertainment.

Toy maker Mattel is honoring the late, legendary Cherokee leader Wilma Mankiller with a Barbie doll as part of its "Inspiring Women" series.

On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden.

Unlike the fast-moving interpreters of samba, salsa and other Latin American dancing styles, Japanese traditional dancers move slowly, performing just a few moves that their bodies keep fully controlled.

Audra McDonald will serve as grand marshal of the 135th Rose Parade next year.

An appeals court has upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police.

Britain's King Charles III has caused some raised eyebrows by wearing a tie adorned with a pattern of Greek flags to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a Nicki Minaj album dropping on her birthday and the return of Tony Shalhoub's OCD private investigator Adrian Monk with a final case.

Climate protesters caused a pair of interruptions totaling 22 minutes during the opening night of a revival of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” at the Metropolitan Opera.

President Joe Biden will head to Los Angeles next week for a big-dollar event that will be his first since strikes by writers and actors effectively ground his fundraising to a halt in the heart of the entertainment industry.

Fifty years ago, four young New Yorkers dragged their guitars, amps and drums to a loft on 23rd Street in New York, dreaming of becoming the biggest band in the world.

The Russian government has named the renowned director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg to also lead Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre.

For those seeking a haven from the holidays, we have a list of films hitting theaters near you this month.

Wordle mania became a phenomenon after its release back in 2021. Could this word game be the next big thing?

It took eight years and the #MeToo movement to spur Sam Schultz to tell police they were sexually assaulted by an opera star and his husband.

If you ask Levi Strauss CEO Charles Bergh, it might be in the shower. Does it really work?

A lawsuit against Alec Baldwin filed by relatives of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan has been resolved in the actor's favor.

Prosecutors say a high-profile entertainment marketing consultant was targeted by a woman who had been stalking one of his friends, a film director, before she fatally shot him inside his Los Angeles home.

Eddie Murphy fondly remembers watching classic Christmas movies as a child with his family during the holidays.

MSNBC is shuffling its weekend schedule early next year with an eye toward juicing ratings heading into an election year.

Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” has been named the best film of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle.

Joseph Quinn, whose DnD slacker Eddie Munson was quickly a fan favorite in Netflix’s Stranger Things, is coming to MegaCon Orlando.

A judge has sided with Daryl Hall in his request to keep temporarily blocking John Oates from selling his potentially lucrative share of the Hall & Oates duo’s joint venture without his longtime partner’s permission.

Academy Awards enthusiasts won’t have to stay up quite as late to hear the best picture winner in March.

Actor-singer Cynthia Erivo lent searing and soulful vocals to an evening marking Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 65th anniversary, and celebrating the talents of dance legend Judith Jamison its former star dancer and longtime company leader.

An Iranian news website says a popular rapper has been sent back to jail less that two weeks after his release from prison on bail.

Four decades into his career, which includes 20 studio albums, a Grammy, and the Guinness World Record for bestselling jazz artist, saxophonist Kenny G is nowhere near done.

The first of 40 movies premiered on Oct. 20, with new movies premiering every Thursday on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel, and every Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the Hallmark channel through Dec. 26.

Something is different on the comics pages this week.

Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues, who infused traditional Irish music with the energy and spirit of punk, has died.

Elton John has urged British lawmakers to do more to fight HIV and AIDS.

Daryl Hall has filed a court declaration that accuses his longtime music partner John Oates of committing the “ultimate partnership betrayal” by planning to sell his share of the Hall & Oates duo’s joint venture without the other’s permission.

Crypto-zoology is the “pseudo-scientific” study of creatures or animals that may or may not exist. Popular American examples include the Bigfoot, the Mothman or the Flatwoods Monster.

NASCAR has added two new partners and streaming elements to a seven-year media rights deal that will run from 2025 through the 2031 season.

Frances Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,” “Sex and the City” and “The Closer,” has died.

Randy Quaid, the actor who became best known for Cousin Eddie in the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies, is joining the celebrity lineup for the pop-culture convention in February.

The irreverent feminist website Jezebel is making a comeback less than a month after it was shut down.

Rock & Brews, a restaurant chain founded by KISS frontmen Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, will host watch parties at every location on Saturday for the band's last-ever show.

The actor Jonathan Majors has appeared in court in New York for the start of jury selection in a trial in which he is accused of injuring his then-girlfriend during an argument last spring.

Elton John has addressed Britain’s Parliament at an event honoring his dedication to fighting HIV in the U.K. and beyond.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has escalated his war of words with the leader of Greece.

Comedian, actor and podcast host Sebastian Maniscalco is coming to Orlando next year as part of his “It Ain’t Right” tour.

Earlier this month, Taste of Home released its ranking of the best pizzas in every state.

It’s her, hi — Taylor Swift is Spotify’s 2023 most-played artist.

Larry Fink, an acclaimed and adventurous photographer whose subjects ranged from family portraits and political satire to working class lives and the elite of show business and Manhattan society, has died.

Tim Dorsey, a former police and courts newspaper reporter-turned novelist, has died at age 62.

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by being less than forthcoming about who or what is writing its stories at the dawn of the artificial intelligence age.

A pop singer’s use of a Roman Catholic church in Brooklyn for parts of a music video has led to its pastor being penalized.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has temporarily stepped down as chairman of his television network Revolt amid multiple sexual abuse allegations against the music mogul.

Matteo Garrone's migration odyssey “Io Capitano” played at the Marrakech International Film Festival this weekend, returning to the country where pivotal scenes were shot.

A judge overseeing the estate of Aretha Franklin has assigned real estate to the late star’s sons.

Britain and Greece were able to differ for decades over the world’s toughest cultural heritage dispute.

Veteran Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas was honored with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India.