Candy Straight, who led push to get GOP women elected, dies
TRENTON, N.J. — Candace “Candy” Straight, an investment banker and film producer who worked for decades to help get women elected to office in...
Q&A: Rita Moreno on finding self-worth and never giving up
NEW YORK — Rita Moreno emigrated with her mother from Puerto Rico at age five. By six, she was dancing at Greenwich Village nightclubs....
Q&A: Jimmy Smits figured out he can carry a tune, and more
NEW YORK — He hadn't been in a musical since his high school years, but when Jimmy Smits saw the opportunity to play Kevin...
Anthony Bourdain doc ‘an act of therapy’ for an acute loss
NEW YORK — When the filmmaker Morgan Neville began making a documentary on Anthony Bourdain, the late chef and globe-trotting television host, one of...
New this week: Kevin Hart in ‘Fatherhood, ‘iCarly’ & ‘Luca’
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
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Ned Beatty, indelible in ‘Deliverance,’ ‘Network’ dies at 83
NEW YORK — Ned Beatty, the indelible character actor whose first film role as a genial vacationer brutally raped by a backwoodsman in 1972's...
‘In the Heights’ makes muted debut, edged by ‘A Quiet Place’
NEW YORK — Just when a party was poised to break out in movie theaters, the below-expectation debut of “In the Heights” dampened Hollywood's...
Vin Diesel says ‘Fast and Furious’ saga planning an ending
LOS ANGELES — Vin Diesel made a mark as the street racer patriarch in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, but the storyline starring his...
Q&A: Leslie Grace lives full-circle moment ‘In the Heights’
NEW YORK — Like her Nina character in “In The Heights,” Leslie Grace says she's struggled to fit in as an Afro-Latino woman and...
Review: Mark Wahlberg discovers he’s special in ‘Infinite’
The new Mark Wahlberg movie “ Infinite ” poses an intoxicating scenario for all down-on-their-luck know-it-alls: What if you’re actually a reincarnated immortal who...