MINNEAPOLIS -- Nothing compares to a new Prince record, right? Especially during unofficial Prince Week, the period commemorating the second anniversary of his death.

Warner Bros. is releasing Prince's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," a produced rendition of the demo tape he recorded in July 1984 for the Family to learn. Their recording, ...Read more

Last week on Twitter, a young actor asked: "Is there a list of actors/directors/etc who have committed to an inclusion rider yet?"

It's a good question. Who has committed so far?

He tagged @Inclusionists, which is the Twitter handle of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. That's the think tank at the University of Southern California led by ...Read more

If a sampling of some classical music aesthetes on social media is to be believed, April 16 marked the day the music died.

A rapper -- a rapper! -- named Kendrick Lamar was placed on a pedestal as the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in music, joining geniuses of American composition including Aaron Copland, George Crumb, Elliott Carter and ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota doctor who allegedly knew painkillers he prescribed for Prince's drummer would be used by the musician has agreed to a civil settlement with federal prosecutors to resolve possible controlled substance violations found during the investigation into Prince's 2016 overdose death.

Dr. Michael T. Schulenberg will pay a $...Read more

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: Has "Scorpion" been on its last mission? I didn't see any promos about the April 16 episode being the season finale. But it looked as though it may have been the series finale. Will it be coming back?

A: In a press release about the April 16 episode, CBS called it the season finale of "Scorpion." CBS...Read more

Like many of a certain age, I was a fan of Broken Lizard's 2001 stoner cop cult classic "Super Troopers," which circulated smoky dorm rooms in the early 2000s. The energetic, silly and wordy comedy of the then-unknown troupe was absurd, naughty and endlessly quotable. Coming 17 years later, the crowdfunded sequel "Super Troopers 2" is a whole ...Read more

AARDVARK. 2 stars. Misfired drama about a man (Zachary Quinto) with mental health issues who consults an incompetent therapist (Jenny Slate) about his delusional belief that his famous-actor brother (Jon Hamm) is "playing" the people he meets on the street. Not about aardvarks. 1 hr. 29 PG-13 (language) -- Gary Thompson

BEIRUT. 3 stars. Well-...Read more

In a 2015 sketch aired on Comedy Central's "Inside Amy Schumer," the one called "New Body," Schumer played a woman shopping for a wardrobe for the body she's always wanted. The clothing store clerk, thin and deadpan, is the perfect foil for Schumer's chipper, play-along reactions. With those two perfect minutes you don't realize the first time ...Read more

A group of friends, all black, run through the woods one night and barricade themselves inside an empty house. "We're being chased by a psycho killer!" one of them says. "I told y'all, black people have no business camping," another says. "This is black karma!"

Skewering both horror movie tropes and racial stereotypes, "The Blackening" is a one...Read more

The top 10 DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks for the week of April 9:

1. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle -- Sony

2. Father Figures -- Warner

3. Proud Mary -- Sony

4. All the Money in the World -- Sony

5. Molly's Game -- Universal

6. Ferdinand -- Fox

7. Justice League -- Warner

8. Insidious: The Last Key -- Sony

9. Pitch Perfect 3 -- Universal...Read more

In reimagining Netflix's reboot of the classic '60s TV show "Lost in Space" (and the subsequent 1998 film) for 2018 audiences, production designer Ross Dempster didn't necessarily look to the show's ancestry as a source of visual inspiration. Instead, he took a cue from Stanley Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey."

"For a movie ...Read more

Paramount Pictures' breakout horror hit "A Quiet Place" may return to the top of the box-office charts in its third weekend of release, unseating the big-budget Dwayne Johnson arcade game adaptation "Rampage."

But as the two movies wage a close battle for the No. 1 spot, the rest of the movie industry is awaiting the following weekend's opening...Read more

In one of her first headshots, Jenna Fischer looks like a chipper teenager in overalls. In another, she has a seductive gaze and a gaping, spaghetti-strap top.

Although the aspiring young actress liked the "fierce, sexy girl" picture, it didn't lead to many jobs. Problem was, it wasn't really her.

Finally, she figured out what she was selling:...Read more