Variation on a theme is the essence of detective fiction, dressing the old beloved tropes in new clothes. Pick any job — plumber, rodeo clown, TV critic — add "detective" and you've got your main character. (You might even do something with a detective who is also a detective — I'm not sure what, exactly, but I smell some metafictional ...Read more

ATLANTA — John Cena’s “Peacemaker” superhero series is now shooting at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville for its second season.

The series, which debuted in early 2022, moved from Vancouver, British Columbia, another popular place to shoot big-budget movies and TV shows.

The spinoff from 2021′s “Suicide Squad” movie was considered ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — It's been a minute for Hippo Campus. After becoming full-bore musicians straight out of high school in the mid-2010s, the buoyant Twin Cities pop-rock quartet wrapped up its busy tour schedule behind 2022′s "LP3″ last summer with gigs at the Bonnaroo festival and Duluth's Bayfront Festival Park to take some time to kick back ...Read more

An alleged confrontation between Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is being detailed in new reports that surfaced Tuesday.

While filming the 2021 Netflix film “Red Notice,” the actors reportedly had a “huge fight” over Johnson’s repeated tardiness to set, according to sources who spoke with The Wrap.

With the chatter ...Read more

ABC News and longtime meteorologist Rob Marciano have gone their separate ways.

Marciano was fired Tuesday after a decade of working on ABC News programs including "Good Morning America" and "World News Tonight," sources confirmed to The Times. The journalist, who most recently appeared on "Good Morning America: Weekend Edition," left ABC News ...Read more

Lists of the dumbest reality shows in TV history include the usual suspects: "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," "Flavor of Love," "The Littlest Groom." But those pieces of trash didn't reek nearly as much as "Susunu! Denpa Shõnen."

In 1998, the Japanese series started spitting out a weekly segment in which struggling actor Tomoaki "Nasubi" Hamatsu ...Read more

NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin, currently awaiting trial for involuntary manslaughter, is opening up about four decades of sobriety.

The Emmy winner, 66, told the “Our Way with Paul Anka and Skip Bronson” podcast about contending with substance abuse in the early 1980s, when asked if he still drinks.

“I don’t discuss this a lot. … I’m ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Ahead of his stint at the Hollywood Bowl and the release of his Netflix comedy about Pop-Tarts' origin this week, Jerry Seinfeld reflected on the "Seinfeld" storylines that wouldn't be aired today and other ways "the extreme left" is influencing comedy.

In an interview with the New Yorker, the comedian said some of his jokes ...Read more

DETROIT — University of Michigan is getting a Nine Inch Nail.

Chris Vrenna, former drummer for Nine Inch Nails who also worked with Marilyn Manson, Guns N' Roses, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica and more, has joined UM's School of Music, Theatre & Dance as an assistant professor in the Department of Performing Arts Technology, the school ...Read more

Paul Auster, the bestselling postmodern author, noir novelist and screenwriter behind "Smoke," "Lulu on the Bridge" and "The Inner Life of Martin Frost," has died. He was 77.

"The New York Trilogy" and "4 3 2 1" author's death was confirmed Wednesday by his literary representatives at Carol Mann Agency, according to the Associated Press. No ...Read more

Anne Hathaway has been sober for more than five years, making good on a promise to stay dry while parenting her young sons. To her, consciously staying sharp for that long is a bigger deal than hitting a certain birthday.

"The Princess Diaries" and "The Devil Wears Prada" alum, who stars in Prime Video's adaptation of Robinne Lee's 2017 romance...Read more

Should you be in the mood for pure escapism, you can do a lot worse than “The Idea of You,” a beguiling little romantic drama about love, passion and spectacular hair. Much of this hair is on the impeccably poised head of Solène (Anne Hathaway), who lives a delightfully only-in-the-movies life: She’s an art gallery owner who wears ...Read more

Just now, my fingers accidentally typed “The Idea of You” as “The Ikea of You,” and there is indeed a follow-the-directions-very-carefully feeling to the movie premiering on Prime Video May 2.

Anne Hathaway basically saves it from itself. Just when you may be drifting out of interest range watching director/co-writer Michael Showalter�...Read more

Jane Schoenbrun might be the only contemporary filmmaker who fully captures the deep emotional truth of our screen-centric media moment. With their breakthrough film, 2021’s “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair,” Schoenbrun crafted a creepy, otherworldly fable set in an occult online game. But while other filmmakers try to make films ...Read more

Historical procedurals are expensive to make and therefore all too rare on television. Enter the Tudor-era murder mystery “Shardlake” on Hulu, set during the reign of Henry VIII and adapted from the first book in a series by C.J. Sansom (who died over the weekend at 71) about an English barrister named Matthew Shardlake.

The best whodunits ...Read more

Q. I have seen you write about RF skin tightening before. Is there a certain age you should start or stop using it? What do you recommend?

—L.L., Kansas City, Missouri

A. RF skin tightening machines use radio-frequency energy to heat underneath the surface of the skin, stimulating the production of collagen and elastin to tighten sagging ...Read more

Britney Spears called her sister, Jamie Lynn, a “little b—” and a “little s—,” in a now-deleted Instagram video she shared Tuesday.

The singer, 42, recorded the video, which TMZ captured, while riding in a car on her way to “go horseback riding” with two others.

As the car takes them up winding hills in an undisclosed location,...Read more

'THE FALL GUY'

Rated PG-13 for action and violence, drug content and some strong language.

What it’s about: A stuntman gets involved in a murder mystery while trying to save the movie directed by his estranged girlfriend.

The kid attractor factor: Big movie stars and even bigger stunts.

Good lessons/bad lessons: The truth will always come ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jorge Hernández was just 14 when he and his younger brothers left their hometown of Rosa Morada in Sinaloa, Mexico, to pursue a music career in the United States. They hoped to settle in California, earn money to help support the family — Hernández’s father had been injured in an accident — and launch what would ...Read more