Conan O'Brien has hobnobbed with his fair share of celebrities. But he's always been at his best when he's mixing it up with regular folks, behaving like a court jester who will face the guillotine if he doesn't produce laughs. His desperation to crack up store clerks, waiters and students made him a legend.

"Conan O'Brien Must Go," his first ...Read more

Jesse Eisenberg stars in "Sasquatch Sunset," though you'd never know it by watching the movie. He plays one of four sasquatches in the frustratingly abstract drama, a dialogue-free experiment about a year in the life of a group of Bigfoots.

We track the hairy creatures — they're played by Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek and co...Read more

When it premiered on HBO a decade ago, the true crime docuseries “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” stood out mainly because of Durst’s willingness to appear on camera. The wealthy New York real estate heir was suspected of killing three people: His first wife Kathleen McCormack in 1982; his close friend Susan Berman in 2000; ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It's the dawn of a new era — a new Taylor Swift Era, that is.

This week, the 14-time Grammy Award-winning artist will release her 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department," which she first announced at the Grammys in February.

While accepting the pop vocal album award for "Midnights" — her first of two wins that ...Read more

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: I just read that “The Talk” will end in December. Why? What happened?

A: According to Deadline, the CBS chat show is the network’s least-watched daytime series and has seen ratings decline. In addition, CBS has other plans for daytime. Not long after the network announced that “The Talk” ...Read more

CeCe Winans has sold millions of albums, won scads of Grammys and other major awards, performed around the world and positioned herself as one of the most successful gospel singers of all time.

She’s also written a half-dozen books — included her most recent bestseller, “Believe for It: Passing on Faith to the Next Generation” — and ...Read more

SEATTLE — In some ways, it’s hard to believe it’s been six years since Pearl Jam last played Seattle, when their ballyhooed Home Shows drummed up more than $11 million for local homelessness organizations. Between a barrage of side projects and lead singer Eddie Vedder’s and guitarist Mike McCready’s penchants for onstage pop-ins when ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Angela White is radiant.

When shes walks up to our table at a cafe in Calabasas, there are no cameras and no filters. She is petite with a big personality and laugh. Her face is flawless and exudes warmth when she smiles. She is happy. Really, truly happy with the Angela she is now.

She is honest that media interviews are not ...Read more

"Crazy Rich Asians" will soon come to Broadway, years after author Kevin Kwan's bestseller jumped from page to screen in a watershed moment for Asian representation in Hollywood.

Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures revealed on Wednesday that director Jon M. Chu will helm a stage musical based on Kwan's "Crazy Rich Asians" trilogy. The musical also ...Read more

Rumors of the Sundance Film Festival's possible exit from its longtime home in Park City, Utah, rolled throughout the event earlier this year.

Now the nonprofit Sundance Institute, which puts on the event, has announced it is starting the process of exploring a potential new destination for as early as the 2027 festival.

The organization said ...Read more

For comedian Heidi Gardner, a recent "SNL" sketch that focused on two "Beavis and Butt-Head" look-alikes was "really special" — cracks and all.

The "Saturday Night Live" star said in an interview published earlier this week that losing her composure at the sight of host Ryan Gosling and her co-star Mikey Day as the animated MTV duo is ...Read more

Kate Beckinsale appears to be out of the hospital and back home after a monthslong medical issue.

The English actor was all smiles and back to her irreverent self in an Instagram series posted Tuesday. While the "Underworld" star didn't directly state what had been ailing her, the T-shirt she wore in the images contained the biggest clue thus ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan’s 1963 album "The Sidewinder" has been added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry for 2024.

"The Sidewinder," recorded when Morgan was 25, became a surprise hit and is Blue Note Records’ biggest selling album to date. It is one of the 25 songs, albums, or ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Genre-leaping keyboard legend Herbie Hancock has an update for fans eagerly anticipating his new album — originally due out in 2020 — featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar, West African guitar innovator Lionel Loueke, Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain, saxophonist Kamasi Washington, electric bassist Thundercat,...Read more

Guy Ritchie’s latest, the cumbersomely titled “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” is at once his “Inglourious Basterds” and also his “Dunkirk.” With his adaptation of the nonfiction book “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops” by historian and...Read more

ATLANTA — The ever prolific Tyler Perry has signed a new, nonexclusive deal with BET to ensure fresh seasons of eight existing shows as well as a brand-new series.

This replaces his existing deal from 2017 with BET’s parent company Paramount. He was required at the time to create at least 90 episodes of new comedic and dramatic series for ...Read more

"Dora the Explorer" has inspired many youngsters to get curious about the world beyond the borders of Sesame Street. But once your child reaches the age of 7, Dora's adventures get a little dull. That's when Jane Garcia should take over.

The 9-year-old heroine of "Jane," which returns Friday on Apple TV+, is one of those kids who knows more ...Read more

'ABIGAIL'

Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore throughout, pervasive language and brief drug use.

What it’s about: A team of kidnappers tasked with guarding a young hostage in an isolated mansion discover that they're locked in with a vampire.

The kid attractor factor: This is a horror film for adults, not kids.

Good lessons/bad ...Read more

Q. Our daughter is graduating college and we are planning a party. We hired a DJ for her high school graduation party but would like to avoid that this time. She said she can create a custom playlist for the party and stream it via Bluetooth. Is there some kind of streaming speaker available that can cover an outdoor 12-by-14-foot dance floor? ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Sonny Thompson was creating some otherworldly sounds with his five-string, left-handed bass last week in a northeast Minneapolis rehearsal space.

"That's how people from Romulus play bass," drummer Michael Bland joked in admiration.

Bland and Thompson, veterans of Prince & the New Power Generation, are, as Bland says, like "...Read more