Entertainment

/

ArcaMax

Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group/TNS

The Baseball Project mixes the national pastime with great guitar work

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Any baseball fan knows that music and the great American pastime overlap a bit. There are walk-up songs, after all, ballpark DJs and an organist playing pump-up tunes. And then there’s The Baseball Project, a guitar-centric quintet whose all-star musicians include half of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame act R.E.M. — five die-...Read more

Jemal Countess/Getty Images North America/TNS

Sean 'Diddy' Combs sells stake in Revolt TV

ATLANTA — In the midst of a reported sex trafficking investigation, Sean “Diddy” Combs has sold his majority stake in Revolt TV, according to TMZ.

The buyer is currently anonymous but will make an announcement in coming weeks, TMZ said, noting that Revolt will remain Black-owned.

A spokeswoman for Revolt did not respond to a request for ...Read more

John Lamparski/Empire State Realty Trust/Getty Images North America/TNS

Twitch star Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins reveals skin cancer diagnosis: 'In a bit of shock'

Popular Twitch streamer and gamer Ninja says he has been diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer.

The 32-year-old internet star — whose birth name is Tyler Blevins — offered his millions of X (formerly Twitter) followers a glimpse of his health, detailing a recent checkup for a mole on his foot. "Alright I'm still in a bit of shock ...Read more

John Lamparski/Getty Images North America/TNS

Paul Simon: Short-lived marriage to Carrie Fisher was 'exhausting'

NEW YORK — Paul Simon and Carrie Fisher's short-lived 1980s marriage was, in the words of the folk icon, "mistakes on top of mistakes on top of mistakes," as noted in footage shown in the new docuseries about the Simon & Garfunkel co-founder.

Paul Simon fans are getting a peek behind the curtain of his “exhausting” marriage to the late ...Read more

GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS

Singer Duffy breaks silence 4 years after revealing alleged rape, kidnapping

Singer Duffy has returned to social media with an inspirational message, more than four years after she attributed her long-held hiatus to a traumatic kidnapping and sexual assault.

On Tuesday, the 39-year-old “Mercy” singer, born Aimée Anne Duffy, shared a video discussing happiness, which she said was meant to serve as “a little ...Read more

John Lamparski/Empire State Realty Trust/Getty Images North America/TNS

Video game streamer Ninja reveals cancer diagnosis

Ninja, one of the most popular video game streamers on Twitch and YouTube, has announced he has cancer.

The social media star, whose real name is Tyler Blevins, revealed his diagnosis on X Tuesday evening.

Blevins, 32, said he’s “still in a bit of shock” about the news, which he received shortly after a routine dermatologist appointment ...Read more

Michael Tran/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS

Martin Scorsese will produce and host a docudrama series for Fox Nation streaming service

NEW YORK — Martin Scorsese has landed in Fox Nation.

The subscription streaming service owned and operated by Fox News Media announced Wednesday that it has signed the Oscar-winning director to produce and host an eight-episode faith-based docudrama series.

"Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints" will premiere in November. Each episode will ...Read more

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images North America/TNS

Suki + Rob makes 3! 'Daisy Jones' star and 'Tenet' actor reportedly welcome first baby

Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson are parents.

The pair of British performers, who are engaged, reportedly welcomed their first child together. The baby news broke Tuesday when the Daily Mail published photos of "Tenet" star Pattinson, 37, and "Daisy Jones and the Six" actor Waterhouse, 32, taking a walk in Los Angeles while he pushed a ...Read more

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images North America/TNS

50 Cent teases doc about sexual assault allegations against Diddy

50 Cent is teasing his documentary series about the sexual assault allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs on the heels of a federal raid this week on the music mogul’s homes.

The “In Da Club” rapper, 48, on Wednesday tweeted the poster for “Diddy Do It?” It shows the 54-year-old Bad Boy Records founder atop multiple manila folders...Read more

Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures/TNS/TNS

Family guide to new movie releases

'GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE'

Rated PG-13 for creature violence and action.

What it’s about: Double the creatures, double the fun. Godzilla and Kong team up to fight even more monsters.

The kid attractor factor: Kids who love monsters will love this one.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Sometimes rivalries need to be set aside for the greater...Read more

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' comes 'round, 'round, 'round this week. Here's what we know

Howdy, "Cowboy Carter."

Almost two years after Beyoncé ushered fans into her glitzy disco "Renaissance," the countdown for her latest album is finally on. "Cowboy Carter," the second act of the pop diva's promised "Renaissance" trilogy, lands later this week — and with it, a bounty of material for the Beyhive.

Beyoncé enters her "Cowboy ...Read more

Alfredo Falvo/Netflix/TNS

'The Beautiful Game' review: Film inspired by Homeless World Cup gets by on vibes

Spirit goes a long way in “The Beautiful Game.”

Releasing this week on Netflix, the sports comedy-drama shines a light on the Homeless World Cup, an annual event in which, yes, homeless male and female footballers — soccer players to us — play for their countries in matches of four-on-four “street” soccer, which is played on a ...Read more

David Swanson/AFP/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/TNS

Where is Diddy? Sources say Sean Combs remains in US amid widening sex trafficking probe

LOS ANGELES — Two days after federal authorities searched his homes in a probe of sex trafficking, Sean "Diddy" Combs remains in the United States and vows to fight the allegations, sources close to the music legend said.

His 17,000-square-foot Holmby Hills mansion, where Combs debuted his last album a year ago, was flooded with Homeland ...Read more

Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Review: Jerrod Carmichael offers up TV's most authentic reality show

In 1973, PBS aired "An American Family," a docuseries that shattered the image of picture-perfect life in the suburbs. Early seasons of MTV's "The Real World" showed that young adults had more on their minds than scoring Mariah Carey tickets.

But over the past 20 years, reality TV has become a substitute for sitcoms, a home for washed-up stars,...Read more

Don Lindich/TNS

Sound Advice: Breaking down options for an amplifier upgrade

Q. I have a pair of Monitor Silver 9 speakers powered by a Harman Kardon integrated amplifier. A friend has the same speakers powered by a Bryston amplifier and preamplifier. That system’s sound is my favorite of anything I have ever heard. Can you recommend a similar setup for my Monitor speakers, or tell me where to get a used Bryston ...Read more

Ben Blackall/Paramount+ with SHOWTIME/PARAMOUNT+/TNS

Review: A model of restraint, 'A Gentleman in Moscow' is unlike anything else on television

Premiering Friday on the confusingly named Paramount+ with Showtime, "A Gentleman in Moscow" is quite unlike anything else on television. Created by Ben Vanstone ("All Creatures Great and Small") and largely directed by Sam Miller ("I May Destroy You") from the 2016 novel by Amor Towles, there's nothing overtly radical about the production or ...Read more

Chris Delmas/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS

Hulu on Disney+ launched Wednesday. What you need to know

LOS ANGELES — Subscribers of both Disney+ and Hulu can now access Hulu content through the Disney+ app, as the Burbank media and entertainment giant launched its one-app integration of the two streaming services Wednesday.

Known as Hulu on Disney+, the combined experience brings shows such as FX's "The Bear" and Hulu Original "Only Murders in...Read more

Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune/TNS

Q&A: Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein discusses new album, tour

Carrie Brownstein is walking through Brooklyn as she talks about the latest Sleater-Kinney album, “Little Rope,” which is drawing yet another batch of positive reviews and accolades for the vastly acclaimed Pacific Northwest rock act.

Her words struggle to rise above the cacophony of street sounds — including, of course, honking cars — ...Read more

Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS

From the 1992 debut to the latest one in 2023: every M. Night Shyamalan movie, ranked

PHILADELPHIA — For Philadelphians, perhaps there is no director more divisive than M. Night Shyamalan, the horror filmmaker who grew up in Wynnewood and lives in Willistown Township. Some of us love him ("The Sixth Sense" ranked third on our Best Philly Movies list) but others haven't forgiven him for white-washing "The Last Airbender." But ...Read more

Unique Nicole/Getty Images North America/TNS

'I can't do it anymore': Alex Edelman on ending 'Just for Us,' his hit show about antisemitism

LOS ANGELES — Not everyone wakes up to an avalanche of antisemitic tweets and then decides to attend a meeting of white nationalists in New York City. Because, well, not everyone is Alex Edelman, who has recounted the evening hundreds of times onstage in his hilarious and thought-provoking hit show "Just for Us."

And after spending six years...Read more