Since Charlton Heston first gazed upon the remnants of the Statue of Liberty emerging from a sandy beach in horror, 56 years ago, the “Planet of the Apes” movies have been extremely popular with moviegoing audiences. The appeal of these earnest, big-budget spectacle movies is the opportunity to explore complex characters, power dynamics and ...Read more

The Indigo Girls have every reason to be bitter. Even in their heyday, the duo got slammed for pretentious lyrics and faced discrimination over their sexual orientation.

The documentary "Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All," now available to rent on Apple TV+, captures many of those hurtful moments. But it's clear that Amy Ray and Emily ...Read more

'KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES'

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence/action.

What it’s about: Set hundreds of years after the events of the last "Planet of the Apes" film, the story follows a young ape, Noa, as he encounters a charismatic ape king, Proximus Caesar, and fights to save his clan.

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NEW YORK — Cardi B and estranged husband Offset might just be on again — or at least that’s how it looked when they arrived together at the Met Gala after-party, five months after announcing their latest split.

The Bronx-raised “WAP” rapper, 31, and Migos alum, 32, were spotted holding hands at Casa Cipriani on Monday, where they ...Read more

And it’s another touchdown for Travis Kelce’s television career as the Super Bowl champ joins the cast of Ryan Murphy’s “Grotesquerie” in his first major acting role.

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, will act alongside Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville in the FX horror show. Deadline was the first to report ...Read more

NEW YORK — Robert Downey Jr. is finally headed to Broadway.

The 59-year-old actor, who recently won an Oscar for his supporting role as Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” will headline Ayad Akhtar’s “McNeal” later this year.

“Good writers borrow, great writers steal,” reads the official synopsis of the play. ...Read more

50 Cent sued his ex-girlfriend Daphne Joy on Monday, accusing her of defamation after she claimed he raped her during their relationship.

The “Many Men” rapper, 48, claimed Joy only accused him rape because he sought sole custody of their 11-year-old son, Sire, according to TMZ. He said the allegations tarnished his business reputation and ...Read more

Political satire, it wasn’t. The headlines from CNN, The Hollywood Reporter and many other media outlets — “‘SNL’ Takes Aim at Pro-Palestine Campus Protesters in Cold Open” reported The Daily Beast — framed it all wrong. It’s not political satire if you leave politics as well as satire out of it.

The sketch presented a community...Read more

“Interview with the Vampire” might be one of the best TV shows of the decade in part because it understands certain basic tenets of solidly crafted television in a way that too many series (especially those based on books) simply do not.

It’s also probably one of the most under-watched by Emmy voters; the first season received zero ...Read more

Another music legend has fallen: The mighty good one that the Mamas & the Papas singer Cass Elliot choked to death on a ham sandwich apparently is not true.

That’s according to “Mama” Cass’ daughter, Owen Elliot-Kugell, who was only 7 and living in the United States when her mom died in a borrowed London flat. Now, Elliot-Kugell has ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Bad Wolf, the name of the production company founded by Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner, is a "Doctor Who" reference.

Before teaming up for this joint venture in 2015, the industry veterans had worked together for years in various roles at the BBC and BBC Worldwide. One of their earliest projects was the 2005 "Doctor Who" revival...Read more

Blake Crouch has enjoyably adapted his own 2016 novel "Dark Matter" into a nine-episode series for Apple TV+, which aims to be your destination for classy sci-fi. It's got nothing to do with "dark matter" except as Shakespeare might have used the phrase to describe some sinister business — "This dark matter doth shade our bright prospects," ...Read more

Record Store Day: Record Store Day was last month, and over the next few weeks I will be recommending some great products to help you get the most from your used and new vinyl purchases.

Kicking things off is the Record Doctor X vacuum record cleaning machine. I used a nonmotorized, single-side vacuum Record Doctor for many years. I later moved...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A Strip art gallery is hosting an art and photography exhibit later this month that looks back at the work of Grateful Dead artists, coinciding with the band’s residency at the Sphere.

“Visions of the Dead: A Grateful Dead Art and Photography Exhibition,” which includes photos, original sketches, paintings and limited ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Bay Area’s vibrant acoustic music scene in the 1960s and 1970s helped make Berkeley’s Laurie Lewis, who grew up learning classical piano and violin, a bona fide bluegrass star and an inspiration to young local musicians who’ve followed in her footsteps.

Bluegrass festivals seeded fan communities far beyond rural ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Cruel World returns to the rolling greens of Brookside at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, and with it the music of the '80s — new wave, goth, post-punk, and more — returns to life anew.

Recent Rock Hall of Fame inductees Duran Duran headline the festival this year, with Blondie, another Hall of Fame act, on the main stage ...Read more

Kathryn Scanlan’s slim novel “Kick the Latch” didn’t arrive with a massive media push when it was published in 2022, but both book and author continue to defy expectations.

Over the course of a single week this year, the Los Angeles-based writer was the recipient of both the £10,000 Gordon Burn Prize and one of this year’s Donald ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Cult filmmaker John Waters was released Tuesday from the hospital after his car was struck by a van that ran a red light in Timonium.

Waters, 78, was taken to a nearby hospital and examined for chest pain, according to a Baltimore County Police Department report. The driver of the other car, a 25-year-old man, was not injured.

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Susan Buckner, whose TV and movie career included a memorable turn in “Grease,” has died.

The actor “died peacefully” in Miami surrounded by loved ones on May 2, Melissa Berthier, a publicist for Buckner’s family, confirmed in a statement shared with The Times. A cause of death was not revealed. She was 72.

“Susan will be ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — BleauLive Theater is going with a superstar well-versed in Strip productions.

“Keith Urban’s High in Vegas” runs for 10 shows in two segments, Oct. 4-12 and Feb. 14-22. The shows at Fontainebleau’s 3,800-capacity venue are booked by Live Nation Las Vegas in its exclusive partnership with the hotel.

After a series of ...Read more