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Billie Eilish takes top prize at American Music Awards
"Birds of a Feather" singer Billie Eilish landed the top honor on Monday at the American Music Awards, winning artist of the year in Las Vegas at a red-carpet ceremony that celebrated winners selected by fan votes. Pop singer Eilish claimed the artist prize over Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Morgan… Read
Filmmaker Panahi cheered on return to Iran after Cannes triumph
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was given a hero's welcome by supporters on his return to Tehran on Monday after winning the top prize at the Cannes film festival, footage posted on social media showed. After being banned from leaving Iran for years, forced to make films underground and enduring spells… Read
In Netflix's 'The Eternaut,' an Argentine comic goes global as dystopia hits home
A group of friends gather to play cards in their host’s cozy home when the power cuts. Cell phones die. An eerie snow falls all over the city, killing everyone it touches. The friends struggle to survive, their panic replaced by a growing awareness that humanity itself is at stake.… Read
Demi Lovato marries singer-songwriter Jordan 'Jutes' Lutes in California
Demi Lovato is officially married. The musician-actor, 32, tied the knot with Canadian singer-songwriter Jordan “Jutes” Lutes, 34, on Sunday in California, as first exclusively reported by Vogue. The couple met while working on Lovato's last album, 2022's “Holy Fvck," and dated for nearly two years before Lutes proposed in… Read
Paul Reubens tells his story in ‘Pee-wee as Himself.’ Here's how it came together after his death
Paul Reubens did not tell his director that he was dying. On July 31, 2023, the news of Reubens' death came as a shock to documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf, who had spent a year trying to convince him to make the ambitious two-part documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” now streaming on… Read
What to Stream: 'Mountainhead,' Bono documentary and Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel play sisters
“Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong’s satirical drama “Mountainhead” and Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel playing dysfunctional siblings in the murder thriller series “The Better Sister” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time, as selected… Read
'Lilo & Stich' teams with Tom Cruise and 'Mission Impossible' for monster Memorial Day weekend
“Lilo & Stich” teamed with Tom Cruise for a monster Memorial Day box office weekend. Disney's live action version of “Lilo & Stich” earned a staggering $145.5 million in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, the second biggest domestic opening of the year after “A Minecraft Movie.” The… Read
Bruce Springsteen's lyrical view of America has long included politics — even more so as he ages
Even as his fame and wealth have soared over the decades, Bruce Springsteen has retained the voice of the working class' balladeer, often weighing in on politics — most notably when he was a regular presence on Barack Obama's presidential campaign. This month, though, his music and public statements have… Read
Japanese filmmaker Fukada casts queasy gaze on J-pop idols
Exploitative contracts that force young female Japanese pop stars to forego relationships and sex are at the heart of director Koji Fukada's latest film, which has premiered in Cannes. The 45-year-old director said he was inspired by a news report about a Japanese "idol", as the starlets are known, who… Read
Iranian filmmaker Panahi urges 'freedom' as he wins Cannes top prize
Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, using his acceptance speech to urge his country to unite for "freedom". The latest film from the 64-year-old, "It Was Just an Accident", tells the tale of five ordinary Iranians confronted with… Read
