ATLANTA — There are few media figures of the late 20th century who spent more time in front of cameras than Atlanta’s own Ted Turner. Journalists fell over themselves coming up with nicknames for the man known to have no filter and endless chutzpah: “Maverick Man,” “Mouth of the South,” “Captain Outrageous.”

Now in his twilight ...Read more

While gearing up for the long-awaited “Gladiator” sequel “Gladiator II,” you may be wondering, who is this Paul Mescal character and is he fit to wield the sword of Maximus? That is, of course, if you have not followed the ascent to stardom of the Irish actor over the past four years, which started with his breakout role in the series ...Read more

Taking a page from other workplace TV mockumentaries, NBC’s “St. Denis Medical” follows the overburdened staff of a hospital in Scranton. Sorry, I meant small-town Oregon. But if the rhythms and delivery mimic “The Office” at the outset, I’m willing to chalk that up to a new show needing time to find its footing. A more cynical ...Read more

Hearing the title “A Real Pain,” you can’t help but imagine a multi-camera sitcom or, perhaps, a disposable laugher starring Adam Sandler.

In reality, this second directorial feature from Jesse Eisenberg — who also wrote and co-stars in the film — is a thoughtful study of two characters dealing with sadness and depression in their own...Read more

There’s a moment in the middle of “Red One” — the Christmas-themed action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans — where you witness the movie just roll over and die. Time of death? A slap contest during Krampusnacht, in which a bunch of extras wearing rubber monster masks foraged from the set of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Netflix said Tuesday that it had reached 70 million monthly active users on its ad-supported plan, two years after launching its cheaper subscription tier that includes commercials.

That's up from May, when the company reported having 40 million monthly users on the ad version.

The Los Gatos, Calif., streamer has also been ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The distance from Pechanga Arena San Diego to Humphreys Concerts by the Bay is only 3.8 miles, but for pop-music sensation Sabrina Carpenter, the two venues could almost be on different planets.

The former Disney TV star drew a capacity audience of 1,450 to Humphreys for her April 2023 show at the intimate outdoor venue. Her eye-...Read more

ATLANTA — SweetWater 420 Fest is returning in 2025 with a lineup mixing classic and more current jam bands, hip-hop, rock and Americana acts including Cypress Hill, the Revivalists, Greensky Bluegrass, Drive-By Truckers and Marcus King.

The festival, which debuted in 2005, is returning to Kirkwood’s Pullman Yards, where it moved last year. ...Read more

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

NOVEMBER

12: Adam the First

12: Blue Christmas

12: Chosen Family

12: Country Rain

12: Criminal Minds: Evolution - Season 17

12: Holiday Twist

12: Hounds of War

12: Parish

12: Star Trek: Prodigy - Season 2

12: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja...Read more

A spectral sequel three decades in the making tops the DVD releases for the week of Nov. 19.

"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice": Thirty-six years after the bio-exorcist and the Deetz family charmed audiences, Beetlejuice and Lydia are back to close some doors and settle some scores. Tim Burton returns to direct, as do actors Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder...Read more

Ambition, as we see in HBO’s prequel series “Dune: Prophecy,” is a tool that cuts both ways. Wielded with precision, it can lead to salvation; wielded recklessly, ruin awaits. That trait, in all its variations, forms the core of the phenomenal “Prophecy,” which is set 10,000 years before the events of the 2021 movie “Dune” and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — "Am I still capable of this?"

Jason Alexander has been asking himself this very question while preparing to star in "Fiddler on the Roof" at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts — his first stage musical role in decades.

"I'm 65 years old, playing a character that, if you crunch the math, should be about 40," he told The...Read more

Yale University will teach a course about Beyonce‘s political and cultural impact next spring.

The pop superstar, who topped the 2025 Grammy nominations list with 11 nods last week, will be the centerpiece of a new course offered by the humanities and arts department, focusing on her work from her 2013 self-titled album to her most recent ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Being a professional musician often means an unpredictable paycheck. Even for an internationally famous one like Dr. Fink of Prince & the Revolution.

Fink, a Twin Cities keyboardist/producer/composer, is selling 54 lots at auction this week of his Purple memorabilia and instruments — including an unreleased Prince album, rare ...Read more

For Lashana Lynch, playing singer, philanthropist and cultural icon Rita Marley was always going to be daunting. The British actor has Jamaican roots, and the wife of reggae god Bob Marley is a hero of her mother’s. You could say Lynch, Rita Marley and those expectations got together and felt all right in “Bob Marley: One Love.” The actor ...Read more

Art Garfunkel says he’s rekindling his bond with estranged Simon & Garfunkel bandmate Paul Simon, after decades of on-and-off tensions.

The 83-year-old singer reflected on his partnership with Simon, saying in a recent interview that he had shed tears upon reconnecting with Simon over lunch. “First time we’d been together in many years. I...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sting sits in a trailer at September's Ohana Festival in Dana Point with two important questions before him: which songs to perform during that night's headlining set and which pair of underwear to do it in.

"I'm not sure what color to wear," he says, nodding toward a rainbow of Calvin Klein boxer-briefs arrayed on a countertop....Read more

NEW YORK — Veteran journalist Chris Wallace is exiting CNN three years after joining from Fox News.

"Chris Wallace is one of the most respected political journalists in the news business with a unique track record across radio, print, broadcast television, cable television and streaming," CNN Chairman and Chief Executive Mark Thompson said ...Read more

The mockumentary form, which once seemed a refreshing innovation, has become a standard element in the sitcom toolkit. (While disappearing from the movies, where it was born.) Indeed, younger viewers may not remember a world without it. Counterintuitively, it’s formally conservative; whatever the subject, one mockumentary now looks quite a bit...Read more

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly have a baby on the way.

The “Transformers” star posted news of her pregnancy on Instagram with a photo of herself covered in black paint sporting a baby bump, accompanied by a positive pregnancy test.

“Nothing is ever really lost,” she captioned those images. “Welcome back.”

Fox spoke about a ...Read more