ATLANTA — The perils of working at a high school in 2024 are on full display in the new FX on Hulu comedy “English Teacher,” set in Austin, Texas, but shot in metro Atlanta earlier this year.

Brian Jordan Alvarez plays Evan Marquez, a likable teacher at a suburban school, who regularly tangles with the principal and other teachers over ...Read more

DENVER — The idea behind “The Wild Robot” sounds like a paradox: An artificially intelligent machine transforms itself into an emotional creature after exposure to the wilderness.

Those emotions are not a malfunction, but rather a result of natural evolution for our android protagonist, Roz. In author Peter Brown’s hit book, and now the...Read more

Iliza Shlesinger began her comedy career as a sassy, smart stand-up comic who won the NBC reality show “Last Comic Standing” in 2008 at 25.

Over the past 16 years, she has become a mom of two, with an array of comedy specials and a successful podcast that have grown her fan base.

She also is prepping for her next stand-up special, set to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Wherever filmmaker Becky Muikia goes, she brings the stories of her native Kenya with her.

They came with her to the NBA All-Star weekend, where her media and communications company showed its short film "Jumping for Change" about a Kenyan girls basketball team that fights gender norms.

And this summer, they traveled to Los ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — For many years, Crowded House had singer-guitarist Neil Finn and bassist Nick Seymour as its only permanent members, with hired guns coming and going as needed for tours and recording sessions.

But in time, Finn says, a trio of very familiar faces returned again and again. His musician sons Liam and Elroy felt natural on ...Read more

MIAMI — It’s been 40 years since “Miami Vice” first took custody of our TV sets, but Don Johnson remembers starring in the iconic show like it was yesterday.

Mostly, he remembers the fans. Especially the female starstruck ones, who had a major crush on the blonde hunk.

Who could blame them? His character, pastel-wearing GQ man/...Read more

YFN Lucci is alive and well after rumors of his death in prison, his lawyer has confirmed to The Times.

The 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rayshawn Lamar Bennett, in January pleaded guilty to a gang-related charge after reaching a deal with prosecutors nearly three years after he was indicted on murder, gang and racketeering charges in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — "Reservoir Dogs" star Michael Madsen has filed for divorce from his wife of 26 years.

The actor, who has appeared in several Quentin Tarantino films, cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. But, he said, there's more to it.

The filing comes about a month after Madsen was arrested in Malibu following a ...Read more

Country music star Zach Bryan revealed how he really feels about Taylor Swift, after he compared the pop diva to Kanye West in a since-deleted tweet.

Bryan, a 28-year-old Country Music Association Awards nominee, shared his opinions on sports and music earlier this week, tweeting "eagles > chiefs" and "Kanye > Taylor," according to a screenshot...Read more

Country singer Zach Bryan has his tail between his legs as he issues an apology for a since-deleted drunken tweet referencing the long-standing feud between Taylor Swift and Kanye West.

The “Something in the Orange” crooner, 28, apologized via multiple Instagram stories Thursday morning, two days after tweeting about his fellow Grammy ...Read more

NEW YORK — Former Bad Boy records rapper Shyne is speaking out amidst Sean “Diddy” Combs’ recent arrest.

As Combs was being denied bail Wednesday, the musician turned politician from Belize held a press conference to speak on his negative experience with his former boss. Shyne, whose real name is Moses Michael Levi Barrow, says the hip-...Read more

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A whirlwind China tour by Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — has brought a much-needed economic boost, both to a country struggling to lift consumer spending and a musician whose controversies have hurt his business at home.

The Grammy Award-winning musician's Sunday show in Haikou, the capital of China's southern Hainan...Read more

That’s twice now, for filmmaker and producer Matt Reeves. First he directed “The Batman,” the 2022 Batman movie we didn’t know we needed. Now, as executive producer, he has handed off the creative chores to others for “The Penguin,” an even more improbably compelling DC Comics-derived spinoff, with Colin Farrell as Gotham’s ...Read more

ATLANTA — Music legend Stevie Wonder announced a brief U.S. tour on Wednesday to unite the world ahead of the upcoming presidential election.

The string of shows, titled “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart,” will begin in Pittsburgh on Oct. 8 and conclude Oct. 30 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Tickets go on sale Friday, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee has stepped down from her executive role to focus on leading the "Frozen" franchise, Walt Disney Co. said Thursday.

"Zootopia" and "Encanto" director Jared Bush has been named as her replacement. The change is effective immediately.

Bush has worked at Disney ...Read more

BALTIMORE — There will be no Maryland love connection on “The Golden Bachelorette,” which premiered Wednesday night on ABC with 24 suitors vying for the affections of 61-year-old Joan Vassos.

The Maryland grandmother sent home six bachelors on the first episode, including Pablo, a 63-year-old retired U.N. agency director originally from ...Read more

ATLANTA — Metallica is ready to rock Atlanta for the first time in nearly four years

The band will play on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies will open for Metallica on this particular stop of the tour, which starts in Las Vegas April 12 and concludes in Denver June 29.

Tickets go on sale at 10 ...Read more

There is a mind-numbing thud that greets the arrival of each new entry in the live-action "Transformers" franchise, so it's a relief to say that "Transformers One" finds the robots back in their optimal, animated form.

As origin stories go, director Josh Cooley's breezy, action-packed genesis tale reintroduces Optimus Prime, Megatron and the ...Read more

Nothing brings people together quite like the death of a loved one. But also, nothing brings out the small slights, simmering resentments and long-term emotional connections quite like the death of a loved one.

The new film "His Three Daughters" explores all of that in acute, observant detail. Written and directed by Azazel Jacobs, the film ...Read more