Earlier this year I came across a two-frame comic strip that I enjoyed so much I printed it out and taped it to the corner of my desk.

In the first frame, an office worker delightedly tells a colleague: “AI turns this single bullet point into a long email I can pretend I wrote.” In the second, the recipient of that email responds: “AI ...Read more

“It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni sued The New York Times for $250 million on Tuesday over its explosive report alleging a smear campaign against co-lead Blake Lively after she claimed she’d been harassed on set.

Filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by Baldoni and nine other plaintiffs, the suit alleges the Times took ...Read more

Podcaster and rapper Joe Budden has been charged with lewdness in New Jersey after his neighbor reportedly saw him naked on their doorbell camera trying to enter their apartment.

The alleged incident happened at an apartment complex in Edgewater around 7:21 a.m. on Dec. 4, and was first made public by police on Monday.

“The (doorbell camera)...Read more

Burglars broke into the home of Marvel and “Barbie” star Simu Liu over the weekend, according to reports published Monday.

The intruders smashed a glass door around 11 p.m. Friday and began rooting around the Southern California home, sources told TMZ. Liu, 35, was not home at the time.

In fact, Liu’s home is being remodeled and nothing ...Read more

NEW YORK — Television news anchor Aaron Brown, known best for his coverage of the 9/11 attacks live on CNN, has died. He was 76.

Brown died Sunday, his family told CNN in a statement on Tuesday. The circumstances of his death remained unclear.

Though Brown had a lengthy career in and around TV journalism, he was best known to the American ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A new lawsuit accuses Jared Gutstadt, an L.A. music publishing and podcast executive who founded the firms Audio Up and Jingle Punks, of raping and assaulting one of his company's songwriters.

In the suit, filed Dec. 31 in Los Angeles Superior Court, Mary Koons (known professionally as Scarlett Burke), alleges that Gutstadt ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In January 1974, Jimmy Carter — then the governor of Georgia — hosted a post-concert reception for Bob Dylan at the Governor's Mansion in Atlanta. Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers Band was on the guest list, but he had been rehearsing in Macon an hour and a half away and arrived after midnight to barely make it in the door...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Heading into 2025, "Bling Empire: New York" star and jewelry designer Lynn Ban is feeling "grateful and blessed" after her life almost changed "in a blink of an eye."

The reality TV personality, 51, disclosed Monday that she underwent emergency brain surgery after a skiing accident on Christmas Eve. Ban detailed the accident and...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia Public Broadcasting is introducing a brand new logo for the new year, along with a five-year strategic plan.

Bert Wesley Huffman, who took over as chief executive officer of the statewide public media operation last year from a retired Teya Ryan, has had to grapple with cutbacks from the state Legislature and an increasingly...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The biggest moment in Philly television arrives early in the new year with a crossover episode of "Abbott Elementary" and "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia" airing on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

Fans are eagerly speculating about what high jinks will unravel as the gang from "Sunny" — Charlie (Charlie Day), Mac (Rob McElhenney), ...Read more

Brad Pitt is reportedly looking to get married for the third time, this time to his 32-year-old girlfriend Ines de Ramon, so he’s “relieved” that he and Angelina Jolie have finally settled their bitter, eight-year divorce battle, which included allegations of domestic violence and his reported estrangement from several of his six children....Read more

For years, before the stop-motion animation wizards of England’s Aardman Animations introduced themselves to a mass audience with the feature film “Chicken Run” in 2000, they had been delighting fans with award-winning short films starring the mild-mannered duo of British inventor and cheese lover Wallace and his faithful dog, Gromit.

The...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Why the waltz? What gives with this senescent New Year’s tradition of still waltzing 200 years since the birth of the dance’s greatest maker, Johann Strauss II?

One simple answer is that this longest-running popular dance is a simple thing. The structure of the waltz is little more than movement in three-four time, a very ...Read more

As a reward for surviving 2024, here’s a gift from the heavens for all of us: a new Wallace and Gromit movie called “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,” with plot points involving turnips, Wellington boots, garden gnomes, a knitted onesie complete with tie and vest, and the return of a scheming villain named Feathers McGraw who’s ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — As in previous years, some of the biggest concert tours of 2025 are skipping San Diego, including those by Kendrick Lamar, Metallica, Usher, AC/DC, Coldplay, Linkin Park, Rod Stewart, Heart, Katy Perry, Alan Jackson, Jack White and Dua Lipa.

But there will still be ample live-music options here, among them concerts by everyone ...Read more

When it comes to television in 2025, the theme seems to be a return to familiarity: a revival of “King of the Hill,” Noah Wyle back in the ER and a bonanza of new seasons for returning shows ranging from the soul-searing “The Last of Us” to the highly praised “The White Lotus.” There are some promising new shows on the horizon, too, ...Read more

Dolly Parton believes humour has been a "big key" to her long-lasting marriage.

The '9 to 5' hitmaker has been married to Carl Dean for 58 years and she thinks the fact they can always "find the humour", even in the toughest of times, has helped them stay together.

She told Closer magazine: "He has a good sense of humour, as do I, and I think ...Read more

Ariana Grande thinks she'd have "ended up in an insane asylum" if she hadn't done so much preparation for 'Wicked'.

The 'Thank U, Next' hitmaker portrays Glinda in the two-part adaptation of the beloved musical and she was determined to win the role on merit by pushing herself to the limit.

She recently told Britain's HELLO! Magazine: "There ...Read more

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner reportedly spent Christmas together.

The 52-year-old Hollywood star was married to '13 Going on 30' actress Jennifer, also 52, from 2005 until 2018 and has Violet, 19, Fin, 15, as well as 12-year-old Samuel with her but despite their split, insiders have claimed that they spent the holidays together for the sake ...Read more