Academy Award-nominated actor James Earl Jones, who stuttered as a child, then burst forth to become one of America’s most recognized and articulate voices, has died.

Jones died Monday morning at his home in New York, his longtime agent Barry McPherson confirmed in a statement shared with The Times. A cause of death was not revealed. He was ...Read more

Jorge Ramos, long recognized as the best-known anchor for Spanish-language TV viewers in the U.S., is departing Univision at the end of the year.

TelevisaUnivision said Monday in a statement that the company and Ramos "mutually agreed" to not renew the anchor's contract.

Ramos, 66, has been on the most-watched Spanish language newscast, "...Read more

NEW YORK — John Mulaney is set to return to Broadway this winter in a comedy show co-produced by “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels and featuring a rotating cast of four actors.

The 42-year-old stand-up superstar and former “SNL” writer will lead “All In: Comedy About Love.” It’s scheduled to begin its 10-week run at ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kathy Bates is ready to leave Hollywood behind — after one last hurrah.

Bates, whose decades-long acting career has earned her an Oscar and a couple of Emmys, revealed that her retirement is imminent. The “American Horror Story” and “Misery” star said in a recent interview that her upcoming turn in CBS’ reboot of the...Read more

Having its world premiere Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival was "Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band," an up-close look at the preparations for the ongoing 2023-2024 world tour that reunited the star with his band after an extended hiatus along with rollicking concert footage once the tour is underway. The new ...Read more

ATLANTA — Ahead of his upcoming concert Monday evening in Atlanta, musician John Legend made a stop downtown to speak with voters about the importance of casting a ballot in this presidential election.

“It’s hard sometimes to see the path between my single vote and what’s going to happen in my life and the life of people in my community...Read more

TORONTO — Undoubtedly one of the most exciting and original films of the year is “Emilia Perez,” which is set to play at Toronto International Film Festival on Monday night. Directed by Jacques Audiard, the French master of mixing genres in films such as “A Prophet,” “Rust and Bone” and “The Sisters Brothers,” the film is a ...Read more

Selena Gomez said Monday she can’t carry a child due to medical issues that would put her and the child’s life in danger.

“I haven’t ever said this, but I unfortunately can’t carry my own children,” she told Vanity Fair in a story published Monday. “I have a lot of medical issues that would put my life and the baby’s in jeopardy...Read more

TORONTO — In “Vice Is Broke,” a documentary that premiered on opening night of the 2024 Toronto International Festival, Eddie Huang charts the rise and fall of the youth media company that started as a scrappy free publication in Montreal, became the irreverent bible of Brooklyn hipsters in the aughts and was eventually valued at billions ...Read more

The director who turned JD Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” into a 2020 Netflix film expressed his surprise and disappointment in Trump’s vice presidential nominee during a recent interview.

Ron Howard, 70, said during an interview with Deadline at the Toronto International Film Festival that politics wasn’t discussed that often while...Read more

Will Jennings, the Oscar-winning lyricist of "My Heart Will Go On" and "Up Where We Belong," has died. He was 80.

The songwriter died Friday at his home in Tyler, Texas, his agent Sam Schwartz of the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency confirmed to The Times. "May his memory be a blessing," he said of Jennings via email. No cause of death was disclosed.

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Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have become EGOT winners.

The duo won an Emmy on Sunday for “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” their original song co-written with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for “Only Murders in the Building” at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Pasek and Paul are the 20th and 21st people to reach EGOT status. Both 39...Read more

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs is is reportedly feeling the heat amid an ongoing criminal investigation by the Southern District of New York.

The feds, helped by the FBI, started investigating Combs in May when the video of the music mogul kicking and punching his former girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, was released.

“My behavior on ...Read more

Murder most foul is afoot again as Anthony Horowitz’s quirky characters return in “Moonflower Murders” on PBS Sunday. “Moonflower Murders” and the original series, “Magpie Murders,” are based on Horowitz’s books and, yes, there’s a third on the way.

“This one is called ‘The Marble Hall Murders,’” he says. “It is a ...Read more

Football season may have just begun, but the next Super Bowl halftime act is already set: Kendrick Lamar will headline the 2025 show, according to the announcement Sunday morning from Roc Nation, Apple Music and the NFL.

Super Bowl LIX will take place Feb. 9 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans and will air on Fox.

This will be the Grammy-...Read more

E Street Band member Patti Scialfa, who’s married to frontman Bruce Springsteen, said a rare form of blood cancer is to blame for her inconsistent appearances with the group in recent years.

The revelation came Sunday night at the Toronto Film Festival where “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band” premiered, according to ...Read more

DETROIT — Eminem is headed to the VMAs.

The Detroit rapper will open Wednesday's MTV Video Music Awards, the network announced Monday. He's due to perform as part of a lineup that includes Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Halsey, Shawn Mendes, GloRilla, Karol G, Camila Cabello and Lenny Kravitz.

Megan Thee Stallion, whom Eminem mentions in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Ringo Starr moseys up to the restaurant at the Sunset Marquis in a spotless white cowboy hat and matching white denim jacket.

The former Beatles drummer, 84, is at the hotel in West Hollywood shooting photos for a country record he's finishing up with producer T Bone Burnett — a kind of sequel, half a century later, to 1970's...Read more

It was a mere 25 years ago that "The Sopranos" debuted on HBO and set the clocks to zero on what some like to call television's Platinum Age.

Alex Gibney's two-part scrapbook documentary "Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos," which premiered Sept. 7, again on HBO, is, among other things, a sort of a triple profile of creator Chase, star ...Read more

One of the few scenes involving the Penguin in Matt Reeves' 2022 superhero crime thriller "The Batman" ended up on the cutting-room floor.

After a brief exchange with Selina Kyle at his nightclub, Oz Cobb, also known as the Penguin, can't help but lash out that his attempts at kindness were rejected.

"I know you don't see it yet. … Nobody ...Read more