National Entertainment

LONDON — Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says she is returning an award from a human rights group linked to the Kennedy family after the president of the organization criticized her comments about transgender issues.

Angel Olsen, “Whole New Mess” (Jagjaguwar) If you’re looking for something completely new from Angel Olsen, “Whole New Mess” isn’t it. But if you’re looking for something raw, vulnerable and piercing, this album delivers.

CHICAGO — The lawyer for R. Kelly said Thursday the R&B singer, who is awaiting trial on child pornography and other charges, was assaulted by a fellow detainee at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago.

NEW YORK — To listen to television pundits wrapping up the Republican convention and evaluating President Donald Trump's acceptance speech, the nation heads into the fall campaign as divided as it ever was.

While the fall weather is certain to send many of us back indoors in September, a promising lineup of streaming entertainment could make saying farewell to patio season a bit easier.

I went in fresh to “Tenet.” I didn’t have any real sense of the plot, yes, but it's more that it had been some five months since I was last in a movie theatre .

LOS ANGELES — An optimistic NBC said Thursday it will bring “This Is Us” and other scripted series back in November despite the TV industry's coronavirus-caused production shutdown that's only beginning to ease.

1. “Midnight Sun” by Stephenie Meyer (Little by Brown Books for Young Readers) 2. “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle (The Dial Press) 3. “Live Free or Die” by Sean Hannity (Threshold Editions) 4. “Caste” by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House) 5.

LOS ANGELES — Robin Thede’s face lights up when she hears that the deliciously clever humour of her “A Black Lady Sketch Show” provokes a laugh-out-loud response. “That means the most.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A man hit a security guard in the head and threatened to kill him at Epcot theme park when he was asked to follow Disney World's mask rules, sheriff's officials said. Enrico Toro, 35, was arrested Aug.