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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood writers picketing to preserve pay and job security outside major studios and streamers braced for a long fight at the outset of a strike that immediately forced late-night shows into hiatus, put other productions on pause

The day Christopher Nolan called Cillian Murphy about his new film, “ Oppenheimer ,” Murphy hung up the phone in disbelief. The Irish actor, though a regular presence in Nolan films going back almost two decades, had always been a supporting player.

TORONTO — Sylvia Tyson saw something special in a young and unknown Gordon Lightfoot on the night she caught one of his sets in the mid-1960s.

Canadian producers say spending on film and TV productions leapt by a record 28 per cent during the second year of the pandemic.

NEW YORK (AP) — Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan, “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius and the late George Michael have all been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with Kate Bush also finally reaching the top of that h

ROME (AP) — A meticulously reconstructed Pompeii bridal chariot that eluded the ancient city’s modern-day looters is a star of an ambitious new exhibition in Rome, which invites viewers to reflect on today's connections with classical Roman and Greek

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man charged after a shot was fired into the lobby of a Memphis television station has faced mental health challenges for much of his life, his mother said.

The 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike Tuesday after negotiations with Hollywood studios that began in March failed to result in an agreement.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dystopian storytelling goes underground this month with the arrival of Apple TV+'s “Silo,” a gripping, ambitious tale of Earth's last population living far below the surface.

When Ivo van Hove first discussed his “very dark” vision of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with his cast at the Metropolitan Opera, the leading man had doubts.