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Sundance Film Festival unveils lineup for 2023 edition

Sundance Film Festival unveils lineup for 2023 edition

Documentaries about Brooke Shields, Judy Blume and Michael J.
Top TV '22: The Slap, congressional docudrama and royal loss

Top TV '22: The Slap, congressional docudrama and royal loss

NEW YORK (AP) — In a year marked by unexpected winners and losers, television was keeping tabs. A Hollywood star tarnished his image and that of the Oscars . A battered country stood up to an invader, again and again. The Jan.
Sharpton says film debuts at 'critical point' in US politics

Sharpton says film debuts at 'critical point' in US politics

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton has been called a lot of names in his public life: a hustler, a racist, an opportunist, a fraud, a rat, a jester.
Microsoft strikes 10-year deal with Nintendo on Call of Duty

Microsoft strikes 10-year deal with Nintendo on Call of Duty

LONDON (AP) — Microsoft agreed Wednesday to make the hit video game Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 years should its $69 billion purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard go through — an apparent attempt to fend off objections from rival S
AGO exhibition aims for an 'intimate conversation' on Leonard Cohen's creative life

AGO exhibition aims for an 'intimate conversation' on Leonard Cohen's creative life

TORONTO — While much is known about Leonard Cohen's legacy as a writer, singer and artist, a new exhibition offers a more intimate reflection on his creative process.
Making 'indie' video games gets trickier as industry evolves

Making 'indie' video games gets trickier as industry evolves

Video game developer Ben Esposito’s first big break was a quirky game called Donut County starring a raccoon who dropped small objects and then entire neighborhoods into an ever-growing hole in the ground.
'Expressive times': Publishing industry an open book in 2022

'Expressive times': Publishing industry an open book in 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — In 2022, the story of book publishing was often the industry itself. Penguin Random House's attempt to purchase Simon & Schuster ended up in a Washington, D.C.
Dissident artist Weiwei says China unrest won't alter regime

Dissident artist Weiwei says China unrest won't alter regime

MONTEMOR-O-NOVO, Portugal (AP) — Dissident Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is taking heart from recent public protests in China over the authorities’ strict COVID-19 policy, but he doesn’t see them bringing about any significant political chang
Jazzy 'Charlie Brown Christmas' swings on after 57 years

Jazzy 'Charlie Brown Christmas' swings on after 57 years

NEW YORK (AP) — The Mendelson family would love to find the envelope where their father, Lee, scribbled some lyrics to jazz musician Vince Guaraldi's composition “Christmas Time is Here” for an animated TV special featuring the “Peanuts” gang in 1965
Brendan Fraser is back. But to him, 'I was never far away'

Brendan Fraser is back. But to him, 'I was never far away'

NEW YORK (AP) — In a darkened hotel room in New York's Soho neighborhood, Brendan Fraser kindly greets a reporter with an open plastic bag in his hand.
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