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Today in History: August 30, Shackelton’s Endurance crew rescued
Today is Saturday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2025. There are 123 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Aug. 30, 1916, on his fourth attempt, explorer Ernest Shackelton successfully returned to Elephant Island in Antarctica to rescue…
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ premieres at Venice with Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi arrived at the Venice Film Festival Saturday for the world premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” the kickoff to what's expected to be the film's major awards season push.
Isaac…
Taylor Kitsch’s ‘The Terminal List’ character gets an origin story in ‘The…
Taylor Kitsch's character ends up a villain in 2022's Chris Pratt-led series, “The Terminal List,” and in a new series, viewers learn how he got that way.
“The Terminal List: Dark Wolf," now streaming on Prime Video, is set about five years…
Music Review: Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ is a sincere but still…
If Sabrina Carpenter's “Short n' Sweet” celebrated the start of a romantic relationship, the pop sensation's seventh studio album, “Man's Best Friend,” is where it all comes undone in messy pieces.
The former Disney Channel star has risen…
A Broadway show asks a white actor to replace an Asian one. The backlash was swift
NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway rom-com “Maybe Happy Ending” isn't in a very happy place these days. A casting controversy threatens to dampen the show's post-Tony Award-winning glow.
The strife began when producers of the South Korea-based…
Julia Roberts’ ‘After the Hunt’ stirs #MeToo debate at Venice Film Festival
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Julia Roberts and filmmaker Luca Guadagnino faced pointed questions about complicity and undermining the feminist movement at a news conference for “After the Hunt” on Friday at the Venice Film Festival.
The film, set…
Music Review: Hayley Williams’ fierce ‘Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party’ is her…
“Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party" is the Hayley Williams album listeners have been waiting for — whether they realize it or not.
Twenty years ago, the teenage emo band Paramore wrote and recorded their first song, “Conspiracy,” recalling…
A look into the Bleak House auction items Guillermo del Toro had the hardest time letting go of
Guillermo del Toro has made his mark in horror and built a hefty memorabilia collection along the way. The filmmaker announced Thursday he's teaming up with Heritage Auctions to auction hundreds of the 5,000 items in his collection. The…
Guillermo del Toro almost lost his movie memorabilia in a wildfire. Now, he’s letting some of…
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Many fled when wildfires devastated Los Angeles earlier this year, but Guillermo del Toro rushed back in, determined to save his lifelong collection of horror memorabilia.
It's the same loyalty that finds him…
For Yorgos Lanthimos, new Emma Stone film ‘Bugonia’ isn’t a dystopia. It’s real
VENICE, Italy (AP) — In the new Yorgos Lanthimos film “Bugonia,” a disturbed, conspiracy obsessed man kidnaps the head of a pharmaceutical company and tortures her in an attempt to save humanity. The kidnapper, played by Jesse Plemons,…
UK actor Micheal Ward granted bail over rape and sexual assault charges
LONDON (AP) — British actor Micheal Ward was granted bail Thursday after appearing at a central London court to face charges of rape and sexual assault.
The 27-year-old, who has starred in the Netflix crime drama “Top Boy,” faces two counts…
Today in History: August 28, MLK delivers “I Have a Dream” speech
Today is Thursday, Aug. 28, the 240th day of 2025. There are 125 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech before an…
ABC’s Robin Roberts retraces her post-Hurricane Katrina journey back to hometown
Revisiting the time she broke down on “Good Morning America” while covering Hurricane Katrina's destruction of her hometown Pass Christian, Mississippi, Robin Roberts said she feared losing her job.
Only three months after she was named a…
George Clooney rallies and makes glamorous ‘Jay Kelly’ Venice premiere after sinus infection
VENICE, Italy (AP) — In “Jay Kelly,” George Clooney plays a very George Clooney-esque movie star on a self-reflective journey through Europe. The film, which is premiering Thursday night at the Venice Film Festival, explores heady questions…
Book Review: In ‘All This Could Be Yours,’ a novelist on book tour is stalked by a…
Author Hank Phillippi Ryan has written a crime novel titled “All This Could Be Yours” about an author on tour to promote a crime novel titled “All This Could Be Yours.” As Ryan says in an endnote, it’s very meta.
The fictional author is…
Movie Review: Murder, she solved — Helen Mirren channels Angela Lansbury in ‘Thursday Murder…
First of all, is this really what retirement looks like?
If so, perhaps we should all sign up, no matter our age. In “The Thursday Murder Club,” an amiable, cozy, pleasantly entertaining adaptation of Richard Osman’s mystery novel, the…
Music Review: Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ is a sincere but still…
If Sabrina Carpenter's “Short n' Sweet” celebrated the start of a romantic relationship, the pop sensation's seventh studio album, “Man's Best Friend,” is where it all comes undone in messy pieces.
The former Disney Channel star has risen…
Music Review: Hayley Williams’ fierce ‘Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party’ is her…
“Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party" is the Hayley Williams album listeners have been waiting for — whether they realize it or not.
Twenty years ago, the teenage emo band Paramore wrote and recorded their first song, “Conspiracy,” recalling…
Venice Film Festival set to begin as activists hope to shift the spotlight to Gaza
VENICE, Italy (AP) — As the Venice Film Festival kicks off this week, activists hope to redirect the spotlight from the Hollywood stars arriving on the Lido to Gaza, with an anti-war demonstration planned for one of the festival’s biggest…
Music Review: Irish pop singer CMAT’s ‘Euro-Country,’ is smart, energetic, cheeky pop
Seven years ago, Irish singer CMAT (born Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson) received life-changing advice from a fellow rising pop star. Charli xcx urged her to dump her boyfriend and take making music seriously. It turns out that Charli knows…
Mariah the Scientist’s ‘Hearts Sold Separately’ mixes love potions and pensive…
NEW YORK (AP) — If you were surprised when Mariah the Scientist’s “Burning Blue” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s rhythmic airplay chart, you weren’t alone.
“It’s shocking. It’s almost like impostor syndrome, feeling, ’I have a number one song on…
Ciara reinforces her passion for music with ‘CiCi.’ The album is her first since 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Ciara will deliver a new bundle of joy on Friday, but it’s not the fifth child her husband publicly flirts with her about.
“It’s time. Honestly, I’ve been working on this album for almost five years,” said the R&B-pop…
Brent Hinds, former Mastodon singer-guitarist, dies at 51 in motorcycle crash
Brent Hinds, the former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning heavy metal band Mastodon, has died in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta, the band and authorities said. He was 51.
Hinds was killed while riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle…
Music Review: Jon Batiste opts for chill vibe on stripped-down album, ‘Big Money’
On “Big Money,” Super Bowl-sized singer Jon Batiste opts for a surprisingly intimate sound.
The just over 32-minute, nine-song set will be released Friday, and it’s not nearly as loud as the New Orleans' jazzman's eye-popping wardrobe. The…
