National Entertainment

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A global version of “America's Got Talent” that will bring together past contestants from the U.S. show and other countries is coming to NBC.

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National Security Council spokesman John Kirby; Mike Mullen, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Reps. Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.

Cate Blanchett has heard the line before. “I wrote this part for you" is a director-actor pickup line, she said. It is not usually to be believed.

VANCOUVER — Anthony Shim's coming-of-age drama "Riceboy Sleeps" is proving to be a hit on the festival circuit, taking home the Best Canadian Film Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

LONDON — British police have fined dozens of people for breaking coronavirus restrictions after officers found 150 guests packed into an illegal nightclub in England over the weekend.

LONDON — A daughter of Dubai's powerful ruler who tried to flee the country in 2018 only to be detained by commandos in a boat off India has re-emerged in new videos published Tuesday, saying she doesn't know if she's “going to survive this situation

NEW YORK — Tyler Perry and Bill and Hillary Clinton are among the attendees of a private memorial service for Cicely Tyson at Harlem's famed Abyssinian Baptist Church.

NEW YORK — Salsa idol Johnny Pacheco, who was a co-founder of Fania Records, Eddie Palmieri’s bandmate and backer of music stars such as Rubén Bladés, Willie Colón and Celia Cruz, died Monday. He was 85.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 21-27 Feb. 21: Actor Gary Lockwood (“2001: A Space Odyssey”) is 84. Actor-director Richard Beymer (“West Side Story,” “Twin Peaks”) is 80. Actor Peter McEnery is 81.

LLEIDA, Spain — A 24-hour standoff between police and a rapper barricaded with dozens of his supporters in a university ended Tuesday with anti-riot officers arresting the artist.