National Entertainment

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Twisters 2. Bad Boys: Ride or Die 3. Beetlejuice 4. Despicable Me 4 5. Inside Out 2 6. Trap 7. A Quiet Place: Day One 8. Longlegs 9. The Crow (2024) 10.

Movie origin stories finally reach their nadir this week with “Transformers One,” the super-violent, toy-selling vehicle that tells the tale of how Optimus Prime and Megatron went from besties to foes. Did anyone ask for this? Did Wile E.

TORONTO — While many believe Drake came up short in his lyrical feud with Kendrick Lamar, he's claimed a major victory at the 2024 SOCAN Awards.

NEW YORK (AP) — Édgar Barrera — the producer and songwriter known for his work with such artists as Madonna, Karol G, Peso Pluma, Shakira , Grupo Frontera and beyond — leads the Latin Grammy nominations for a second year in a row.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston 's epic concert in South Africa staged after President Nelson Mandela's landmark election will be hitting theater screens this fall.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy" Combs was expected to appear before a federal judge in New York on Tuesday after his indictment on undisclosed criminal charges.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is launching her own radio talk show next week on SiriusXM that's set to air once a week at least through the inauguration of a new president.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy" Combs , the hip-hop mogul who has faced a stream of allegations by women accusing him of sexual assault, was arrested late Monday in New York after he was indicted by a federal grand jury.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Rupert Murdoch and four of his children on Monday went before a Nevada probate commissioner behind closed doors to an evidentiary hearing that could decide who controls Murdoch's media empire after his death.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmys telecast on ABC reached nearly 7 million viewers, a jump of more than 50%from the record low of the last ceremony in January and the biggest audience since 2021, according to numbers released Monday by the network.