Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is a “Heat” pastiche that, even if it falls well shy of its Michael Mann blueprint, has some basic appeal going for it. Los Angeles crime movies are fun. Chris Hemsworth looks good in a suit. And we’re all suckers for savvy criminals with good escape routes. Just as Robert De…
LONDON — Those winning a prize at the upcoming British Academy Film Awards will bag a coveted bronze mask trophy — and get a bit of an arm workout taking it home. Along with the honor of being named the best of the year in the industry, winners at the BAFTA ceremony on Feb. 22…
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Coming to this weekend’s NBA All-Star Game: John Tesh and “Roundball Rock,” being performed live. Tesh will play the song to introduce Sunday’s All-Star Game, which will be aired on NBC and Peacock, the NBA said Wednesday while unveiling the musical performances for the weekend. Ludacris, the three-time Grammy winner, will be…
The British Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr. and his brother Wale were both toddlers when their father died. As adults, they could hardly remember him. Then Wale had an idea for movie. What if, by some movie miracle, they had gotten to spend a day with their dad? In “My Father’s Shadow,” the Davies brothers…
NEW YORK — Oscar-winner Michael Douglas will have a memoir out this fall, a “raw, sweeping” account he says will illuminate his storied personal and professional lives. “After being asked for many years, I’ve finally decided it’s time to tell my story on my own terms,” Douglas said in a statement released Wednesday through Grand…
TUCSON, Ariz. — A person has been detained for questioning in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, officials said Tuesday, offering another potential break in a case that has gripped the nation for more than a week. Deputies detained the person during a traffic stop south of Tucson on Tuesday, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s…
NEW YORK — With more than 50 years in fashion, Ralph Lauren is still looking for adventure. Lauren took his celebrity guests on an adventure into the English countryside Tuesday for his fall 2026 runway show. Set amid the beaux arts architecture of the Clock Tower building in Manhattan, Lauren delivered a stylish take on…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Nearly all of the 230 people up for Oscars across 24 categories gathered Tuesday for the Academy Award nominees luncheon, an event that functions as a celebration, group portrait session and orientation for next month’s big ceremony. Nominees including Jessie Buckley, Timothée Chalamet, Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler and Emma Stone…
Grammy-winning singer Chappell Roan has left the talent agency led by entertainment industry executive and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics chair Casey Wasserman, who appears in recently released government files on Jeffrey Epstein. Wasserman has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, but documents released by the Justice Department revealed that in 2003,…
MEXICO CITY — When Bad Bunny said “God bless America” during the Super Bowl halftime show and then began naming countries across the continent, the line landed as both wordplay and statement. In Spanish, América often means the entire hemisphere, not a single nation, and the distinction mattered to millions watching from afar. In a…
