‘Scream 7’ opens with a franchise-best .1 million in box-office win for Paramount

‘Scream 7’ opens with a franchise-best $64.1 million in box-office win for Paramount

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — “Scream” is still making a killing. Thirty years after the original slasher movie opened in theaters, “Scream 7” debuted with a franchise-best $64.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The bigger-than-expected opening is a win for Paramount, which on Friday announced its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. In…

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Q&A: K-pop girl group Twice exploded in the last decade. Then ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ came calling

Q&A: K-pop girl group Twice exploded in the last decade. Then ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ came calling

The only thing rarer than success in the global pop music industry is longevity. But K-pop girl group Twice make resilience look easy. Last year — Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung and Tzuyu — celebrated their 10th anniversary with the release of “TEN: The Story Goes On.” It’s mostly composed of solo…

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‘One Battle After Another’ wins at PGA Awards, setting up awards-season sweep

‘One Battle After Another’ wins at PGA Awards, setting up awards-season sweep

“One Battle After Another” remains undefeated. Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary drama took top honors Saturday night at the 37th annual Producers Guild Awards, setting it on course to triumph in two weeks at the Academy Awards. In winning the guild’s Daryl F. Zanuck award for best feature film, “One Battle After Another” is poised…

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Knight delivers joke during ‘SNL’ appearance featuring US men and women hockey gold medal winners

Knight delivers joke during ‘SNL’ appearance featuring US men and women hockey gold medal winners

This time it was Hilary Knight’s turn to provide a big laugh — with an assist from the “Saturday Night Live” writers — in the wake of a weeklong dust-up involving the United States women and men’s Olympic gold medal-winning hockey teams. Knight, the U.S. women’s captain, along with teammate Megan Keller and men’s team…

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Viola Davis receives prestigious Chairman’s prize at NAACP Image Awards

Viola Davis receives prestigious Chairman’s prize at NAACP Image Awards

LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viola Davis delivered a powerful speech about self-worth, resilience and collective progress on the 57th NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night, telling the audience that personal and national growth require confronting truth and hardship. “There is no becoming without healing and without a radical acceptance of one’s truth,”…

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