FIFA has announced a star-studded lineup for the closing ceremony of the World Cup.

Media advocates have reacted with alarm to subpoenas issued to five New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns about the new Air Force One.

A Jay-Z concert at Yankee Stadium was delayed for hours after hundreds of fans without tickets tried to push their way into the show, forcing the iconic New York City stadium to temporarily close entrances before the rapper could take the stage after midnight.

Anya Taylor-Joy stars in “Lucky,” a new Apple TV crime thriller set in the California desert.

Fans and fellow actors are mourning the passing of Sam Neill, who died after being diagnosed with a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Sam Neill, the elegant and versatile actor who moved from art films to blockbusters like “Jurassic Park” and “The Hunt for Red October,” has died at 78.

Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” opens July 17 amid international anticipation and controversy over its casting.

Disney's live-action “Moana” may be the top movie at the box office, but it didn't make a big splash in its first weekend.

Lionel Messi and Argentina are playing for a World Cup semifinal spot in Kansas City, Missouri, and Jason Sudeikis is paying attention.

The Guggenheim Museum was among a number of Manhattan buildings that recently tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease amid the city’s latest outbreak.

Erling Haaland has become a social media sensation during the World Cup.

A week after Taylor Swift’s star-studded wedding to Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, fans still have not seen verified photos of the ceremony, Swift’s dress or the celebration inside.

Suki Waterhouse started working on “Loveland,” her third record, immediately after she released her 2024 sophomore album, “Memoir of A Sparklemuffin.”.

King Charles III has hosted Prince Harry and met with his family for the first time in years.

American actor Dustin Hoffman and cricket great Sachin Tendulkar were among the celebrities at Wimbledon on Friday to watch defending champion Jannik Sinner play Novak Djokovic on Centre Court.

British actor Micheal Ward has been acquitted of rape and other charges in a London court.

Sikh organizations and local activists are organizing community screenings in India’s northern Punjab state of a movie set during its bloody insurgency.

Ashleigh Hallam teaches English at her local library in Indiana.

Celebrities across the entertainment industry are mourning the death of Bonnie Tyler at age 75.

Cellist Brant Taylor has noticed a big change at the Ravinia Festival's Hunter Pavilion since it underwent a $70 million renovation.

Christopher Nolan has taken on the epic challenge of adapting “The Odyssey” into a large-scale Hollywood film.

Netflix is set to premiere a remake of “Little House on the Prairie” on Thursday.

Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli's Balenciaga debut is the most anticipated show of Paris couture week, which ends Thursday.

Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced Welsh pop star known for “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” has died at 75.

More than 800 pounds of peanut butter have been spread across a museum floor in the Netherlands.

The cast of “The Pitt” has had an epic day at the Emmy nominations, with 13 of them getting acting nods.

The Primetime Emmy nominations are out, and “The Pitt” leads with the most nods.

Justin Bieber will bring his swag to the World Cup’s Super Bowl-style halftime show.

A three-judge panel has denied a request from the Kennedy Center's board to restore President Donald Trump's name to the institution while they appeal an earlier ruling that dubbed the name change illegal.

Britain’s Queen Camilla is making her customary visit to Wimbledon and was joined in the Royal Box by an actor who once portrayed her husband.

“The Pitt” led all nominees with 25 in a dominant sophomore season, while “Hacks” led all comedies with a record-breaking 24 for its final season as the Emmy nominations were announced.

ABC is continuing to fight back forcefully against efforts by federal regulators to reopen the question of whether its popular talk show “The View” is subject to equal time rules.

Inside the Grand Palais in Paris, the Chanel salon had been swallowed by a garden gone wrong: giant beanstalks climbing to the ceiling and huge flowers blooming a little too brightly to be safe.

Mariska Hargitay is set to host the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing on NBC on Sept. 14.

Tracee Ellis Ross is making her Broadway debut in “Every Brilliant Thing.”.

A film about the late disability rights activist Judith Heumann will open the 51st Toronto International Film Festival.

Prince Harry's final lawsuit against the British tabloids has ended in defeat.

The first Rolling Stones album was released in 1964.

Jonathan Anderson arrived at Paris couture week with the fashion world still waiting to see the Dior wedding dress he made for Taylor Swift.

George Clooney is returning to the Venice Film Festival this year to receive a lifetime achievement award.

King Charles III’s estranged son is traveling to the land of his birth for a series of charity engagements that begin Tuesday.

One hundred years ago a book was published that put Spain's biggest bull run festival on the map for millions of readers around the world.

A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who cannot be trusted.

"Minions & Monsters" has topped the July Fourth weekend box office, narrowly beating "Toy Story 5."

The Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest is marking the United States’ 250th birthday with chomp and circumstance.

President Donald Trump has offered a running commentary on his predecessors, his physique, and how he’s spending his time in the White House on second lady Usha Vance's podcast where guests are supposed to read picture books to children.

Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde have found a unique chemistry in screaming at each other on screen.

A Turkish court has ordered comedian Deniz Goktas jailed pending trial for allegedly insulting religious values and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic kicks off its 60th edition with honors for actors Dustin Hoffman and Juliette Binoche.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married.

The United States has World Cup fever.

Prosecutors say a video shows rapper Pooh Shiesty pressing for his release from fellow rapper Gucci Mane’s record label while an armed man blocks a door during an alleged robbery at a Texas music studio in January.

John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” has become the unofficial anthem of the U.S. men’s national soccer team at the World Cup, with players and fans singing it together after victories.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding has fans buzzing in New York City.

Haruki Murakami's first full-length novel with a lone female protagonist has been released."

The Supreme Court has declined to intervene after a judge ordered former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge to be fined $800 a day.

The best films of the year so far include “Project Hail Mary,” “Disclosure Day” and “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie.”.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have donated $26 million to charities this week ahead of their Friday wedding at Madison Square Garden.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding is set to begin at New York's Madison Square Garden at 5 p.m. Friday.

New polling from Ipsos Sports, provided exclusively to The Associated Press, shows that the World Cup has excited soccer fans and piqued many Americans’ interest, even as the sport continues to face an uphill climb to reach mainstream popularity in the United States.

The families of those killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting will indirectly receive money from Alex Jones after a billion-dollar defamation verdict.

It is a city bathed in the orange-and-blue afterglow of a Knicks championship.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will host their wedding at Madison Square Garden on Friday night.

The New York Police Department is bracing for a slew of massive Independence Day celebrations along with a World Cup match this weekend, scrambling thousands of officers on land, sea and air to handle security measures as an intense heat wave bears down on the region.

Martial arts icon Bruce Lee, who was born in San Francisco, will become the first Chinese American in California history with an annual namesake day.

Actor and activist Danny Glover says he has Alzheimer’s disease.

In a story published July 1, 2026, about the death of Victor Willis, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Willis appeared in the movie “Can't Stop the Music.”.

Canada is set to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time next year.

A federal judge has ordered the Pentagon to lift its requirement that New York Times journalists be accompanied by an escort while in the building.

Former child actor Daveigh Chase's death on June 16 was due to AIDS.

“Artificial,” Luca Guadagnino’s starry film about Sam Altman and OpenAI, has been acquired by the indie distributor Neon after it was dropped by Amazon MGM Studios.

A judge has ruled that a book co-written by Duane Davis, who prosecutors allege ordered the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, will be used in trial.

The newest book on Donald Trump is a big hit.

Lexi Minetree stars as a teenage Elle Woods in a new “Legally Blonde” prequel series for Prime Video.

Filmmaker Pierre Coffin is the creator and chief practitioner of Minionese, but it’s a dialect — like most things Minions — that’s taken time to hone.

Blake Lively is seeking $8 million in legal costs from actor and director Justin Baldoni after resolving their dispute over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film “It Ends With Us.”.

Hollywood writer-director Carl Rinsch has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of conning Netflix out of $11 million for a never-finished sci-fi show.

Novak Djokovic witnessed a proposal in the crowd during his opening Wimbledon match on Centre Court on Monday and was quick to ask for an invitation to the wedding.

A settlement document reveals the District of Columbia has agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed by a resident who accused police officers of illegally detaining him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars” on his phone.

Penelope Keith, known for her roles in British sitcoms "The Good Life" and "To the Manor Born," has died at 86.

Chicago rapper Twista has pleaded guilty to willfully failing to pay income taxes.

Yodelers at a festival in Basel, Switzerland, turned city fountains into rehearsal spaces during Europe’s June heat wave.

Wimbledon’s strict rules about all-white clothing didn’t prevent Naomi Osaka from making another fashion statement as she walked onto the grass at the All England Club.

Kara Swisher is expanding her influence from tech journalism to politics.

Pop music royalty including Bruce Springsteen, Barry Manilow, Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick were among the many notables who paid tribute to music legend Clive Davis at the esteemed producer's funeral in Manhattan.

Bill Maher has accepted the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Country music legend Alan Jackson has ended his touring career.

Lauryn Hill surprised the BET Awards audience with an impromptu performance of “Ex-Factor” after receiving the Living Legend Icon Award.

Carín León sees the World Cup as something that pulls different cultures together.

Reports are swirling about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce possibly getting married at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Panini stickers have been an iconic World Cup collectible going all the way back to 1970, when four Italian brothers began to print images of the players for fans.

A California appeals court has upheld Harvey Weinstein's 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction.

A special guest crashed Portugal coach Roberto Martínez’s news conference Friday: Grammy winner Dua Lipa.

Ann Blyth, an Oscar nominee at 17 as Joan Crawford’s wayward daughter in “Mildred Pierce” who later sang opposite Mario Lanza and Howard Keel in MGM musicals of the 1950s, has died at age 98.

Texas born and bred country star Cody Johnson is seeing a surge in new fans after two decades in the industry.

The 2000 Year Old Man is turning 100.

Paris Fashion Week Men’s became a test of fashion’s relationship with heat.

Mobile-first serialized storytelling is rapidly becoming one of entertainment's fastest-growing businesses.

New York prosecutors have dropped a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein instead of trying it a fourth time.

David Clayton-Thomas, the lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears whose husky, high-strung tenor on “Spinning Wheel,” “And When I Die” and other hits helped make the so-called brass rock band among the most popular acts of the late 1960s, has died at age 84.