Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement to end strike. No deal yet for actors

LOS ANGELES – Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors. The Writers Guild of America announced the deal in a joint statement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, … Read more

Giorgio Armani closes Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and familiar guests in the front row

Giorgio Armani closed Milan Fashion Week on Sunday with good vibes and a front row that included frequent guests such as Cate Blanchett and Juliette Binoche. Armani’s Spring-Summer 2024 collection mirrored a sky’s shifting colors and light at dusk, an idea conveyed with changing colors on the back wall of the showroom in his historic, … Read more

‘Expend4bles’ opens with epic flop while ‘Nun 2’ claims top spot again at the box office

LOS ANGELES – Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren’t enough to save “ Expend4bles ” from a debut box office flop. The fourth installment suffered the action-packed franchise’s worst opening weekend while “ The Nun 2 ” took home the top spot for a third straight week, data firm Comscore reported on Sunday. The Lionsgate … Read more

Louisiana folklorist and Mississippi blues musician among 2023 National Heritage Fellows

NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R.L. Boyce are among nine 2023 National Heritage Fellows set to be celebrated later this month by the National Endowment for the Arts, one of the nation’s highest honors in the folk and traditional arts. Spitzer and Boyce are scheduled to accept the NEA’s … Read more

Amazon Prime Video will soon come with ads, or a $2.99 monthly charge to dodge them

Amazon Prime Video will include advertising during shows and movies starting early next year, joining other streaming services that have added different tiers of subscriptions. Members of Amazon Prime can pay $2.99 per month in the U.S. to keep their service ad-free, the company said Friday. Streaming services are in a heated tug-of-war over viewers … Read more