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Byline: ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer

17 Feb

‘Saturday Night Live’ celebrates 50 years with comedy, music and show’s many, many famous friends

published on February 17, 2025 - 2:09 PM

Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter duetted on Simon’s “Homeward Bound” to open the show, five-decade “Saturday Night Live” luminary Steve

16 Dec

Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in 2025 along with novels from Faulkner and Hemingway

published on December 16, 2024 - 2:21 PM

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first

26 Nov

Drake makes another legal move against Universal over Kendrick Lamar diss track ‘Not Like Us’

published on November 26, 2024 - 2:38 PM

For the second straight day, Drake has taken legal action against Universal Music Group, this time in Texas, over Kendrick

02 Oct

Doctor who helped supply Matthew Perry ketamine pleads guilty to drug charge

published on October 2, 2024 - 2:12 PM

(AP) — A San Diego doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry ‘s fatal overdose pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring

30 Aug

Doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death appears in court after plea deal

published on August 30, 2024 - 2:19 PM

One of two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death made his first appearance in a federal court in

26 Aug

Diddy seeks to have producer’s lawsuit tossed, says it’s full of ‘blatant falsehoods’

published on August 26, 2024 - 2:14 PM

Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a federal judge Monday to throw out a lawsuit from a music producer who accused the

29 Apr

Britney and Jamie Spears settlement avoids long, potentially ugly and revealing trial

published on April 29, 2024 - 2:17 PM

Britney Spears and her father Jamie Spears will avoid what could have been a long, ugly and revealing trial with a

05 Jan

Cher is denied an immediate conservatorship over son’s money, but the issue isn’t done

published on January 5, 2024 - 1:31 PM

A judge on Friday declined to immediately put Cher’s son into the legal conservatorship that she is seeking and he is opposing,

14 Dec

Mickey Mouse will soon belong to you and me — with some caveats

published on December 14, 2023 - 1:57 PM

M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form

19 Oct

Hollywood’s actors strike is nearing its 100th day. Why hasn’t a deal been reached and what’s next?

published on October 19, 2023 - 2:44 PM

While screenwriters are busy back at work, film and TV actors remain on picket lines, with the longest strike in their

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