NEW YORK — No celebs packing the front rows. No paparazzi chasing models down the streets. No stiletto-heeled crowds. No crowds at all, actually. Is there even a point to doing New York Fashion Week in 2020?Well, yes, say organizers: It’s about economic survival.“Ultimately fashion is a business, and Fashion Week is a platform for…
Just four months had passed since Ramon Ramirez buried his wife and now, here he was, hospitalized himself with COVID-19. The prognosis was dire, and the fate of his younger children consumed him. Before ending his final video call with his oldest, a 29-year-old single mother of two, he had one final request: “Take care…
Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Sept. 6-12 include actor Idris Elba, actor Evan Rachel Wood and singer PinkAugust 31, 2020, 12:16 PM• 7 min readCelebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 6-12Sept. 6: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 84. Country singer David Allan Coe is 81. Singer-bassist Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 77. Actor…
The Salon Los Angeles has been crowded every weekend since 1937 with couples twirling on the dance floor to mambo, chachacha, salsa and danzonBy MARK STEVENSON Associated PressSeptember 8, 2020, 2:38 PM• 5 min readMEXICO CITY — The Salon Los Angeles had been crowded every weekend since 1937 with couples twirling to mambo, cha-cha-cha, salsa…
Oscar-winning actor Holly Hunter has been entrusted with playing an array of real-world women, from tennis great Billie Jean King to a cheerleading mom gone astrayBy LYNN ELBER AP Television WriterSeptember 24, 2020, 8:31 PM• 4 min readLOS ANGELES — Holly Hunter has been entrusted with playing an array of real-world women, from tennis great…
In a tragically brief but historically sweeping life as an actor, Chadwick Boseman played men of public life and private painBy JAKE COYLE AP Film WriterAugust 29, 2020, 5:42 PM• 5 min readThe image that keeps replaying in my head since the death of Chadwick Boseman is from early 2018. It was just days before…
Most directors insist on having final edit approval of their workBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment WriterSeptember 16, 2020, 3:29 PM• 4 min readNEW YORK — Most directors insist on having final edit approval of their films. Not the creators of “Wireless.”The series on the mobile-platform Quibi employs an ingenious way to tell a story on…
This week’s new entertainment releases include “Stranger Things” breakout star Millie Bobby Brown getting her first starring role in the Netflix film “Enola Holmes” and Public Enemy releases “What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?”September 22, 2020, 12:01 AM• 5 min readHere’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s…
“Kajilionaire” tells the story of a family of grifters living in Los AngelesBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film WriterSeptember 23, 2020, 1:52 PM• 5 min readMiranda July doesn’t seem to have fair-weather fans. There are those who are obsessed. And there are those who don’t know who she is. There is no in between.Even after acclaimed…
Last year brought us the powerful TV miniseries “Chernobyl.”By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment WriterSeptember 15, 2020, 2:23 PM• 5 min readNEW YORK — Many Americans have vivid memories of Jan. 28, 1986.That was the day the space shuttle Challenger exploded over a chilly Florida, just seconds after liftoff. School children across the country had tuned…
