Entertainment

NEW YORK (AP) — James Monroe Iglehart’s mom took him to see the animated Disney movie “Aladdin” as a high-school graduation gift in 1992. He fell in love with the Genie, naturally. Fast-forward more than two decades and Iglehart found himself playing the first Genie on Broadway, killing it, and on his way to a Tony Award. “To play the …

LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — Tres décadas después de recibir su primera nominación, Robert Downey Jr. ganó su primer Oscar. Downey ganó el premio al mejor actor de reparto el domingo por el papel del contralmirante Lewis Strauss en “Oppenheimer”, que ha sido aclamada como una de las mejores interpretaciones de Downey en años. Fue la tercera nominación al Oscar para …

Previo a la 96a entrega de los Premios de la Academia el 10 de marzo, los críticos de cine de The Associated Press Jake Coyle y Lindsey Bahr comparten sus predicciones. PELÍCULA Nominados: “American Fiction”; “Anatomie d’une chute” (“Anatomía de una caída”); “Barbie”; “The Holdovers” (“Los que se quedan”); “Killers of the Flower Moon” (“Los asesinos de la luna”); “Maestro”; …

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club selection is an author and ghost writer’s life story, chronicling her journey from prison and drug addiction to collaborating with the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and others. Lara Love Hardin’s “The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing” was published last summer. “Once you …

MILAN (AP) — Conductor Gianandrea Noseda made a triumphant return to Teatro alla Scala in an informal role as cultural ambassador, leading the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra that he has made more “luminous” with his personal loan of centuries-old Italian-made instruments. Noseda’s energetic performance Monday evening marked the emotional highlight of the NSO’s nine-city European tour, its first in nearly …

Peter Anthony Morgan, vocalista de la popular banda de reggae Morgan Heritage que fundó junto con cuatro hermanos, falleció el domingo a los 46 años, informó su familia. En un comunicado publicado en redes sociales, la familia pidió privacidad y agradeció de antemano a la gente por su cariño y apoyo. En el anuncio no se especificó una causa de …

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 3-9: March 3: Singer-guitarist Mike Pender of The Searchers is 83. Movie producer-director George Miller (“Mad Max,” “Babe”) is 79. Actor Hattie Winston (“Becker,” “Rugrats”) is 79. Singer Jennifer Warnes is 77. Actor-director Tim Kazurinsky (“Police Academy” films) is 74. Musician Robyn Hitchcock is 71. Actor Robert Gossett (“Major Crimes,” “The Closer”) is …

NEW YORK (AP) — Babies born this coming Saturday could get a birthday present featuring a guy who knows how to have fun — The Cat in the Hat. Dr. Seuss Enterprises is celebrating the iconic children’s author’s 120th birthday with a free giveaway of “The Cat in the Hat” to U.S. residents who have a baby born this March …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé made history once again: The superstar singer has become the first Black woman to top Billboard’s country music chart. The Grammy winner achieved the feat after her new single “Texas Hold ‘Em” reached No. 1 on the country airplay chart this week. She dropped the song on Feb. 11 — during the Super Bowl — …

NEW YORK (AP) — A new, inclusive stage production of “Peter Pan” flies out on a U.S. tour this month, telling the classic tale of a boy who refuses to grow up — but without references that, ironically, have aged poorly. Gone are elements harmful to Native people, in are a few new songs and the setting of Victorian England …