Entertainment

‘The Odyssey’ earns $87M in its second weekend, Christopher Nolan’s best second weekend yet

“The Odyssey” continued to exert a mighty hold on moviegoers in its second weekend in North American theaters, with $87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. That’s only a 30% drop from its first weekend, an incredibly modest slide for a blockbuster. It’s also filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s best second weekend ever, not accounting for inflation. In 2008, “The Dark Knight” earned $75.2 million in weekend two.

July 26, 2026 12:45 pm EST EST

D4vd's lawyers ask why more DNA testing wasn't done on chain saws, car in teen girl's killing

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for D4vd began showing glimpses into their defense strategy Thursday, pressing police on why they didn't conduct more DNA testing on items found in the singer's home and in his car that authorities said were used in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

July 23, 2026 3:23 pm EST EST

Salman Rushdie testifies at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of stabbing him

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ambush that nearly killed him.

July 23, 2026 12:13 pm EST EST

'Exceptional musician, a gentle soul': jazz pianist Oliver Jones dead at 91

Canadian pianist Oliver Jones, whose varied musical career took him from classical to pop to jazz stages around the world, has died. He was 91. In a statement posted online, Jones’s family and his...

July 23, 2026 9:03 am EST EST

William Shatner reveals he and daughter Melanie faced Stage 4 cancer at the same time

William Shatner has revealed that he and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, both faced different types of advanced-stage cancer a few years ago.

July 22, 2026 11:10 am EST EST

McMichael Canadian Art Collection to close for three years for construction

July 20, 2026 5:07 pm EST EST

The Tate brothers are expected in a Miami court following their arrest and a UK extradition request

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate in Miami on Monday after they were arrested to face rape and sex trafficking charges in the United Kingdom.

July 20, 2026 9:47 am EST EST

License revoked for boarding school in Utah where Paris Hilton says she was abused as a teen

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah revoked another campus license on Friday for the boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager, marking a major victory in the hotel heiress’ yearslong...

July 17, 2026 8:12 pm EST EST

China warns of reciprocal countermeasures after US shortens foreign journalist visas

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Thursday it will drastically shorten visas for foreign journalists in the U.S. to 240 days, down from years, and cut those for Chinese journalists...

July 16, 2026 5:52 pm EST EST

CBC/Radio-Canada to expand news division with five new international bureaus

CBC/Radio-Canada says it will expand its English and French news divisions with five new international bureaus over the next two years.

July 16, 2026 9:00 am EST EST