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John Ashton, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor, dies at 76

John Ashton, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor, dies at 76

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, has died. He…

Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88

Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88

By ANDREW DALTON and KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and an…

‘Megalopolis’ flops, ‘The Wild Robot’ soars at box office

‘Megalopolis’ flops, ‘The Wild Robot’ soars at box office

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film “The Wild Robot” soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office.…

Maya Rudolph as Harris and Dana Carvey as Biden open the 50th season of ‘Saturday Night Live’

Maya Rudolph as Harris and Dana Carvey as Biden open the 50th season of ‘Saturday Night Live’

NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” began its 50th season with a parade of former co-stars, including Maya Rudolph as Vice President Kamala Harris, Andy Samberg as her husband Doug Emhoff and Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden.…

CBS News says it will be up to Vance and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate

CBS News says it will be up to Vance and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate

NEW YORK (AP) — When JD Vance and Tim Walz take the stage for next week’s vice presidential debate, CBS News says it will be up to the candidates, not the moderators, to fact-check each…

Mark Zuckerberg faces deposition in AI copyright lawsuit from Sarah Silverman and other authors

Mark Zuckerberg faces deposition in AI copyright lawsuit from Sarah Silverman and other authors

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a lawsuit brought by authors including comedian Sarah Silverman accusing the company of copyright infringement to train its artificial intelligence technology. U.S.…