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FILE - Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the "The Wizard of Oz," are displayed at a news conference, Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. A second man has been charged in connection with the 2005 theft of a pair of the ruby slippers, according to an indictment unsealed Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File)

A second man is charged in connection with 2005 theft of ruby slippers worn in ‘The Wizard of Oz’

A second man has been charged in connection with the 2005 theft of a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz,” according to an indictment made public Sunday.

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Po, voiced by Jack Black, in a scene from DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda 4." (DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures via AP)

‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ repeats at No. 1 on the box office charts

Usher speaks to the audience after winning Entertainer of the Year during the 55th NAACP Image Awards, Saturday, March 16, 2024, at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Usher, Fantasia Barrino, ‘Color Purple’ honored at 55th NAACP Image Awards

This undated photo provided by Maria Cooper Janis shows Byron Janis. The renowned concert pianist and composer, Janis, who broke barriers as a Cold War culture ambassador and later overcame severe arthritis that nearly robbed him of his playing abilities, has died at age 95. Janis passed away Thursday evening, March 14, 2024, at a hospital in New York City, according to his wife, Maria Cooper Janis. (Christian Steiner/Maria Cooper Janis via AP)

Byron Janis, renowned American classical pianist who overcame debilitating arthritis, dies at 95

FILE - Steve Harley, center, and Cockney Rebel at London's Heathrow airport, Feb. 26, 1975, on their arrival from America. British musician Steve Harley, whose band Cockney Rebel had a huge hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said Sunday March 17, 2024 he had “passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side.” (PA via AP)

Cockney Rebel singer Steve Harley, who had a hit with ‘Make Me Smile,’ dies at 73

Kristen Stewart and director Rose Glass on the ‘sweaty and violent’ thriller ‘Love Lies Bleeding’

Director Rose Glass talks about the idea behind her second feature film “Love Lies Bleeding,” while star Kristen Stewart explains the appeal of the throwback ‘80s story about the madness of falling in love. (March 14)

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Riders can climb ‘halfway to the stars’ on San Francisco cable car dedicated to Tony Bennett

Bill Murray on honoring Ivan Reitman with new ‘Ghostbusters’ film

MOVIE REVIEWS

Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn find poignant synergy in real-life war tale ‘One Life’

Man and dog and adventure racing in ‘Arthur the King’

‘Kung Fu Panda 4' is a sweet, fun and well executed passing of the torch

‘Love Lies Bleeding’ is peak Kristen Stewart

John Cena gets the laughs in middling comedy ‘Ricky Stanicky’

‘Dune: Part Two’ sustains the dystopian dream of ‘Part One’

Writer-director Julio Torres proves a storyteller to cheer with awesome ‘Problemista’

The colossal melancholy of Ceylan’s ‘About Dry Grasses’

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This image released by Prime Video shows Lukas Gage, background left, and Jake Gyllenhaal in a scene from "Roadhouse." (Laura Radford/Prime Video via AP)

What to stream this week: Shakira, Paul Simon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kristen Wiig and Princess Peach

Books

Instructions for using Libby, a free app for e-books, digital audiobooks and magazines is on display at the Windsor Public Library in Windsor, Conn., Feb. 1, 2024. Libraries have been grappling with soaring costs of digital titles, both e-books and audio books, that libraries typically lease from publishers for a year or two, with limited usage. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers

Music

This image released by RCA shows "Everything I Thought It Was" by Justin Timberlake. (RCA via AP)

Music Review: Justin Timberlake returns on nostalgic ‘Everything I Thought It Was’

Television

This image released by PBS shows Domhnall Gleeson, left, and Andrea Riseborough in a scene from MASTERPIECE "Alice & Jack," premiering Sunday March 17 on PBS. (Kurt Patzak/Fremantle/PBS via AP)

PBS tells a winding and forever love story with the series ‘Alice & Jack’

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This photo provided by Arcturus Motion Pictures, Inc., shows Mountaineer, filmmaker and author David Breashears while filming the IMAX documentary “Everest” that premiered in 1998. Breashears, 68, died on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at his home in Marblehead, Mass. (Arcturus Motion Pictures, Inc. via AP)

David Breashears, mountaineer and filmmaker who co-produced Mount Everest documentary, dies at 68

A mountaineer, author and filmmaker who co-directed and co-produced a 1998 IMAX documentary about climbing Mount Everest has died.

What TikTok creators say a ban would mean for them

TikTok creators across the country are expressing frustration over a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would lead to a nationwide ban of the app if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake.

FILE - Fat Joe arrives at a premiere, Feb. 13, 2024, in Los Angeles. Vice President Kamala Harris says it's “absurd” that the federal government classifies marijuana as more dangerous than fentanyl, the synthetic opioid blamed for tens of thousands of deaths in the United States. Harris commented at the White House on Friday, March 15, as she and Grammy-nominated rapper Fat Joe led a roundtable discussion on easing marijuana penalties. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Vice President Harris and rapper Fat Joe team up for discussion on easing marijuana penalties

Vice President Kamala Harris says it’s “absurd” that the federal government classifies marijuana as more dangerous than fentanyl, the synthetic opioid blamed for tens of thousands of deaths in the United States.

Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

FILE - Cara Delevingne appears at the 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Model and actor Cara Delevingne’s Los Angeles home is destroyed in fire

A Los Angeles home belonging to model and actor Cara Delevingne has been destroyed in a fire. The Los Angeles Fire Department says one firefighter was hospitalized in fair condition and one person from the home suffered minor smoke inhalation.

A cable car dedicated to Tony Bennett makes its way up California Street to Nob Hill in San Francisco, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Tony Bennett loved San Francisco and its cable cars and in return, the city has dedicated one of those cable cars to the famous crooner who died in July. Cable car 53, built in 1907, has several plaques and painted gold ribbons remembering Bennett. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Riders can climb ‘halfway to the stars’ on San Francisco cable car dedicated to late Tony Bennett

The cable car dedicated to the late Tony Bennett rolls past the landmark Fairmont hotel where the singer first performed the song that would forever tie him to San Francisco.

Pattie Boyd poses next to the original artwork by E. Frandsen De Schomberg, used for the cover of Derek and the Dominoes album 'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs' as part of The Pattie Boyd Collection at Christie's, in London, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The artwork is estimated to sell £40,000-60,000. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

A trove from Pattie Boyd’s life with George Harrison and Eric Clapton is up for sale at Christie’s

Pattie Boyd was at the epicenter of the Swinging 60s, but not always the center of attention. The model and photographer was often in the shadow of her rock icon husbands George Harrison and Eric Clapton.

FILE - Turner Broadcasting Chairman and President Ted Turner, left, and Time Warner Chairman and CEO Gerald Levin pose for photographers prior to a news conference at the Time Life Building, Friday, Sept. 22, 1995, in New York. Levin, who led Time Warner Media into a disastrous $112 billion merger with the internet provider America Online, died Wednesday, March 13, 2024. He was 84. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Gerald Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who engineered a disastrous mega-merger, is dead at 84

Gerald Levin, who led Time Warner Media into a disastrous $182 billion merger with the internet provider America Online, has died at the age of 84.

FILE - In this image taken from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Alec Baldwin speaks with investigators following a fatal shooting on a movie set in Santa Fe, N.M. A jury convicted movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Baldwin has been indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter and has pleaded not guilty ahead of a July trial date. (Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Alec Baldwin seeks dismissal of grand jury indictment in fatal shooting of cinematographer

Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge to dismiss a grand jury indictment against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”

FILE - Pierce Brosnan, a cast member in "The Out-Laws," poses at a special screening of the film, June 26, 2023, at the Regal LA Live theaters in Los Angeles. Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times, pleaded guilty Thursday, March 14, 2024, to stepping out of bounds in a thermal area during a November 2023 visit to Yellowstone National Park. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Pierce Brosnan pleads guilty to walking off trail at Yellowstone hot springs, must pay $1,500

Actor Pierce Brosnan has pleaded guilty to stepping off a trail in a thermal area while visiting Yellowstone National Park.

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex walks onstage for the keynote "Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen" on the first day of the South by Southwest Conference on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, returns to Instagram to tease new food, cookbook, cutlery brand

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has returned to Instagram to tease a new brand that records show could feature jams, household items, cookbooks and cutlery.

FILE - Olivia Munn arrives at the Governors Awards on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. When Munn revealed in March 2024 that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy, she urged people to ask their doctors to figure out their score on a breast cancer risk calculator, a questionnaire on the National Cancer Institute’s website that is designed for health care providers to use with patients. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

What is the breast cancer risk calculator recommended by Olivia Munn?

Olivia Munn’s breast cancer diagnosis is drawing attention to a frequently used breast cancer risk calculator.

This image released by Amazon Prime shows artist Frida Kahlo from the documentary "Frida." (Amazon Prime via AP)

In ‘Frida’ documentary, artist Frida Kahlo’s own words are used to tell her story

Frida Kahlo used her own experiences to inform her art. In that spirit, Kahlo’s personal writings are used to help tell the story of her life in a new documentary, “Frida.”

This image released by Opéra Bastille - Opéra national de Paris shows a performance of "The Exterminating Angel” in Paris on Feb. 26, 2024. (Agathe Poupeney/Opéra Bastille - Opéra national de Paris via AP)

New opera production adds something new to Luis Buñuel’s ‘The Exterminating Angel': cannibalism

Calixto Bieito added an element to “The Exterminating Angel” that Luis Buñuel and Thomas Adès left out: cannibalism.

FILE - Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen arrives at the premiere of "The Soloist" in Los Angeles, on April 20, 2009. Salonen will leave the San Francisco Symphony following the 2024-25 season, just his fifth as music director, announcing his departure with a statement critical of the orchestra’s leadership. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Esa-Pekka Salonen to leave San Francisco Symphony, citing dispute with orchestra’s board

Esa-Pekka Salonen will leave the San Francisco Symphony following the 2024-25 season, just his fifth as music director.

This image released by Apple TV+ shows Lily Taylor, left, and Hamish Linklater in a scene from "Manhunt." (Apple TV+ via AP)

‘Manhunt,’ about hunt for John Wilkes Booth, may make you wish you paid attention in history class

A new series on Apple TV+, premiering Friday, tells the lesser-known aspects of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on the pursuit of his killer, John Wilkes Booth.

FILE - Composer Hans Zimmer poses for a portrait on July 10, 2019, at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Zimmer’s film scores have soundtracked magic movie moments in “The Lion King," "The Dark Knight” and both new “Dune” movies, to name a few. This fall, the “Hans Zimmer Live” tour will hit U.S. and Canada, marking the first time Zimmer has performed in North America in seven years. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP, File)

Hans Zimmer talks about first North American tour dates in 7 years, the magic of composing for film

Composer Hans Zimmer’s film scores have soundtracked magic movie moments in “The Lion King,” “The Dark Knight” and both new “Dune” movies, to name a few.

This image provided by The Strong shows 12 finalists being considered for induction into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y. Asteroids, Elite, Guitar Hero, Metroid, Myst, Neopets, Resident Evil, SimCity, Tokimeki Memorial, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Ultima, and You Don't Know Jack. Three or four of the finalists will be inducted in May following voting by a panel of judges and the public. (Evyn Morgan/The Strong via AP)

From Asteroids to Guitar Hero, World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists draw from 4 decades

The 12 finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame this year represent four decades of play. They range from Atari Asteroids, which was played on coin-fed consoles in arcades beginning in 1979, to Guitar Hero, introduced in 2005.

Italian journalist and writer Fabio Marchese Ragona holds a copy of "Life: My Story Through History" as he poses for a picture prior to the start of an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome, Thursday, March 13, 2024. Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn't suffering from any health problems that would require doing so, in an autobiography, "Life: My Story Through History," which is being published Tuesday and written with Italian journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope acknowledges criticism and health issues but says in his new memoir he has no plans to retire

Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require doing so.

FILE - Crowds of people jam Marietta Street for Freaknik near the intersection of Peachtree Street in Atlanta on April 19, 1996. A new Hulu documentary “Freaknik: The Wildest Story Never Told,” touches on how the event started as an innocent Black College cookout that ultimately drew thousands from across the United States. (Philip McCollum/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

‘Freaknik’ documentary tells untold story behind the massively popular Atlanta street party

A new Hulu documentary takes a look at the legendary street party Freaknik held in Atlanta during the 80s and 90s.