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This image released by Focus Features shows Carey Mulligan, left, and Tom Basden in a scene from "The Ballad of Wallis Island." (Focus Features via AP)

Movie Review: ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ is the loveliest movie of the year (so far)

Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden play former folk bandmates and partners in “The Ballad of Wallis Island.”
 
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This album cover image released by Island Records shows "Paid in Memories" by Jessica Reyez. (Island Records via AP)

Music Review: Jessie Reyez returns in triumph with ‘Paid in Memories’

 
This cover image released by Glassnote Records shows "Rushmere" by Mumford & Sons. (Glassnote Records via AP)

Music Review: Mumford & Sons return after seven years with a folksy, existential album, ‘Rushmere’

 
FILE- In this Aug. 2, 2006 file photo, promotional Napster stickers are seen at the Napster studio in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)

Napster sold to tech commerce company for $207 million

 
Will Smith poses for a portrait on Monday, March 17, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Will Smith channels his post-slap introspection into music on ‘Based on a True Story’

 

Will Smith returns to music with ‘Based on a True Story’ | AP interview

Will Smith channeled post-Oscars-slap introspection into his first album in two decades, “Based on a True Story,” out Friday. The 56-year-old Hollywood star sat down with AP entertainment journalist Jonathan Landrum Jr. in Los Angeles to talk about the 14-track album and his upcoming tour. He addresses learning from Denzel Washington and Doechii, spirituality, his unique approach to fatherhood, overcoming “brute-iful” life experiences, that 10-year ban from the Academy Awards — and why he’s embarking on “the greatest creative run of my entire career.”
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Audiences hear last Wanamaker Organ concerts before Philadelphia Macy’s store closes this weekend

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This book cover image released by St. Martin's Press shows "Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival" by Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour. (St. Martin's Press via AP)

Book Review: ‘Lollapalooza’ is an entertaining history of festival’s role in alternative rock rise

 
The crowd dances as they attend a punk festival in Hangzhou, China, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

China’s evolving punk scene draws a new generation of fans

 
A protester in a Joker costume takes part in a demonstration demanding the government provide security against the rising violence, in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru’s Congress votes to oust the interior minister for failing to halt killings

 
This album cover image released by Interscope Records shows "I Said I Love You First" by Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco. (Interscope via AP)

Music Review: Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s romance ‘I Said I Love You First’ is more than syrup

 
Singer Sia Furler attends the world premiere of "Annie" in New York on Dec. 7, 2014. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Sia files for divorce from husband Daniel Bernard nearly 2 years after marriage

 
Alex Gonzalez, left, and Fher Olvera of the Mexican rock band Mana perform at the Los Angeles Forum on Nov. 15, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Maná talks historic new tour, unseating Bruce Springsteen and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

 
Members of the Doobie Brothers, from left, Tom Johnston, John McFee, Michael McDonald and Pat Simmons pose for a portrait in Los Angeles on Aug. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

The Doobie Brothers in 2025: A tour, a new album and a date with Songwriters Hall of Fame

 
Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Oct. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

The Latin Grammys get closer to cinema with the new best music for visual media category

 
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Semisonic objects to White House using their song ‘Closing Time': ‘You missed the point’

 
Jefferson Township first responders look over the scene of a school bus crash at the Mount Cobb, Pa. exit of Interstate 84, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (Chad Sebring/The Times-Tribune via AP)

Bus carrying bagpipers from St. Patrick’s Day parade crashes into truck in Pennsylvania

 
This album cover image released by ATO Records shows "Is" by My Morning Jacket. (ATO Records via AP)

Music Review: My Morning Jacket’s 10th album ‘is’ a joy for fans and newbies alike

 
This Dec. 7, 2016 file photo shows the front of The Ghost Ship warehouse damaged from a deadly fire in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

A look at some of the worst fires at nightclubs and music venues

 
Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz searches for a favorite cassette tape at his tailor shop in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Kashmir’s Sufi music lovers are sticking with the audio cassette

 
The band knitting perform during The New Colossus Festival on Friday, March 7, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Visa fee hikes and delays hinder international artists from touring the United States

 
This combination of images shows promotional art for the series "Happy Face," the film "Wicked," and the film "Anora." (Paramount+/Universal Pictures/Neon via AP)

What to stream: ‘Wicked’ at home, Selena Gomez in love and Ellen Pompeo in ‘Good American Family’

 
Sting, left, and Shaggy pose for a portrait on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

Sting and Shaggy offer a new reggae song as musical medicine for a fractured world

 
Fans and friends gather to celebrate the life of singer and actress Angie Stone, Friday, March 14, 2025, in Austell. Ga. (AP Photo/Olivia Bowdoin)

Memorial service held for Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone

 
This image released by A24 shows John Malkovich in a scene from "Opus." (Anna Kooris/A24 via AP)

Movie Review: An unhinged John Malkovich can’t help the cult-horror misfire ‘Opus’

 
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Doechii poses for photographers upon arrival for Le Grand Diner du Louvre during the Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Womenswear fashion week, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Paris. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Doechii named 2025 Woman of the Year by Billboard

 
This combination of photos show promotional art for "Dope Thief," left, "Electric State," and "Long Bright River." (Apple TV+/Netflix/Peacock via AP)

Streaming now: ‘Moana 2,’ John Mulaney, ‘Confessions of Octomom,’ Amanda Seyfried and ‘Dope Thief’

 
Lauryn Hill performs during a ceremony in celebration of Roberta Flack's life at The Abyssinian Baptist Church on Monday, March 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder delight at Roberta Flack’s ‘Celebration of Life’ memorial

 
This cover image released by Interscope Records shows "Mayhem" by Lady Gaga. (Interscope via AP)

Music Review: The Lady Gaga you loved and missed returns with pop ‘Mayhem’

 
This album cover image released by Columbia Records shows "Ruby" by Jennie. (Columbia via AP)

Music Review: Blackpink’s Jennie steps out on her own with debut solo album, ‘Ruby’

 
German director and organist Leo Krämer rehearses for a concert at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

In Mexico City, this German organist says music is a gift from God and the organ’s sound is proof

 
Lady Gaga appears at the 67th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Lady Gaga strikes a chord: The superstar singer rekindles passion for music with new album ‘Mayhem’

 
Members of the band 'The 1975' from left, Ross McDonald, George Daniel, Matthew Healy and Adam Hann pose for photographers upon arrival at the Mercury Prize Albums of the Year event in London, on Sept. 15, 2016. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Neil Young, The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo among the headliners as Glastonbury reveals 2025 lineup

 
Father Corey Wilson, right, mourns alongside other grieving family members during a vigil for his son, Caleb Wilson, outside of Southern University's Smith-Brown Student Union on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La. (Javier Gallegos/The Advocate via AP)

Southern University student’s death being investigated as a possible act of fraternity hazing

 
Ex-Badfinger guitarist Joey Molland strums a 1967 Epiphone Casino, while talking about the early years in Badfinger in his Shorewood, Minn. home, Monday, Sept. 10, 2001. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)

Joey Molland, a guitarist with 1970s Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger, dies at 77

 
This cover image released by Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers shows "Foxes in the Snow" by Jason Isbell. (Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers via AP)

Music Review: An unplugged Jason Isbell electrifies on new album, ‘Foxes in the Snow’

 
Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school dance during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Anitta writes song and cheers for samba school celebrating her Afro-Brazilian faith

 
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