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NEW YORK (AP) — Legions of comedic talent have paraded through NBC's Studio 8H, whether as cast members, writers or hosts of “Saturday Night Live.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Carlos Diegues, the renowned Brazilian filmmaker, died Friday in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Academy of Letters said. He was 84.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Jessica Parker will be this year's recipient of PEN America's “Literary Service Award.

The White House blocked an Associated Press journalist from covering a news conference with two major world leaders Thursday, upping the stakes in a disagreement between the news agency and the Trump administration over AP's style decision to stick w

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Wayans family, who through film, TV, sketch and stand-up comedy, have both entertained and created countless jobs both on and off camera in Hollywood, will be feted at this year's NAACP Image Awards.

It’s not unusual for a city to double for another metropolis in movies. New Yorkers have long been able to spot when Toronto has been substituted for the Big Apple. Matthew Rankin, though, has gone more than a step, or maybe 85 steps, further.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With Rihanna and two toddlers looking on from the audience, a prosecutor at the trial of A$AP Rocky told jurors during his closing argument Thursday that they have “one critical question” to answer.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With Rihanna and two toddlers looking on from the audience, a prosecutor at the trial of A$AP Rocky told jurors during his closing argument Thursday that they have “one critical question” to answer.

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A man injured alongside author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack on a New York lecture stage said Thursday that he tried to stop the assault once he realized it wasn't a prank and was left with a gash above his eye.

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A man injured alongside author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack on a New York lecture stage said Thursday that he tried to stop the assault once he realized it wasn't a prank and was left with a gash above his eye.