National Entertainment

LONDON (AP) — Universal has chosen the homeland of Harry Potter to build its first theme park and resort in Europe, the entertainment company and U.K. officials announced Wednesday.

A New York jury on Wednesday awarded $1.68 billion in damages to 40 women who accused writer and director James Toback of sexual abuse and other crimes over a span of 35 years, according to lawyers representing the plaintiffs.

Ian Leslie's “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” takes a detailed look — 426 pages — at how John Lennon and Paul McCartney worked together from their meeting as teenagers until John’s death.

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who says Harvey Weinstein trapped her in a Manhattan hotel room and raped her in 2013 can use the word “force” when she testifies at his retrial even though the disgraced movie mogul was acquitted of using physical force again

TORONTO — A bombastic boardroom battle for control of the Rogers telecom empire is hitting the stage as a live theatre production later this year. Crow’s Theatre says the play, “Rogers v.

It’s oddly comforting that a movie can still dial M when it wants to. Smart phones have largely been a bit of a buzzkill for horror films, leading filmmakers to find all kinds of reasons — dead batteries, no service — to strand potential prey.

Filmmaker Alex Garland wanted to make a different kind of war film.

TORONTO — Jasmeet Raina opens Season 2 of his Crave dramedy “Late Bloomer” with a hilariously awkward and quietly radical scene: a failed attempt at sex.

Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s publicist for over four decades and the only person in his field to be recognized with an Oscar, has died. He was 96.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Albums from Elton John , Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman, Mary J. Blige and the cast of “Hamilton" are entering America's audio canon, along with singles from Helen Reddy and Celine Dion and the music of Minecraft.