National Entertainment

BANGKOK (AP) — Riot Games, the developer of the popular “League of Legends” multiplayer battle game, is joining other tech companies that have been trimming their payrolls with a layoff of 11% of its staff.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ai Weiwei , the Chinese artist and dissident who believes it his job to be “incorrect,” was hard at work Tuesday night during an appearance at The Town Hall in Manhattan.

Cue all the “did ‘Barbie’ direct itself” snark. But Greta Gerwig not being among the five best director nominees for this year’s Oscars is one of the biggest shocks in recent memory.

NEW YORK (AP) — After a tumultuous movie year marked by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading 13 nominations.

PARIS (AP) — An air of surrealism enveloped Chanel’s Spring Couture show Tuesday as celebrity guests including Naomi Campbell and Kendrick Lamar faced a navigational challenge: walking past a towering pair of open metal scissors.

Filmmaker Nisha Pahuja hopes that an Oscar nod for her documentary "To Kill a Tiger" will be a small step in a movement of justice for sexual assault survivors.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. The Fury by Alex Michaelides (Celadon Books) 3. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled Publishing, LLC) 4.

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Titus Kaphar wanted to find a way to talk to his children about his life experience, his addict father, generational trauma and healing.

Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. Plan Your Year Like a Millionaire by Rachel Rodgers, narrated by the author (Audible Originals) 3.

Lily Gladstone knew she wanted to be somewhere special when the Oscar news came.