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Festival director Thierry Fremaux, left and Festival president Pierre Lescure during the presentation of the official selection of the 74th International Cannes Film Festival, in Paris, Thursday, June 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Cannes lineup features Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Leox Carax

By Jake Coyle Jun. 03, 2021 10:27 AM EDT

FILE — In this Oct. 16. 2019 file photo, musician Steven Van Zandt attends the special screening of "Western Stars," in New York. Van Zandt and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 announced an initiative designed to help students re-engage in education. Van Zandt founded the TeachRock program, a curriculum that incorporates music into lesson plans. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Rock star Van Zandt helping Connecticut students re-engage

By Pat Eaton-Robb And Susan Haigh Apr. 20, 2021 03:46 PM EDT

FILE - Helen McCrory arrives at the world premiere of "Skyfall" in London on Oct. 23, 2012. McCrory, who starred in the television show “Peaky Blinders” and the “Harry Potter” movies, has died. She was 52 and had been suffering from cancer. Her husband, actor Damian Lewis, said Friday that McCrory died “peacefully at home” after a "heroic battle with cancer.” (Photo by Stewart Wilson/Invision/AP, File)
'Peaky Blinders' actor Helen McCrory dies of cancer at 52

By Jill Lawless Apr. 16, 2021 01:34 PM EDT

FILE - Author Lawrence Ferlinghetti recites a poem after he was awarded the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the National Book Awards in New York, on Nov. 16, 2005. Ferlinghetti, a poet, publisher and bookseller has died in San Francisco at age 101. His son says Ferlinghetti died at home on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Ferlinghetti helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement. He was known for his City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, an essential meeting place for the Beats and other bohemians in the 1950s and beyond. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)
Beat poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101

By Janie Har And Hillel Italie Feb. 23, 2021 02:57 PM EST

FILE - This June 4, 2018 file photo shows DJ D-Nice, whose real name is Derrick Jones, at the 13th Annual Apollo Theater Spring Gala After Party in New York. The DJ is among the entertainers who took the initiative to make the best out of a challenging year. During the pandemic's early stage, he hosted Homeschool at Club Quarantine on his Instagram Live, where he spun popular tunes on the turntables at his home. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP, File)
Despite bleak 2020, celebrities make effort to brighten year

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. Dec. 11, 2020 11:53 AM EST

Company offering pandemic stock tips accused of $137M fraud

By Michael Kunzelman Dec. 07, 2020 02:27 PM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The founders of a company called Raging Bull tout themselves as expert stock traders who teach customers how they, too, can become...

FILE - In this July 19, 2020, file photo, people gather at a makeshift memorial near the home of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in Atlanta. Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group's leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to a vast sea of people. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 07, 2020 12:13 PM EST

This combination photo shows, from left, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert, who are nominated for Entertainer of the Year for the 54th Annual CMA Awards. Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker host the CMA Awards, airing live from Nashville, Tennessee, at 8 p.m. EST Wednesday on ABC. (AP Photo)
New this week: 'I Am Greta,' Chris Stapleton & CMA Awards

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 10:25 AM EST

This undated photo provided by the @One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remote shows Shinichiro Ueda, director of “One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remote,” a YouTube spinoff of his 2017 award-winning film. The Japanese director who shot to stardom with a zombie movie featuring a delightfully long single shot has for his latest project turned to a video tool that’s become an everyday part of this pandemic era: the Zoom call. (the @One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remote via AP)
Japanese director known for single shots releases Zoom film

By Yuri Kageyama Oct. 14, 2020 03:19 AM EDT

A sign is posted on a window of Regal Edwards Grand Teton theater in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Cineworld, which owns Regal, Cineworld and Picturehouse movie theaters, will suspend operations after the release of the latest James Bond film was postponed again, deflating hopes that a blockbuster could revive the devastated industry.(John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP)
Hundreds of Regal, Cineworld movie theaters to close

By Danica Kirka And Lindsey Bahr Oct. 05, 2020 05:38 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2020 file photo, Lillian Fechter folds merchandise to be displayed for sale on a socially distanced table in a tasting area at the Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Geyserville, Calif. The U.S. government's small business lending program sent pandemic relief money into unexpected corners of the entertainment industry. Francis Ford Copppola, director of "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now," received a loan of between $5 million and $10 million that went to workers at his winery. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Coppola and Henson companies get loans for winery, puppetry

By Andrew Dalton Jul. 08, 2020 10:01 AM EDT

This image released by IFC Films shows Rob Brydon, right, and Steve Coogan in a scene from "The Trip to Greece." (Andy Hall/IFC Films via AP)
The 10 best movies released since theaters were shuttered

By Jake Coyle And Lindsey Bahr Jun. 08, 2020 02:33 PM EDT