Meryl Streep
Director Steven Soderbergh attends the "No Sudden Move" premiere during the 20th Tribeca Festival at The Battery on Friday, June 18, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Soderbergh, Cheadle return to Detroit in 'No Sudden Move'

By Jake Coyle Jun. 24, 2021 04:26 PM EDT

Leland Stein, left, takes a photo with his mother Sondra Green in her apartment in New York on April 26, 2018. The two are reuniting in person for Mother’s Day as vaccinations have made families feel more comfortable gathering for the holiday. (Leland Stein via AP)
After sad Mother's Day 2020, vaccines offer sweet reunions

By Leanne Italie Apr. 27, 2021 08:59 AM EDT

Tyler Perry, winner of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool)
Among the Oscar winners: 2 foundations that serve the needy

By Glenn Gamboa Apr. 26, 2021 11:29 AM EDT

FILE - Viola Davis poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 9, 2018. Davis has been named Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-winning actor is being honored April 22 in an online ceremony that will include a roast, a discussion and a speech from Davis as she is presented with her ceremonial pudding pot. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Viola Davis is named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

Apr. 16, 2021 11:28 AM EDT

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

Obama, Patti Smith among PEN America honorees

Dec. 08, 2020 09:00 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Artists, activists and a former president gathered online for PEN America's annual gala, held virtually this year because of the pandemic. ...

This image released by HBO Max shows Lucas Hedges, left, and Meryl Streep in a scene from "Let Them All Talk." (Peter Andrews/HBO Max via AP)
Q&A: Soderbergh on his 'boat movie' & the blockbuster's fate

By Jake Coyle Dec. 08, 2020 12:28 PM EST

FILE - Aaron Sorkin, writer/director of "The Trial of the Chicago 7," appears on the movie screen as he introduces the film at its drive-in premiere in Pasadena, Calif. on Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
With red carpets rolled up, the Oscar race goes virtual

By Jake Coyle Dec. 04, 2020 02:38 PM EST

FILE - BTS arrives at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020. The K-pop band is nominated for a Grammy Award for best pop duo/group performance with “Dynamite," their first song to hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
12 Grammy facts: BTS and Dr. Luke in, The Weeknd out

By Mesfin Fekadu Nov. 24, 2020 01:06 PM EST

This image released by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York shows a black dress by Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen, left, and a ball gown by American designer Charles James, part of The Costume Institute’s exhibition "About Time: Fashion and Duration," tracing 150 years of fashion. (Anna-Marie Kellen/Metropolitan Museum of Art via AP)
Sans gala or red carpet, a stylish fashion show at the Met

By Jocelyn Noveck Oct. 30, 2020 10:48 AM EDT

FILE - This photo Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, file photo shows Alfred E. Smith IV, left, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, during the 71st annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York. Organizers of the Al Smith Dinner say President Donald Trump will be in virtual attendance and his Democratic rival Joe Biden is also expected to be in virtual attendance, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, as the annual New York City event moves mostly online because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Trump and Biden get evites as Al Smith Dinner goes virtual

Sep. 28, 2020 08:08 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Jul. 29, 2020 06:39 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ July 25 The New York Times on...

Locals walk after the funeral of Chief Messias Martins Moreira, 53, of the Kokama ethnic group, who died of Covid-19, at Parque das Tribos in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Thursday, May 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
Indigenous infections grew amid slow Brazil agency response

By Mauricio Savarese And David Biller May. 18, 2020 06:14 PM EDT