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Reps for Jackson tell Variety that an 'apology' for the singer's comments about VP Kamala Harris' racial background was made by a person who is not her manager, as he had claimed.

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‘Beetlejuice’ Defeats 'Transformers’

After an unusually close box office race, 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' emerged victorious over 'Transformers One' to retain the No. 1 spot.

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Please read this as the compliment with which it is written: American politics have never felt cozier than in the halls of NBC’s “The West Wing.” Whereas most Americans today…

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Perry Farrell Is Seeking Medical Treatment After ‘Physical Outburst’ at Jane’s Addiction Concert, Wife Says

Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell is seeking medical treatment after his onstage altercation with guitarist Dave Navarro at the band’s Sept. 13 concert in Boston, according…

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Kamala Harris Challenges Donald Trump to CNN Debate in October; Trump Says ‘It’s Just Too Late’

UPDATE: At a rally Saturday afternoon in Wilmington, N.C., former President Donald Trump argued “it’s just too late” to have a second presidential debate with Vice President…

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‘The Substance’

Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star in a visionary feminist body-horror film that takes cosmetic enhancement to extremes.
‘Transformers One’

This animated origin story reveals there's more to the series' central conflict than meets the eye.
Critics Pick
‘A Different Man’

Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson take on boundary-defying roles in Aaron Schimberg's dizzyingly rich think-piece.
‘Wolfs’

George Clooney and Brad Pitt are rival fixers in a winning action comedy spiked with movie-star chemistry.

‘A Man in Full’

A one-note Jeff Daniels stars in this empty Netflix series.
‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’

Peacock's gruesome and grueling love story is set during the Holocaust.
‘The Veil’

Elisabeth Moss stuns in FX's fascinating spy thriller.
'Dead Boy Detectives’

This 'Sandman' spinoff adapts Neil Gaiman's comic as a zany teen procedural.

‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’

Billie Eilish and producer Finneas keep up their winning streak with a surprising and intimate third album.
‘Atavista’

Childish Gambino's latest is a masterpiece, and a kaleidoscopic showcase for his seemingly endless talents.
‘Dark Times’

Vince Staples searches for light on his new album, his most vulnerable project to date.
‘Radical Optimism’

Dua Lipa's new album is a joyous blast of pop savvy.

‘An Enemy of the People’

Sam Gold's production is an actorly face-off between Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, but the script ultimately let's the audience off the hook.
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’

Patricia Clarkson gives a luminous performance in an otherwise uneven revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama.
‘Tommy’

Strictly for the boomers.
‘Water for Elephants’

The stage adaptation has escapism, enchantment and heart, all elevated to new, literal heights that blend theater and cirque.

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Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!