books and literature

By ANDREW DALTON - AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willie starts with the words.It's one of the surprising revelations in Willie Nelson 's new book, “Energy Follows Thought: The…

By ANDREW DALTON - AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The writers strike is now over. So when will your favorite shows return?If you're a fan of comedy and late-night, expect to see…

By TED ANTHONY - AP National Writer “Let’s do things differently this time.”Those are the first words you hear in this month’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” an otherworldly meditation…

By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — From the moment he read Cormac McCarthy's “All the Pretty Horses,” James Wade knew he was a fan for life and that his aspirations, as an…

By MARK KENNEDY - AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards…

By MARK KENNEDY - AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards…

By MARK KENNEDY - AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Awards history was made Sunday when Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee became the first nonbinary people to win Tonys for acting as…

By MARK KENNEDY - AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award history was made Sunday when Alex Newell became the first nonbinary person to win a Tony for acting as the Broadway…

By MARK KENNEDY - AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Awards host Ariana DeBose opened a blank script backstage before dancing and leaping her way to the stage as the main show's…

By MARK KENNEDY - AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A nervy Tony Awards kicked off Sunday with a pre-show heavy on unpredictability and very low on jokes after the Hollywood writers’…