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Entertainment

SNL BOOKS BRANDI CARLILE, SOMBR AND OLIVIA DEAN FOR NOVEMBER—A GENRE-HOPPING LINEUP

The bookings and the strategy “Saturday Night Live” unveiled its November music slate: Brandi Carlile returns, while breakout acts Sombr

TAYLOR SWIFT FANS RAISE $2M+ FOR SEA OTTERS AFTER VINTAGE T-SHIRT MOMENT

How a shirt became a fundraiser A vintage Monterey Bay Aquarium T-shirt worn by Taylor Swift in a recent concert-film

MARIAH CAREY, PITBULL LIGHT UP BRISBANE AS FRIDAYZ LIVE RETURNS

Nostalgia, precision, and festival pacing Fridayz Live roared back in Brisbane with a nostalgia-heavy bill led by Mariah Carey and

‘SILENT HILL f’ BRINGS JAPANESE GOTHIC BACK TO THE FRANCHISE’S ROOTS

Why the new entry matters for survival-horror fans “Silent Hill f,” released late last month, arrives with a distinctly Japanese

SIX FLAGS ADDS ACTIVIST-BACKED EXEC TO BOARD AS INVESTOR PRESSURE MOUNTS

Theme-park governance meets show-business economics Six Flags Entertainment is adding a partner from activist hedge fund Sachem Head Capital to

KISS LEGEND ACE FREHLEY DIES AT 74; ROCK WORLD MOURNS A TRAILBLAZER

A singular guitarist and an enduring pop-culture imprint Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist of Kiss whose spaced-out swagger helped

DEL TORO’S ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ OPENS IN THEATERS TODAY AHEAD OF NETFLIX RELEASE

Platform strategy and the big-screen case Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating “Frankenstein” begins a limited theatrical run today, three weeks before

SHAH RUKH KHAN’S BIRTHDAY TO BE MARKED WITH NATIONWIDE FILM FESTIVAL AT PVR INOX

Celebration of a career and a box office resurgence PVR Inox, India’s largest multiplex chain, will celebrate Shah Rukh Khan’s

SAM FENDER TEAMS WITH ELTON JOHN ON NEW SINGLE ‘TALK TO YOU’

A piano-stoked collaboration with arena ambitions Fresh off his Mercury Prize win, Sam Fender has released “Talk to You,” featuring

LONDON FILM FESTIVAL CEMENTS ITS ROLE AS AWARDS-SEASON LAUNCHPAD

How LFF became a global springboard The London Film Festival has grown from a cinephile celebration into an awards-season engine