Entertainment

First volume of Barack Obama's memoir coming Nov. 17

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer

Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inaction

BY KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer

Lego to ditch plastic bags for paper ones in its boxed sets

By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones.

Disney criticized for filming 'Mulan' in China's Xinjiang

By JUWON PARK AP Entertainment Writer

Boseman honored as hometown hero in native South Carolina

    ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Chadwick Boseman was remembered as a hometown hero who brought a sense of pride to his native Anderson, South Carolina.

Top stars at Venice Film Fest praise gender-neutral prizes

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
VENICE (AP) —
    Two stars at the Venice Film Festival, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, have praised the decision by the Berlin festival to award gender-neutral prizes, with Swinton predicting other award ceremonies will follow suit.

In mock funerals and '42' jerseys, kids mourn Black Panther

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press

Gaga's masks, Weeknd's advocacy and more top VMAs moments

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer

Fox's Tucker Carlson takes heat for Kenosha commentary

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News' Tucker Carlson, no stranger to the hot seat for his commentary, is being criticized for suggesting that no one should be surprised by the killing of two demonstrators during social unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Computer pioneer Arnold Spielberg, Steven's dad, dies at 103

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arnold Spielberg, father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg and an innovating engineer whose work helped make the personal computer possible, has died at 103.