Arnold Schwarzenegger feels ‘fantastic’ after heart surgery

LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger says he is feeling “fantastic” after his recent heart surgery.

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Zemeckis makes Dahl’s ‘Witches’ a brighter affair

Anne Hathaway, center, and a large cast appear in “The Witches” on HBO Max.

No matter how you cut it, “ The Witches “ is a really disturbing tale.

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NEW YORK — Natalie Portman is putting her body through the paces to get into fighting shape for her next Marvel movie.

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Netflix offers remake of ‘Rebecca’

Kristin Scott Thomas, background, and Lily James star in “Rebecca.” The remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic is now showing on Netflix.

It’s asking for trouble remaking Hitchcock, but with “Rebecca” you might be able to see a sliver of an opening. It’s justly revered as a Gothic masterpiece and the only film of Hitch’s to win best picture.

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Celebrities unite to get-out-the-vote

NEW YORK — In the final days before the U.S. election, celebrities from Kerry Washington to Billie Jean King are urging Americans to vote.

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LOS ANGELES — Jeff Bridges says he is being treated for lymphoma and his prognosis is good.

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NEW YORK — Author-commentator Jeffrey Toobin has been suspended by the New Yorker and is stepping away from his job as CNN's senior legal analyst pending what the cable network is calling a “personal matter.”

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WARSAW, Poland — Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski returned to Poland, the country of his youth, and paid tribute on Thursday to a Polish couple who took him in and protected him when he was a child, saving him from the Holocaust.

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Neeson has heart, explosives in ‘Honest Thief’

Liam Neeson stars in “Honest Thief,” a new movie now playing in theaters. Neeson plays a retired bank robber who is framed for murder by crooked FBI agents and goes looking for revenge.

In “Honest Thief,” in theaters this Friday if you’re good with that, Liam Neeson portrays a softer, PG-13-rated side of the morally righteous lone wolves running through his 21st century movie career.

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‘S-house’ is surprisingly fresh coming-of-age college comedy

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You would assume a college comedy with the unprintable title of “S—-house” to be another sad, low-brow retread of “Animal House.” You would almost bet on it.

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‘Two and a Half Men’ star dies at 77

LOS ANGELES — Conchata Ferrell, who became known for her role as Berta the housekeeper on TV’s “Two and a Half Men” after a long career as a character actor on stage and in movies, including “Mystic Pizza” and “Network,” has died. She was 77.

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NEW YORK — Stevie Wonder released two new songs reflecting the current times that he hopes inspires change.

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Online Broadway revivals attract well-known casts

“Hamilton” producer Jeffrey Richards on Wednesday unveiled a weekly play run of seven livestreamed works to benefit The Actors Fund.

NEW YORK — Broadway theaters may be dark, but there will be plenty of new online productions of some classic plays this fall with some starry self-isolating actors, including Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Patti LuPone, Laura Linney and David Alan Grier.

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Star-studded CBS special to celebrate Latinx culture

Just in time for National Hispanic Heritage Month, CBS has unveiled a star-studded lineup for its forthcoming special “Essential Heroes: A Momento Latino Event.”

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LONDON — ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus grew up in at a time when his education was valued more than his sister's, and he wants it to be different for girls around the world.