LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann among a misfit band of shipwrecked castaways on the 1960s sitcom "Gilligan's Island," died Wednesday of causes related to COVID-19, her publicist said. She was 82.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tis the season to be jolly: A record 39 holiday songs have dominated this week's Billboard Hot 100 chart, including nine holiday tunes in the Top 10.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Workers installed 192 glittering Waterford crystal triangles on Times Square's New Year's Eve ball Sunday in preparation for a pandemic-limited celebration that will lack the usual tightly packed crowds of revelers.

Emerald Fennell wanted to write about female rage. Before #MeToo became ubiquitous, she had been thinking about complacency and the teen movies of her youth where consent was often little more than a throwaway joke. That's when the idea for her audacious debut " Promising Young Woman," out F…

NEW YORK (AP) -- How has George Clooney been handling isolation? Aside from spending time with his wife, Amal Clooney, and their 3-year-old twins, and editing his new film "The Midnight Sky," he's relied on, like many others, a text chain with pals and Zoom. He just got off one with Matt Dam…

CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday again delayed R. Kelly's trial in Chicago on child pornography and other charges because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, postponing it to next year

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Chicago's South Side comes alive through the writings of Gabriel Bump's debut novel, "Everywhere You Don't Belong," which has earned him recognition as the 2020 winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence.

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. (AP) -- Mick Jagger, Florida Man?

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Common Sense Networks will launch a new streaming platform dedicated to kids with age-appropriate content.

LONDON (AP) -- Tom Cruise has launched an expletive-laden rant at colleagues on the set of his latest "Mission: Impossible" movie, after he reportedly spotted two workers failing to respect social distancing rules.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Highwomen won three awards, including album, song and duo/group of the year, at the Americana Honors and Awards. The late John Prine was given artist of the year honors.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co.'s streaming plans shifted into hyper speed Thursday, as the studio unveiled a galaxy's worth of new streaming offerings including plans for 10 "Star Wars" series spinoffs and 10 Marvel series that will debut on Disney+.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Musician and actor Kevin Bacon is bringing live music back to venues that have been shuttered this year with an all-star concert TV special.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ellen DeGeneres says she has tested positive for COVID-19 but is "feeling fine right now."

Taylor Swift fans are getting a double reason to celebrate this year -- the singer-songwriter is about to release her second album in 2020.

George Clooney's co-stars, friends and collaborators gathered virtually to share anecdotes and praise his contributions as actor, director, humanitarian and colleague -- not to mention Sexiest Man Alive twice over.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Natalie Desselle Reid, who starred alongside Halle Berry in the 1997 film "B.A.P.S." and on the sitcom "Eve," has died. She was 53.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sinead O'Connor hasn't released any albums in the past few years, but she has been getting some writing done.

LONE TREE, Colo. (AP) -- A 15-year-old Colorado high school student and young scientist who has used artificial intelligence and created apps to tackle contaminated drinking water, cyberbullying, opioid addiction and other social problems has been named Time Magazine's first-ever "Kid of the Year."

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Native American tribes and advocates are condemning "Big Sky," a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the crime victims.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Christmas is still a few weeks away, but Mariah Carey is already orchestrating her dinner menu.

Judith Sheindlin has been the sole judge, jury and verbal executioner for the last quarter-century on her behemoth TV court show, "Judge Judy." Her trusted bailiff, Petri Hawkins Byrd, has stood by her side during approximately 12,500 cases and remembers an instance when he thought she got i…

NEW YORK (AP) -- Painter Guy Stanley Philoche, a star in the New York art world, had wanted to treat himself to a fancy watch after a hugely successful gallery show. Then the pandemic hit, and he feared for all the struggling artists who haven't been so lucky.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Forget the high-performance sports cars, the luxury Rolls-Royces and all those other classic automobiles in which Jerry Seinfeld ushers his fellow comics to the diner on television's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jawan M. Jackson recently got to do something he's been yearning to do for months -- sing and dance again with his Broadway cast.

LONDON (AP) -- The Duchess of Sussex has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, giving a personal account of the traumatic experience in hope of helping others.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Beyonce is bringing her black parade to the Grammys: The pop star's anthem about Black pride scored multiple nominations Tuesday, making her the leading contender with nine nominations.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Taylor Swift won her third consecutive artist of the year prize at the American Music Awards, but she missed the show for a good reason: She said she's busy re-recording her early music after her catalog was sold.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jose Feliciano is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his bilingual Christmas classic "Feliz Navidad" by releasing a new version featuring Jason Mraz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Shaggy and more.

BOSTON (AP) -- Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli reported to prison on Thursday to begin serving his five-month sentence for bribing his daughters' way into college, officials said.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Cardi B has only released one major single this year -- the hit "WAP" -- but it's enough for Billboard to name her Woman of the Year.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Illusionist David Copperfield is suspending his Las Vegas stage show after a crew member tested positive for COVID-19.

BOSTON (AP) -- The former fencing coach at Harvard and a wealthy Maryland businessman were arrested Monday on accusations that the coach took $1.5 million in bribes in exchange for helping the businessman get his two sons into the Ivy League school as recruited fencers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Weeknd will bring his popular falsetto vocals to the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show.

DALLAS (AP) -- Dallas rapper Mo3 was shot and killed during a daytime attack on a highway in the city, authorities said.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New Yorker has fired longtime staff writer Jeffrey Toobin after he reportedly exposed himself during a Zoom conference last month. He had already been on suspension and is also on leave from CNN, where he is chief legal analyst.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Associated Press has pulled out of its planned coverage of Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards show due to restrictions that have been placed on still photographers and screen captures of the broadcast.

NEW YORK (AP) -- "Jeopardy!" paid tribute to Alex Trebek on Monday in a poignant message that celebrated the show's longtime, unflappable host of 37 years.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Country singer Lee Brice tested positive for COVID-19 and will not perform as scheduled at the CMA Awards on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) -- In a normal year, the newly inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class would have hit the stage and perform the well-known songs that made them famous and helped them enter the prestigious organization.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Weatherman and morning TV co-host Al Roker has revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A man convicted in the kidnapping of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to 24 years in prison Wednesday by a judge who cited his leadership role in a gang active nationwide.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Eve, a host on daytime's "The Talk" for four seasons, said she's leaving in December to put her personal life first.

LONDON (AP) -- Johnny Depp lost his high-stakes libel case Monday against The Sun tabloid newspaper for labeling him a "wife beater," as a British judge said he believed the actor had abused ex-wife Amber Heard to such an extent that she frequently feared for her life.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) -- The actor Eddie Hassell, known for his roles in the NBC show "Surface" and the 2010 film "The Kids Are All Right," has died after a shooting in Texas, police said. He was 30.

LONDON (AP) -- A British judge on Thursday granted a request by the Duchess of Sussex to postpone the trial of her privacy lawsuit against a British newspaper publisher, and said the reason for the delay should remain secret.

For nearly half a century, they were blowin' in the wind: lost interviews that contained surprising new insights about celebrated singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- "The Voice" co-stars Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are engaged and sharing the good news on social media.

LONDON (AP) -- While most music stars are rescheduling tour dates to 2021, Harry Styles is looking farther ahead and making plans to headline his own arena -- one he's putting his money and ideas into.

Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song "Mr. Bojangles," has died at age 78.