'Sonic the Hedgehog' speeds to $57M debut over holiday weekend

Claes Bang poses for a photo with co-star Elizabeth Debicki at the Cinema Society screening of their movie The Burnt Orange Heresy on Thursday (March 5) in New York City.

By Amanda N'Duka

NEW YORK (AP) — He looks like a rock star — rail-thin with long flowing hair. But rock stars aren't supposed to be on time, rip up their songs without a fuss or eat salad.

NEW YORK (AP) — He looks like a rock star — rail-thin with long flowing hair. But rock stars aren't supposed to be on time, rip up their songs without a fuss or eat salad.

Your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. David Guetta and Martin Solveig are coming to The Brooklyn Mirage on Friday, May 15. The open-air venue will come to life with electr

The Talking Heads frontman was joined by the cast of 'American Utopia'

Lady Gaga lives for the applause, applause, applause — and her Little Monster fan base is certainly clapping now.

Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd’s Black Panther soundtrack collaboration, “Pray For Me,” is the subject of a copyright lawsuit. On Monday, recently disbanded Brooklyn band Yeasayer filed a complaint in the US District Court in New York alleging the track infringes on the group’s 2007 song, “Sunrise,” as first reported by TMZ and then confirmed by Pitchfork.

Rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed in a reported Los Angeles home invasion Wednesday morning. He died at the age of 20. Later that evening, the Canarsie native’s neighborhood gathered to commemorate his life and career, rapping and dancing to the songs that took him from those very streets to places near and far — both physically and sonically.

Season 1 of Al Pacino’s much-anticipated series Hunters is finally out. Directed by David Weil, the series is inspired by true events.

Technical employees at Kickstarter, the crowdfunding platform popular with film and music producers among others, have voted to unionize with the Office and Professional Employees International Union, the OPEIU said Tuesday. The 85-member bargaining unit will affiliate with OPEIU Local 153 in New York.In a Hollywood twist, the employees’ goals were not primarily around wages, benefits or working conditions, the usual focus of labor organizing drives.

Quick-rising rapper Pop Smoke -- born Bashar Jackson -- was reportedly murdered in a home invasion at a Hollywood Hills residence early Wednesday (Feb. 19). The Brooklyn native was on the fast track to stardom, as his Meet the Woo 2 project debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 for the week dated Feb. 22. 

Pop Smoke, a rising New York rapper, was fatally shot in a home in the Hollywood Hills early Wednesday, law enforcement sources confirmed.

Pop Smoke, a rising New York rapper, was fatally shot in a home in the Hollywood Hills early Wednesday, law enforcement sources confirmed.

Pop Smoke was reportedly shot and killed in a home invasion in the Hollywood Hills early Wednesday morning (Feb. 19). Many in the hip-hop community, including Nicki Minaj, have paid tribute to the late Brooklyn rapper, who undoubtedly had a bright future ahead of him.

NEW YORK -- The redesigned “Sonic the Hedgehog” showed plenty of teeth at the box office, speeding to a $57 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday, while “Parasite” saw one of the largest post-Oscars bumps in years following its best picture win.

NEW YORK — The redesigned “Sonic the Hedgehog” showed plenty of teeth at the box office, speeding to a $57 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday, while “Parasite” saw one of the largest post-Oscars bumps in years following its best picture win.