Art & Entertainment

Officials of the U.S. Embassy on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on the National Security Minister Marvin Dames, to introduce the incoming Senior Defense Attaché, Bahamas.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A 22-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged with murder days after the killing of rising rap star XXXTentacion, who was fatally shot in his luxury BMW electric car as he left an upscale motorcycle dealership in Florida. Dedrick Devonshay Williams of Pompano Beach was arrested shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office...

NEW YORK (AP) — The breakout star of the summer moviegoing season isn’t a dinosaur, an Avenger or anyone aboard the Millennium Falcon. It’s a giggling pipsqueak in diapers. “The Incredibles 2,” which last weekend set a new box-office record for animated films with $182.7 million in ticket sales, has been a coming out party for Jack-Jack, the seemingly all-powerful...

NEW YORK (AP) — Somehow it doesn’t seem right for Jerry Springer to exit quietly. There should be one last thrown chair or a bleep-filled tirade, at the very least. Instead, it was announced with no fanfare this week that he will stop making new episodes of his memorably raucous talk show, and neither Springer nor his bosses will talk...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul McCartney is inviting fans on a musical journey as he prepares to release his 17th solo album. The former Beatle, who turned 76 on Monday, announced on social media on Wednesday that “Egypt Station” will be released on Sept. 7. The title comes from the name of one of McCartney’s paintings and it will be McCartney’s first...

NEW YORK (AP) — The mouse is chasing the fox. Disney is offering more than $71 billion for Fox’s entertainment businesses in a counterbid to Comcast’s nearly $66 billion offer. The battle for Twenty-First Century Fox reflects a new imperative among entertainment and telecommunications firms. They are amassing ever more programming to better compete with technology companies such as Amazon and...

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For hours, the fans came in a steady stream to mourn and pay their respects at the spot where rapper XXXTentacion was gunned down, some leaving behind expressions of sympathy along a fence and on the sidewalk. No arrests have been announced in the shooting of the 20-year-old rapper, who Broward County sheriff’s officials say...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The sons of Apollo Creed and Ivan Drago will pick up where their fathers left off more than 30 years ago. MGM and Warner Bros. Pictures on Wednesday released the first trailer for “Creed II,” the sequel to the 2015 “Rocky” spinoff. Michael B. Jordan returns as Adonis Creed, with Sylvester Stallone by his side as former heavyweight...

Glowing guest reviews boosted the picturesque Sandyport Beach Resort to the enviable number one spot on TripAdvisor for Nassau and once again earned it the coveted Certificate of Excellence. Sandyport Beach Resort is also the recipient of the prestigious Resort Condominiums International top "RCI Gold Crown Resort" award. Minister of Tourism & Aviation Dionisio D'Aguilar visited Sandyport Beach Resort recently,...

A group of determined paddleboarders will make their way to The Bahamas from West Palm Beach this Saturday, June 23, in an effort to raise money and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis. The group will paddle more than 70 miles. Founder of the event and executive director of Piper’s Angels Foundation Travis Suit, started the event in honor of his 10-year-old...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Clooney’s Hollywood career spans more than three decades, with memorable roles including fighting vampires, playing Batman and drifting through space in “Gravity.” But Clooney’s other accomplishments, including directing, screenwriting and activism, led to him becoming the latest recipient of the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award. Clooney, 57, was honored at a star-studded tribute gala...

NEW YORK (AP) — The dinosaurs of “Jurassic Park” are many things. They are special-effects wonders. They are unruly house guests. And they are some of the biggest, most foot-stomping metaphors around. Since Steven Spielberg’s 1993 original, the dinos of “Jurassic Park” — many of them not light on their feet to be begin with — have been weighed down...

Thousands of Bahamians are expected to flock to Dairy Queen (DQ) locations June 21 as the company is set to host its annual Miracle Treat Day next Thursday. The fundraising project is centered around helping sick children. It has been practiced in the United States for 30+ years but was adopted by Dairy Queen Bahamas 5 years ago today. In the past...

The overnight rating from major markets of the World Cup opener was less than half of the overnight for the first game of the 2014 tournament, hurt by a much earlier kickoff and less glamorous teams. Host Russia’s 5-0 rout of Saudi Arabia, which kicked off at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, got a 1.6 average in metered markets, according to...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Apple says it has reached a multiyear deal with Oprah Winfrey to create original programs for its streaming service. Apple said Friday the programs will be released worldwide as part of a lineup of original content. Apple has yet to launch its service, whose major competitors will include Amazon and Netflix. Winfrey founded and heads the...

LONDON (AP) — The ashes of Stephen Hawking were buried Friday in a corner of Westminster Abbey that honors some of Britain’s greatest scientists, between the graves of Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton. More than 1,000 people attended a service of thanksgiving in the ancient abbey for the physicist, who died in March at age 76 after decades of living...