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The 5 tracks you need to hear from Taylor Swift's surprise 'Tortured Poets' companion

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Released two hours after "The Tortured Poets Department" on Thursday night, Taylor Swift's second set of new songs contains a handful of highlights.

How accurate is a new movie about the real-life spies who inspired Bond? We checked

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Guy Ritchie's latest follows a group of British special forces who took on German U-boats during World War II — and helped inspire James Bond. Here's what's fact and what's fiction.

Friday, Apr 19

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Mandisa, 'American Idol' star and Grammy-winning Christian music singer, dies at 47

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Grammy-winning Christian music singer Mandisa died Thursday at age 47, The Times confirmed. She was known for songs including 'Overcomer' and 'Bleed the Same.'

Surprise: Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' is a double album, 'The Anthology'

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Taylor Swift dropped not one album overnight but two. The double effort's title is 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.' It includes 15 more tracks.

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Taylor Swift's new album is rife with breakup songs. Psychologists explain why we love them

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Taylor Swift's new 'The Tortured Poets Department' album draws inspiration from her own breakups. What attracts us to songs about failed relationships?

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Taylor Swift turns heel, owning her chaos and messiness on 'The Tortured Poets Department'

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Swift's 11th studio LP, 'The Tortured Poets Department,' released at midnight Eastern time, follows a busy period in the 34-year-old's personal and professional spheres.

Thursday, Apr 18

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Sydney Sweeney's team fires back at producer who said 'she's not pretty' and 'can't act'

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Sydney Sweeney's rep called out Carol Baum for 'unjustly' disparaging a fellow female producer after Baum said that Sweeney's film 'Anyone But You' was 'unwatchable.'

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Dickey Betts, guitarist and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, dies 80

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Dickey Betts, a founding member and guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band, died Thursday of cancer and COPD, his family announced. The musician was 80.

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'The Witcher' to end with Season 5 on Netflix

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'The Witcher' is ending after its upcoming Season 5. The fourth and fifth seasons will be filmed back to back.

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L.A. artist Blxst on his Coachella debut and where he's eating Weekend 2

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L.A. rapper and singer Blxst is a first-time performer at Coachella 2024. Here are the best things he ate Weekend 1 and what he's staking out weekend 2.

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Disneyland's $1.9-billion expansion project is latest mega investment in the Anaheim resort

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The latest expansion project at Disneyland follows the opening of California Adventure, Cars Land, Avengers Campus and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.

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L.A. ethics panel approves fine for former CBS exec Leslie Moonves over interference with LAPD investigation

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The panel previously rejected a proposed settlement of $11,250 for Moonves because commissioners wanted a tougher penalty. The $15,000 fine approved Wednesday was the maximum allowed.

Wednesday, Apr 17

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Author Sophie Kinsella reveals that she's had brain cancer since 2022: 'All is stable'

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'Confessions of a Shopaholic' scribe Sophie Kinsella reveals she was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022. Since then she's had surgery, radiation and chemo.

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Broadway makes way for 'Crazy Rich Asians' with new musical directed by Jon M. Chu

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Filmmaker Jon M. Chu will find familiar material in his Broadway debut as he directs a musical adaptation of author Kevin Kwan's 'Crazy Rich Asians' trilogy.

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Olivia Munn says she 'absolutely broke down' seeing her body after a double mastectomy

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Olivia Munn says recovery from breast cancer has been emotionally tough, but she's happy she got a double mastectomy and reconstruction. 'I'm OK with that now.'

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Heidi Gardner of 'SNL' says 'anxiety set in' after giggly 'Beavis and Butt-Head' sketch

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Comedian Heidi Gardner says that an 'SNL' sketch focused on two 'Beavis and Butt-Head' look-alikes was 'really special' — even though she broke character.

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Kate Beckinsale's 'Tummy Troubles Survivor' shirt hints at ailment that hospitalized her

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Kate Beckinsale wore a T-shirt emblazoned with 'Tummy Troubles Survivor,' an apparent reference to the mystery medical issue that hospitalized her in March.

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How Leslie Liao left Netflix's HR department to become a rising star in stand-up

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The comedian talks about quitting her Netflix job when she got her stand-up career up and running. Next month she headlines the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever as part of Netflix Is A Joke Fest.

Maynard James Keenan celebrates 60 by rocking out family-style for "Sessanta"

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The Times spoke with the frontman of Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer about his upcoming birthday show and creative process, how he manages it all, where he sees himself at 60, and more.

Los Angeles' mass uprisings in search of Black justice have punctuated my life, and my library

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I've lived in L.A. during the Watts riots, the beating of Rodney King and the death of George Floyd. Books about these times, such as Gary Phillips' "Ash Dark as Night," help me understand them.

It's time for an Oscar for stunts. 'The Fall Guy' is the best argument for it

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Director David Leitch tops himself with his new action-comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, but his greatest legacy may be ahead of him — if the motion picture academy takes notice.

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Review: 'Home Alone' with fangs, 'Abigail' is a comedy that goes violently wrong for kidnappers

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"Scream" queen Melissa Barrera stars in a new horror-comedy from the Radio Silence filmmaking collective about a gang of criminals who battle a tiny terror.

Tuesday, Apr 16

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Travis Kelce heads to TV to host celebrity spinoff of 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'

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Travis Kelce will host 'Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?,' a twist on an old game show that marks the NFL's star's first foray into series television.

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Crystal Kung Minkoff says her 'Real Housewives' days are over: 'It was a blessing'

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Crystal Kung Minkoff revealed, in a laid-back video, that she will not return for Season 14 of 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills': 'It's very bittersweet.'

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Coachella is bigger than ever. Where to find the best food spots for Weekend 2

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Stake out the best food and drinks for Coachella Weekend 2, including birria quesadillas from the Goat Mafia, stacked sandwiches from Indio-local TKB Deli, Outstanding in the Field dinners and a luxe pop-up from Aperol.

'Push Ups' — by Drake? — sparks AI speculation as more players join diss-track drama

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'Push Ups,' a diss track that might be from Drake and is definitely aimed at Kendrick Lamar, Metro Boomin and other musicians, sends rap fans into a frenzy.

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Classic film lovers: See James Dean's apartment and more on new TCM tour at Warner Bros.

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Warner Bros. is now offering a Turner Classic Movies behind-the-scenes tour that will bring guests to previous off-limit areas of the lot.

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Dad of Steel! Henry Cavill expecting first child with Vertigo exec Natalie Viscuso

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'Man of Steel' alum Henry Cavill is expecting his first child with girlfriend Natalie Viscuso, with whom he's also adapting 'Warhammer 40,000' into a live-action franchise.

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No Doubt's Tony Kanal talks band's Coachella reunion and scoring new career as a TV and film composer

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Despite being known for his bass duties in the biggest-selling band from Orange County, lately Kanal has shifted his musical focus to be not on stage but behind the screen.

Angela White is done hiding behind Blac Chyna. She couldn't love herself more.

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The reality television star known as Blac Chyna is on a journey to get reacquainted with herself through love and faith and without the fillers.