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Singer-songwriter Jessy Wilson was questioning her career in music when she landed a song in the action epic “The Woman King.”.

Glittering rock ‘n’ roll, women warriors and kings, spellbinding multiverses and stories of friendship and family permeated 2022 cinema and the AP Top 25 Movies list.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” has won best feature at the 32nd Gotham Awards.

This week’s new entertainment releases include an live posthumous album from Tom Petty, the criminal profile spinoff series “Criminal Minds: Evolution,” a documentary about the plucky Mars Rover Opportunity and a TV series that focuses on the backstage melodrama at the Chippendale’s male strip clubs.

“Rings of Power” star Nazanin Boniadi has delivered a powerful plea to prominent Hollywood creatives to support female protesters in Iran at an event Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles.

After off-screen drama threatened to consume Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling,” the Warner Bros.

During a lull in the movie calendar, "The Woman King" is generating the kind of buzz, and ticket sales, that the box office desperately needs.

The Viola Davis-led action epic “The Woman King” easily conquered the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters, against a crowded market of new releases.

When Viola Davis, sculpted and hardened from months of training, first stood in the full garb of the Agojie warrior women, with her bare feet in the African sand, it was the culmination of not just the years-long push to make “The Woman King,” but of a lifelong battle.

When the 47th Toronto International Film Festival unfolds beginning Thursday, it will follow two editions that were much diminished by the pandemic.

A rundown of notable films coming out this fall, which range from Disney+'s “Pinocchio” adaptation to Ana de Armas playing Marilyn Monroe in the Netflix film “Blonde.”.

"Women of the Movement" stars Adrienne Warren as Emmett Till's mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who didn't want America to turn away from the barbaric killing of her 14-year-old son.

WASHINGTON — Hollywood actor Lashana Lynch, one of the stars of the upcoming James Bond feature “No Time to Die,” has joined Viola Davis in “The Woman King,” a historical epic from TriStar Pictures. Dana Stevens wrote the original screenplay, with the current draft being written by Dana Stevens and Prince-Bythewood. Lynch will also star in Matthew Warchus’ comedy-drama film “Matilda,” which is an adaptation of a Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. The upcoming movie will also star Emily Beecham, Vanessa Redgrave, Sverrir Gudnason, and Carolina Carlsson in key roles. Lynch is represented by Alan Siegel Entertainment, International Creative Management (ICM) Partners, United Kingdom’s BWH Agency, and Sloane Offer.

Pacific Theaters, an iconic California theater chain, operates more than 300 screens across the state.

Hollywood’s theatrical business may be slowly rebounding but for some exhibitors the last year has been catastrophic.

(Netflix via AP)Heres a collection curated by The Associated Press entertainment journalists of whats arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Its directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who also helmed Love & Basketball and the criminally underseen Beyond the Lights (currently available on Kanopy). Palm Springs: If a rom-com is more your speed, theres also Palm Springs, on Hulu Friday, starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti as wedding guests who find themselves caught in a time-loop. AP Film Writer Lindsey BahrMUSICThe Dalai Lama: To commemorate his 85th birthday on Monday, the Dalai Lama is releasing his first-ever album. Viewers seeking to stir their hearts and minds should consider Netflixs Stateless, set in an immigration detention center in the Australian desert.

FILE - This Feb. 9, 2020 file photo shows actress Charlize Theron at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Theron stars and produces the Netflix action thriller "The Old Guard," streaming on July 10. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK Charlize Theron says shes making choices as a producer and actor to ensure her two small, beautiful African American daughters will feel represented on-screen. Im in therapy over it, Theron said in an interview promoting her action thriller The Old Guard, which hits Netflix July 10. Theron says shes been watching recent protests around racial injustice in the U.S. through the lens of her home countrys history. She hopes the current movement leads to lasting change, particularly in promoting diversity within Hollywood.