The musical "Wicked" is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $114 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

With Wicked conquering the Earth, the million-dollar question for filmmaker Jon M. Chu as he reaps the biggest box office opening of his career ($164.2M) is where, oh, where is the Crazy Rich Asians sequel? The Warner Bros. movie broke glass ceilings not only on-screen for Asian and Asian American actors, but also at the […]

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Sweet Oz! Wicked fans now have a chance to visit Munchkinland. Well, sort of. When Jon M. Chu was making the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical, practical sets were a must. Wickeds grand production shot in 17 stages and on four backlots, two of which were the size of four American football fields. Among […]

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Plastic surgeons on both coasts are noticing a clear trend: Women are eschewing exaggerated hourglass figures and injectables (so 2021!) for a more athletic, less obviously redone look.

Israel has dismantled Hamas' military infrastructure and weakened Hezbollah, but the U.S. must provide support to Israel to achieve victory in the region by imposing maximum sanctions on Iran and allowing Israel to target their nuclear facilities.

Peter Burling skippered the New Zealand Black Foils to victory in SailGPs season-opening regatta in Dubai. Once again, he beat a British crew as he did in winning his third straight Americas Cup a month ago. Burling aggressively squeezed his 50-foot foiling catamaran inside Emirates Great Britain and its new helmsman, Dylan Fletcher, going through the fourth gate to take the lead. The mov...

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who last week backed Sen. Bernie Sanders' bill to block U.S. sending arms to Israel, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that President Biden " is not fully complying with American law" on sending arms to Israel.

Republican lawmakers are pushing back against criticism from some Democrats that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead U.S. intelligence services is “compromised” by her comments supportive of Russia and a meeting with an ally of that country

Republican senators pushed back on Sunday against criticism from Democrats that Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's pick to lead U.S. intelligence services, is "compromised" by her comments supportive of Russia and secret meetings, as a congresswoman, with Syria's president, a close ally of the Kremlin and Iran.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) Republican senators pushed back on Sunday against criticism from Democrats that Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to lead U.S. intelligence services, is compromised by

“Wicked” debuted to $164.2 million at the global box office, a towering figure that includes $50.1 million in overseas ticket sales. Universal’s big-budget adaptation of the hit musical was far bigger in North America with $114 million, ranking as the third-biggest domestic debut of the year and the best ever for a Broadway adaptation. Globally, […]

The Midwest and Great Lakes regions will see rain and snow Monday, and the East Coast will be the most impacted on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, forecasters said.

Nearly 80 million Americans are expected to hit the roads, skies and water during the holiday week.