National Entertainment

Herbert Coward, known for his "Toothless Man” role in the movie “Deliverance,” died Wednesday in a crash on a western North Carolina highway, according to authorities. He was 85.

Nicole Kidman captivated TV viewers in 2020 in “The Undoing,” as a woman whose husband was accused of murder. In “Big Little Lies,” she was a woman in an abusive marriage.

Brooklyn-based indie singer-songwriter Katy Kirby has returned for her second studio album, “Blue Raspberry,” chronicling new discoveries in her first queer relationship .

TORONTO — Something about being called a first-time Grammy nominee makes Molly Rankin a little itchy.

Time isn’t inverting: Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” is coming back to movie theaters for a week in IMAX 70mm and on other large-format screens. The limited re-release of Nolan’s mind-bender starring John David Washington will begin on Feb.

BOSTON (AP) — Andris Nelsons has agreed to a rolling contract as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The 45-year-old Latvian has been the BSO's music director since the 2014-15 season, when he began a five-year contract.

NEW YORK (AP) — Colman Domingo, fresh off his Oscar nomination , has joined the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic “Michael" to play the pop star's domineering father, Joe Jackson.

ALBANY, N.Y.

Melanie, the singer-songwriter who rose through the New York folk scene, performed at Woodstock and had a series of 1970s hits including the enduring cultural phenomenon “Brand New Key," has died.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 28-Feb. 3: Jan. 28: Actor Nicholas Pryor (“Risky Business”) is 89. Actor Alan Alda is 88. Actor Susan Howard (“Dallas”) is 82. Actor Marthe Keller (“Marathon Man”) is 79. Actor Barbi Benton is 74.