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A scene from Season 5 of the series “The Chosen.” (The Chosen)

‘Chosen’ big hit in theaters

A scene from Season 5 of the series “The Chosen.” (The Chosen)

April 26, 2025, 5:24am Entertainment

This Easter weekend, theaters across the nation showed films like “A Minecraft Movie” and Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller “Sinners.” Alongside those movies, many also offered an eight-hour “binge fest” of the latest season of “The Chosen,” the popular streaming series that chronicles the life of Jesus. Read story

Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, center, talks with islanders March 25 after the Divine Liturgy in the chapel of Panagia Evangelistria, in Amorgos island, Greece.

Monk keeps faith at Greek cliffside monastery

Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, center, talks with islanders March 25 after the Divine Liturgy in the chapel of Panagia Evangelistria, in Amorgos island, Greece.

April 26, 2025, 5:22am Churches & Religion

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its founding more than a millennium ago. Read story

TV Q&A: Will summer usher in a ‘Gilded Age’?

April 26, 2025, 5:22am Entertainment

You have questions. I have some answers. Read story

Gal Gadot Israeli actress

‘Snow White’ banned in Lebanon due to Israeli star Gadot

Gal Gadot Israeli actress

April 26, 2025, 5:19am Entertainment

The controversial live-action “Snow White” has been banned in Lebanon, where star Gal Gadot is on the “Israel boycott list.” Read story

‘CrazySexy Cool’ TLC musical set for 2026

April 26, 2025, 5:18am Entertainment

Atlanta R&B group TLC has developed a musical about their colorful career that will open in the District of Columbia in 2026. Read story

Director Ryan Coogler attends the European premiere of “Sinners” on April 14 at Cineworld Leicester Square in London. (Tim P.

Vampire film drew inspiration from Metallica

Director Ryan Coogler attends the European premiere of “Sinners” on April 14 at Cineworld Leicester Square in London. (Tim P.

April 26, 2025, 5:16am Entertainment

Growing up in the 1990s in Oakland, Calif., director Ryan Coogler was fueled by his city’s magnetic hip-hop scene and artists such as Digital Underground, 2Pac and E-40. Read story

Tourists are guided through the great Crystal Cave in California’s Sequoia National Park.

How to explore reopened underground California wonder

Tourists are guided through the great Crystal Cave in California’s Sequoia National Park.

April 26, 2025, 5:09am Life

The stalactites and stalagmites of Sequoia National Park’s Crystal Cave, a sprawling subterranean wonder that’s been closed for four years, will be accessible again this summer. Read story

Airline customer satisfaction drops, study says

April 26, 2025, 5:09am Life

A new study shows a decline in customer satisfaction with airlines and other travel firms, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Read story

Travelers approach security screenings at the Philadelphia International Airport on Christmas Eve 2024. The latest TikTok trend is to arrive at the airport late at the risk of missing your flight.

TikTok ‘airport theory’ goes viral

Travelers approach security screenings at the Philadelphia International Airport on Christmas Eve 2024. The latest TikTok trend is to arrive at the airport late at the risk of missing your flight.

April 26, 2025, 5:09am Life

We all know that the airport experience can sometimes be a pain in the — how best to put this — backside. However, a new viral trend has emerged that can be both exhilarating and risky. Read story

People walk past sculptures that will be part of an upcoming exhibition at Oxford University aiming to contextualize the legacy of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes, at the Chitungwiza Arts Centre near Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

Zimbabwe’s stone carvers seek a revival amid Oxford exhibition

People walk past sculptures that will be part of an upcoming exhibition at Oxford University aiming to contextualize the legacy of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes, at the Chitungwiza Arts Centre near Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

April 26, 2025, 5:01am Life

A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming native with his boot. Chained men in gold mines, and a pregnant woman. Read story