“The White Lotus” By NICOLE SPERLING Golden Globes voters made it clear Monday why Netflix and others want to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, as the famed studio scored 16 nominations across both film and television categories for the first of Hollywood’s annual awards shows. Warner Bros. received multiple nominations for its two big film contenders: “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another,” which received the most nominations of any film, with nine. In television, “The White Lot

Steve Cropper had an innate feel for a groove as well as a penchant for feeling over flash. (Reddit via r/soul Impala71) By BILL FRISKICS-WARREN Steve Cropper, the prodigious guitarist, songwriter and producer who played a pivotal role in shaping the lean gutbucket soul music made at Memphis’ Stax Records in the 1960s and ’70s, died last Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 84. His death, at a rehabilitation facility, was confirmed by his wife, Angel Cropper, who did not

Kelianis Molina and Oniel Chaparro portray two angels, Angie and Gaby, in the musical “Jesus, Better Than Anything.” (Facebook via Enfoque Juventud PR) By THE STAR STAFF The Luz Escénica Ministry has announced a second performance of the Christian musical “Jesus, Better Than Anything,” this Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene in Dominguito, Arecibo. The ministry has received numerous calls from people wanting to see the musical, which speaks directly about the me

Rafael Ithier Natal (1926-2025), founded El Gran Combo in 1962. By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced Sunday that as soon as details of the wake for maestro Rafael Ithier Natal, who died Saturday night at the age of 99, are available, a day of mourning will be declared for his passing. “Latin music is in mourning for the passing of maestro Rafael Ithier, founder of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico,” the governor said in a written statement. “With a career that

“Forgive Us All’ By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI In this month’s picks, there is cloud busting in Peru, a shadowy astronaut drama, doomsday preppers in New Zealand and more. ‘The Astronaut’ The first two-thirds of Jess Varley’s “The Astronaut” are relatively standard paranoid science-fiction fare. The title character, Capt. Sam Walker (Kate Mara), crashes back from space physically and mentally banged up. Her caring adoptive father, Gen. William Harris (Laurence Fishburne), arranges

“David” (Angel Studios) By ALISSA WILKINSON In the beginning were the Bible movies. As with films in any genre, their popularity has ebbed and flowed, but right now, it’s a flood. Some are what you probably expect: tales for the faithful. Animated films about the life of Jesus, like “The King of Kings” and “Light of the World,” performed well at the box office this year, while “David” will open just before Christmas. This fall, Netflix premiered the Tyler Perry Studios-produc

“Shakespeare in Love” By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI It is common nowadays for playwrights to go back and forth between stage and screen assignments, but Tom Stoppard, whose death at 88 was announced Saturday, was an early adopter of the practice, with TV credits going back to the early 1960s. Some entries in his impressively lengthy collection of screenplays were originals, but he was especially in demand both as a script doctor (usually uncredited) and as a go-to scribe for liter

“The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins” (2001) By BEN KENIGSBERG The proliferation of documentaries on streaming services makes it difficult to choose what to watch. Each month, The New York Times selects three nonfiction films — classics, overlooked recent docs and more — that will reward your time. ‘The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins’ (2001) One of the oddities of Oscar history is that “The War Game,” which won the award for best documentary