Bob Weir, guitarist, singer and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78. Weir’s death was announced Saturday in a statement on his Instagram page. The statement says Weir had beaten cancer but succumbed to underlying lung issues. Weir joined the Grateful Dead in 1965 at just 17 years old. He would spend the next 30 years playing on virtually nonstop tours alongside fellow singer and guitarist Jerry Garcia, who died in 1995. Weir wrote or co-wrote and sang lead vocals on classics including “Sugar Magnolia” and “Mexicali Blues.” In the decades since, he kept playing with other projects including Dead and Company.

Bob Weir, guitarist, singer and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at age 78.

Veteran actor T.K. Carter, known for his roles in "The Thing" and "Punky Brewster," has died at 69. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported that deputies responded to a call about an unresponsive male in Duarte, California, on Friday evening. Police have not disclosed a cause of death but said no foul play is suspected. Carter gained fame as Nauls the cook in John Carpenter's 1982 horror classic, "The Thing." He also appeared in the 1980s sitcom "Punky Brewster" and films like "Runaway Train," "Ski Patrol," and "Space Jam."

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel Walker Howe has died at 88. A spokesperson at UCLA confirmed he died Dec. 25. Howe was known for his book “What Hath God Wrought,” which chronicled the vast changes in the U.S. from 1815 to 1848. The book was part of Oxford University Press' series on American history and won the Pulitzer in 2008. Howe's work explored themes like Manifest Destiny, the rise of political parties, and the debate over slavery. He highlighted how technological advances impacted society and politics. Howe taught at several universities and aimed to make history accessible to general readers.

Authorities in New Mexico have issued an arrest warrant for director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sex abuse charge. An investigator with the Albuquerque Police Department said in a criminal complaint Friday that the child reported that Busfield touched him inappropriately. The acts allegedly occurred on the set of “The Cleaning Lady,” a TV series Busfield directed and acted in. The complaint says the child’s mother told Child Protective Services the abuse occurred between November 2022 and spring 2024. Busfield’s attorney and agent did not immediately respond to email messages seeking comment late Friday.

A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold for a record $15 million. The private deal for “Action Comics No. 1” was announced Friday. It eclipses the previous record set last November when a copy of “Superman No. 1″ was sold at auction for $9.12 million. The Action Comics sale was negotiated by Manhattan-based Metropolis Collectibles/Comic Connect, which said the comic book’s owner and the buyer wished to remain anonymous. The comic sold for 10 cents when it came out in 1938 and marks the beginning of the superhero genre.

The Producers Guild of America has announced 10 nominees for their top prize Friday. This includes awards season front-runners “One Battle After Another,” “Sinners,” “Marty Supreme,” “Frankenstein” and “Hamnet.” “F1” and “Weapons” also made the list, as did “Sentimental Value,” “Bugonia” and “Train Dreams” Notably missing are “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and “Wicked: For Good.” The nominees align closely with recent actors and directors guild selections and the winner has 17 out of past 22 times gone on to win best picture at the Oscars. The 37th Annual Producers Guild Awards will take place on Feb. 28 in Los Angeles.

Rapper Fetty Wap has been released from a federal prison to home confinement after serving just over half a six-year sentence for drug trafficking. The federal Bureau of Prisons says he was discharged from a Minnesota prison on Wednesday and transferred to community confinement overseen by a bureau office in Philadelphia. The agency did not explain the early release. Fetty Wap issued a statement thanking supporters and saying he is focused on family and giving back to his community. The New Jersey-born rapper had pleaded guilty after being charged in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine to dealers on Long Island and in New Jersey.

Helen Mirren has received the Cecil B. DeMille award for career achievement from the Golden Globes, and Sarah Jessica Parker got the Carol Burnett Award for a life in television. The prizes were presented at a new event called Golden Eve that aired on CBS on Thursday night ahead of Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards. Mirren got her DeMille Award from fellow winner and frequent co-star Harrison Ford at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Parker’s husband of nearly 30 years Matthew Broderick presented her with the Burnett Award. The 92-year-old Burnett, who was in the audience, told Parker “welcome to the club.”

The Golden Globes kick off Hollywood’s awards season on Sunday. This year’s 83rd edition of the show is hosted for the second year by comedian Nikki Glaser. It airs live at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS and streams live on Paramount+. Acting nominees include Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B. Jordan, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Emma Stone. “One Battle After Another” is the top nominee with nine and is an Oscar front-runner. “Sentimental Value,” “Sinners” and “Hamnet” are also nominated in top categories. Career achievement awards will go to Helen Mirren and Sarah Jessica Parker. Presenters include Julia Roberts and the leads from “Heated Rivalry.”

A judge says Harvey Weinstein is weighing a potential guilty plea to resolve an undecided rape charge and avoid going to trial for a third time in New York. But, amid the plea talk Thursday, the disgraced movie mogul said he knows he was unfaithful and acted wrongly, but he insisted that he "never assaulted anyone.” For now, at least, Weinstein is on course for a retrial as soon as March in the landmark #MeToo-era case. While jurors got stuck on the rape charge at a trial last year, they convicted Weinstein of one separate sexual assault charge and acquitted him of another. He denies all the charges.

Nick Reiner's high-profile attorney has been removed from his case. But he says Reiner is not guilty of murder under California law in the killing of his parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Attorney Alan Jackson did not explain why he left the case. A public defender has been appointed to replace him. The couple was found dead in their Los Angeles home on Dec. 14. Reiner's plea hearing has been postponed until Feb. 23. The prosecution has not decided on seeking the death penalty. Jackson's departure adds new uncertainty to the case.

“One Battle After Another” dominated nominations to the Actor Awards on Wednesday, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga landing a record seven nods in the annual Screen Actors Guild honors. In the 31 years of the Actor Awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards, no movie has received more nominations. Along with a nod for the guild’s top award, best ensemble, the cast of “One Battle After Another” was showered with nominations for Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and its stunt performers. The four other nominees for best ensemble are: “Sinners,” “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme” and “Frankenstein.”

'One Battle After Another' dominates SAG-AFTRA’s Actor Awards with a record 7 nominations.

Nick Reiner's arraignment in parents' killing is delayed until February after his attorney asks to be replaced.

Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser is struggling to figure out the right joke to make about Julia Roberts. The comedian is hosting the Globes for the second straight year on Sunday and has her monologue set for stars like Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio. But Glaser can't seem to find a Roberts line that won't anger a crowd that adores her. Glaser has been working her monologue jokes in comedy clubs in the run-up to the show to see what works. She tells The Associated Press she's also having to consider whether to mention Venezuela during the show.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are now divorced and legally single. A Nashville judge has dissolved their 19-year marriage on Tuesday. Kidman filed for divorce in September, citing “marital difficulties and irreconcilable differences.” The couple has two teenage daughters, and Kidman will be the primary residential parent. They have agreed on a roughly equal division of their joint assets, with no need for child or spousal support. Kidman and Urban, both 58, met in Los Angeles in 2005 and married in Sydney the following year. The divorce was a surprise to the public, despite some public hints of marital difficulties.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s divorce is finalized, ending 19-year marriage of one of entertainment’s power couples.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nathan Chasing Horse, the former “Dances with Wolves” actor accused of sexual abuse, was temporarily thrown out of court Monday after he disrupted proceedings with demands he be allowed to fire his defense attorney a week before trial.