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WSO announces 2025-2026 line up

WILLIAMSPORT — The Williamsport Symphony Orchestra (WSO), led by Maestro Gerardo Edelstein, is thrilled to share its 2025–26 season, offering five unforgettable concerts filled with world-class music, renowned guest artists and vibrant community collaborations. Season subscriptions are now ...

‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ opens to $70M, biggest anime debut to claim top box-office spot

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle” carved out a place in box-office history this weekend as the Japanese anime film sliced straight to No. 1 — outpacing the horror sequel “The Conjuring: Last Rites.” The Sony-owned Crunchyroll release shattered expectations with a mighty $70 million debut in North America, according to Sunday estimates from Comscore. That haul marks the biggest domestic opening ever for an anime film, surpassing “Pokemon: The First Movie,” which opened with $31 million in 1999. The film extended its meteoric run, ...

John Lithgow to return to Broadway in a Roald Dahl play that’s not for kids

NEW YORK (AP) — John Lithgow is returning to Broadway in a play that might change the way we read bedtime stories to our kids. The two-time Tony Award-winner will star as Roald Dahl in “Giant,” which explores accusations of antisemitism against the beloved writer of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” Matilda” and “James and the Giant Peach.” “You go back and read his writing after seeing the play and you see dark strains in it, which you knew were there,” says Lithgow. “But you suddenly see it in a different light when you see this play.” “Giant,” by ...

11 of Robert Redford’s most memorable performances and where to watch them

When you’re a larger-than-life, generation-spanning star like Robert Redford, the hard truth is that every movie is notable in some way. He was iconic in his own time, whether in front of the camera, or behind it. And in his lifetime, so many of his films transcended their original reviews to find passionate fanbases: Just ask older millennials about the 1992 hacker movie “Sneakers” or the “Sex and the City” generation about “The Way We Were.” Redford died Tuesday at 89, leaving behind an arsenal of great roles that he owned, whether he was playing a quiet CIA agent, a ...