All About: Netflix's 'Maniac', Cardi B and Drake, Stormy Daniels, Tour of Ibsen

Actors Emma Stone and Jonah Hill join the list of Hollywood stars turning to television with Netflix's "Maniac", a dark comedy mini-series looking at human connection.

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Hollywood stars Stone, Hill turn to TV in Netflix's 'Maniac'

Actors Emma Stone and Jonah Hill join the list of Hollywood stars turning to television with Netflix's "Maniac", a dark comedy mini-series looking at human connection. Oscar winner Stone and "The Wolf on Wolf Street" star Hill play Annie and Owen, two strangers with personal problems who take part in a pharmaceutical drug trial.

Cardi B, Drake lead American Music nominations, Kanye West snubbed

Rappers Cardi B and Drake led nominations on Wednesday for the American Music Awards with eight apiece in a line-up that included Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran but snubbed Kanye West and made Beyonce, Ariana Grande, and Rihanna also-rans. Late musician XXXTentacion, 20, who was shot dead in an apparent robbery in Florida in June, earned two nods, including best new artist and best soul/R&B album for his debut release "17."

Stormy Daniels promises to tell all in memoir due out October 2

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who has claimed she had a sexual encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump a decade ago, said on Wednesday that she has written a no holds barred memoir about her running legal battles with Trump and her life as a stripper. Daniels, 39, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, said on ABC's "The View" that her book, "Full Disclosure," would be released by St. Martin's Press, a subsidiary of MacMillan Publishers, on Oct. 2.

Tour of Ibsen play cut short in China amid cries for freedom

A tour of a 136-year-old political drama by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen was cut short in China after some members of the audience in Beijing shouted out at the performers and called for freedom of speech. Berlin-based theater company Schaubühne was to kick off two performances of "An Enemy of the People", which deals with issues including corruption and manipulation of the masses, in Nanjing in Jiangsu province starting Thursday.

Robin Williams' Golden Globes, 'Dead Poets' watch up for auction

Four Golden Globe awards won by Robin Williams are going up for auction next month, along with the late actor's collection of movie props, watches, toys and art. A prop dagger that the comedian used on the set of his 1991 movie "Hook," and a battery-powered t-shirt that he wore to the 2000 Academy Awards for a performance of "Blame Canada," are also included in the sale at Sotheby's in New York on Oct. 4.

Escapism or realism? Top Emmy races pose a choice

Fantasy or realism? That's the question at the Emmy Awards this year as voters choose whether to reward television dramas and comedies that provide comfort and escapism, or bleaker fare that echoes troubled times. Dragons and castles saga "Game of Thrones" and heart-tugging family drama "This is Us" square off against chilling series "The Handmaid's Tale" and Cold War spy show "The Americans" for the highest honors in television on Monday.

Lesbian love movie director sues Kenya to lift ban on film

The Kenyan director of a movie banned in her home country for telling the love story of two women has filed a lawsuit seeking to lift the bar so it can be considered for the country's Oscars entry, court documents show. "Rafiki", which means friend in the Swahili language, premiered at the Cannes film festival, the first Kenyan film to do so. It is adapted from an award-winning short story "Jambula Tree" by Ugandan writer Monica Arac de Nyeko.

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