Studio head, producer apologize for Jolie, Obama remarks
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Oscar-winning producer Scott Rudin apologized Thursday for calling Angelina Jolie a "spoiled brat" and making racially offensive jokes about President Obama's presumed taste in movies....

'Birdman,' 'Boyhood' stay on track in Globes noms
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Birdman" is soaring. "Boyhood" keeps growing. "Selma" is on the march. And "Unbroken" is... missing in action....

Globes snubs: Jolie, Nolan get no love this year
The Golden Globe nominations always have their quirks, and sometimes it seems they exist in their own private galaxy. This year's movie nominations, though, stuck close to expectations, and close to Earth: "Interstellar," Christopher Nolan's high-pedigree, extragalactic space epic, was shut out save a nod for its score. Yet more surprisingly, one of the stars in our own galaxy, Angelina Jolie, missed out on a director nod for the high-profile "Unbroken," which was totally shut out - as was Clint Eastwood's upcoming Christmas release "American Sniper" and its leading man, Bradley Cooper....

Director Ava DuVernay makes history with Globes nod
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ava DuVernay hasn't had time to consider how she's made history....

HBO, Showtime dominate TV nods
NEW YORK (AP) -- HBO and Showtime dominated the television nominations for Golden Globe awards on Thursday, illustrating how the archrival pay cable networks have evolved to have very specific strengths....

USAID op undermines Cuba's hip-hop protest scene
HAVANA (AP) -- In early 2009, a U.S. government contractor sent a Serbian music promoter to Cuba with these covert marching orders: Recruit one of Havana's most notorious rappers to spark a youth movement against the government....

Rapper Young Jeezy sees weapon charge dismissed
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- A felony weapons charge against platinum-selling rapper Young Jeezy has been dismissed after a prosecutor said there wasn't enough evidence to support the case....

Senator: USAID's Cuba hip-hop project 'reckless'
HAVANA (AP) -- A U.S. agency's secret infiltration of Cuba's underground hip-hop scene to spark a youth movement against the government was "reckless" and "stupid," Sen. Patrick Leahy said Thursday after The Associated Press revealed the operation....

Police demonstrations inspire new protest songs
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Stop. Hey, what's that sound? Protest songs are taking their place alongside chants of "I can't breathe" and "Hands up, don't shoot" as demonstrators raise their voices to condemn the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police. There's something happening here....

Vegas poker player in spotlight again for arrest
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Professional poker player Dan Bilzerian is no stranger to the spotlight, but usually it's for his hard-partying antics, not his card-playing acumen....