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The Library of Congress has unveiled its annual selection of 25 films added to the National Film Registry, with an unprecedented seven titles directed by women, the most in a single year since the inaugural registry in 1989. (Scroll down for the full list.) Among those making the cut for 2019 are Kimberly Peirce's…

The estate of Prince is objecting to the use of the late singer’s music at President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Minneapolis on Thursday, claiming that his representatives last year said that they would not play any of his songs at future events. “President Trump played Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ tonight at a…

Random House will release the Prince memoir The Beautiful Ones on Oct. 29, the publishing house announced today. The 288-page book will feature an introduction by Dan Piepenbring, a contributor to The New Yorker. The pub date announcement comes just a day after the three-year anniversary of the Purple Rain singer’s…

UPDATED, 1:15 PM: Music icon Prince died from a self-administered overdose of fentanyl, a powerful painkiller. Minnesota authorities confirmed today. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office released its autopsy report on the musician Thursday, citing cause of death from accidental fentanyl toxicity. The coroner’s…

UPDATE with more specials: NBC’s Dateline and Saturday Night Live, ABC’s 20/2o and Oprah Winfrey’s OWN are among the networks who have set aside special programming this weekend focused on Prince, the iconic rocker and filmmaker who died yesterday at age 57. Prince was declared dead Thursday morning at his Paisley…

A day after Prince’s shocking death, theater chains and even small exhibitors have responded with affection by requesting prints from Warner Bros. for the Grammy and Oscar winner’s 1984 pic Purple Rain. Overall, there will be north of 160 theaters playing Purple Rain in the next week. Carmike Cinemas will show Purple R…

The Cannes Film Festival will host a special tribute to the legendary Prince, who passed away Thursday at the age of 57. Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, had a close affinity to cinema. The singer-songwriter won an Academy Award for Best Original Song score for the semi-autobiographical 1984 film Purple Rain, in…

I've seen James Brown, I saw Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury and Queen, I've heard Aretha Franklin and watched David Bowie, and none of them could lay a glove, sparkled or not, on Prince live. The passing of the Purple One today is not only a blow to music fans but to fans of excellence. Only Prince could have pulled…