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Movie Review: ‘Kung Fu Panda 4' is a sweet, fun and well executed passing of the torch

“Kung Fu Panda 4” finds our trusty, rotund hero Po at a career crossroads and he’s nervous. “Kung Fu Panda 4” also finds the franchise at an inflection point, but there’s no reason to be nervous, Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy says: DreamWorks knows what it’s doing.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3

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New this week: Red Hot Chili Peppers and ‘Apollo 10½'

Group: Spot where car hit ‘School of Rock’ actor is unsafe

Jack Black gets Kubrickian in voice booth for ‘Kung Fu Panda 4'

Jack Black says he lets loose with a Kubrickian amount of takes when recording lines as panda kung fu master Po, “maybe to the point where people start going crazy.” He stars alongside Awkwafina in “Kung Fu Panda 4.” (March 6)

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Jack Black on dangers of AI: ‘I’m team humanity’

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‘Save your species': UN uses dinosaur in fossil fuel message

The United Nations is summoning an unusual “witness” to testify to the dangers of burning fossil fuels that stoke global warming.

`School of Rock’ actor Kevin Clark killed in bike accident

Kevin Clark, who played drummer Freddy “Spazzy McGee” Jones in the 2003 movie “School of Rock” starring Jack Black, was killed when he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle along a Chicago street.

Celebrities unite to various get-out-the-vote efforts

NEW YORK (AP) — In the final days before the U.S. election, celebrities from Kerry Washington to Billie Jean King and Danai Gurira are urging Americans to vote.

Class is in session: ‘School of Rock’ makes its way to the FICA on Wednesday

The kids rock.

As in the 2003 Jack Black movie that inspired it, the child stars of the national tour of “School of Rock” do their own singing and play their own instruments.

Movie Guide: What’s playing in Aiken for the weekend of Sept. 22

“The House With a Clock in Its Walls” NEW

A quiet town is magically shaken when a young boy unleashes a secret world of witches and warlocks.

This week’s new movies: a fun fantasy for the family and Michael Moore is back

Jack Black stars in his latest family comedy-adventure, a movie from the “This is Us” people debuts and Michael Moore takes on the Trump era in this weekend’s new movies.

Jack Black didn’t want to perform scenes with Dustin Hoffman

Jack Black says meeting his “hero” Dustin Hoffman was scary.

The 49-year-old actor co-starred with the 81-year-old Hollywood legend in the ‘Kung Fu Panda’ trilogy and has confessed he was so “intimidated” by the ‘Meet the Fockers’ star’s presence, he wanted to do separate scenes to prevent coming face-to-face with him.

From ‘Venom’ to ‘Roma,’ the movies coming this fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Here’s a look at the films coming to theaters through December:

SEPTEMBER

“The Nun” (Sept. 7) — A gothic supernatural horror film and spinoff in “The Conjuring” franchise.

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media.

‘Star Wars’ passes ‘Beauty and the Beast’ as top 2017 earner

LOS ANGELES (AP) — On the last day of the calendar year, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has surpassed “Beauty and the Beast” as the top grossing film in North America in 2017.