Sexy strippers with rippling six-packs are front and center once more in "Magic Mike XXL," with Channing Tatum again starring in the more light-hearted sequel to the 2012 original.
Movie review website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film -- out Wednesday in the United States and around the globe later this week -- a middling 65 percent approval rating by critics.

Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias is recovering after undergoing a "minor" back operation in New York, his record label said.
Iglesias, 71, has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and still performs shows around the world.

A man charged with trespassing at Taylor Swift's Rhode Island mansion wants the singer to testify on his behalf.
The Westerly Sun reports that 24-year-old Nicholas Field was back in court Friday.

Twitter had a bit of fun Monday at the expense of EL James.
The hashtag "AskELJames" trended nationwide as the "Fifty Shades of Grey" writer took questions, including some not-ready-for-prime-time doozies, but surely she's immune at this point to hurt feelings.

Thirty-one years and counting, and the Terminators keep rolling off the assembly line like new iPhones, upgraded with shape-shifting abilities, rebooted Sarah Conner assassination levels and, one presumes, better selfie cameras.
"Terminator Genisys," directed by Alan Taylor ("Thor: The Dark World"), is the fifth entry in the series begun by James Cameron and a naked money grab aimed at rejuvenating a flagging franchise. The three-plus decades of "Terminator" have spread across the relentless march of technology and the Internet, but the movies are curiously stuck between their pre-digital 1980s origins and a dystopian vision of machines' rule over the planet.

Is Donald Trump's business empire as Teflon-coated as his hair appears to be?
Trump has found himself on the receiving end of the catchphrase he made famous on his reality show "The Apprentice" — "You're fired!" — after NBC dumped the real estate mogul Monday over comments he made about immigrants during his recent presidential campaign kickoff speech.

Folk legend Joni Mitchell is expected to make a full recovery from a brain aneurysm and -- contrary to an account -- is speaking, a representative said Sunday.
David Crosby, another major figure in folk rock who was long close to Mitchell, said in an interview released Friday that she was no longer speaking and it was unclear when she would get better.

Dior declared summer 2016 the season of "bourgeois cool" at Paris men's fashion week on Saturday, while Balmain decked out its models as old-fashioned adventurers.
Balmain's young creative director Olivier Rousteing, dubbed "Mr Popular" by Vogue, presented an exploration-themed collection for the French luxury label's first ever menswear catwalk show, dressing his models in caps, shorts and Greek sandals with a khaki palette.

The dinosaurs of "Jurassic World" stayed atop the cinematic food chain this weekend, snapping up another $54.2 million to keep Pixar's "Inside Out" in second place at the North American box office, estimates showed Sunday.
"Jurassic World" completed its third weekend in U.S. and Canadian cinemas with an overall haul of $500 million, shattering U.S. and worldwide records, according to initial figures from Exhibitor Relations.

Though she was absent, Beyonce won three BET Awards, including video of the year for "7/11," while Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj also won multiple awards at the all-star show Sunday night.
But the show was less about the awards — video of the year didn't even make the live broadcast — as performances stole the night.
