WILMINGTON, Del. — Jury deliberations began Monday in the federal criminal trial of Hunter Biden after prosecutors laid out what they described as “overwhelming” evidence against the president’s son as he faces gun charges. The panel deliberated for about an hour in the late afternoon before it was sent home for the day. Abbe Lowell, Biden’s attorney, urged the jury to …

It’s a thrilling time to be a Dune fan. Denis Villeneuve’s box-office hit, Dune: Part Two, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler and Florence Pugh, finally drops on HBO’s Max this week. The same streaming platform that just teased the upcoming Dune: Prophecy prequel series, premiering this fall. The wait for Dune 2 to hit streaming may have felt extra …

Five years after A Star Is Born scored eight Oscar nominations, Bradley Cooper is back in the awards race with Netflix’s Maestro — his sophomore effort as a director-star, as well as his second movie set in the music world. This time, the actor plays a real-life music titan, Jewish American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, whose storied career included …