MARK RONSON

The Barbie industrial complex has detonated, coating the planet in pink, sparkly fallout.

Finding the sound of “Barbie,” one of 2023’s biggest blockbusters, a film with such a rich visual palette, was no easy task.

Before he was working with Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse and many others, Mark Ronson was a teen DJ in 1990s downtown New York, a place and time he will look back on in an upcoming book.

Jon Batiste may have won the most Grammy Awards with five on Sunday night, but in some ways he was a surprise.

Ronnie Wilson, multi-instrumentalist and founder of the R&B and funk group The Gap Band, has died.

(Trae Patton/Peacock via AP)Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. The Melissa McCarthy comedy, her latest with director-husband Ben Falcone ("Tammy," “The Boss"), had been headed to theaters but will instead debut Thursday on HBO Max. —AP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSIC— Miley Cyrus is ready to rock ‘n’ roll on her new album. The pop star recruited some famous rock stars to help on her seventh studio release “Plastic Hearts,” including Stevie Nicks, Billy Idol and Joan Jett. Everyone wears wear full hazard protection gear as they navigate a “giant house of cards.”— Can you have a “Saved by the Bell” without Screech?

(CNN) - Hit maker Mark Ronson has walked back his comments about identifying as sapiosexual. "I do not consider myself part of any marginalized community, and I apologize if anybody misunderstood or took offense to it," Ronson told Rolling Stone. Ronson told ITV's "Good Morning Britain" last week: "I feel like I identify as sapiosexual." "And they were like basically like, 'OK, Mark Ronson identifies himself as sapiosexual, that's great,'" he told Rolling Stone, referring to the ITV anchors. Ronson told Rolling Stone that after the ITV interview, he realized his comments about sapiosexuality had generated headlines that didn't reflect what he'd intended.

(CNN) - Chart-topper Mark Ronson has come out as sapiosexual. Ronson, 44, is known for a string of successful collaborations with A-list artists from Amy Winehouse and Adele to Miley Cyrus. "The definition of sapiosexuality means intelligence first," she said. Arguing that research on the subject validates the term, Hodgson said: "We know that a certain percentage of the population is also sapiosexual. In the interview, Mark Ronson also spoke of his divorce from French actress and singer Josphine de La Baume last year, and his friendship with Miley Cyrus and her recent split from Liam Hemsworth.