Singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt's latest album is a distinct shift from her...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Jessica Pratt released her debut self-titled album, which she boasts had virtually no post-production, the singer-songwriter was critically praised for her austere guitar and...
View ArticleWake up, sleeping beauties. It's almost Met Gala time
NEW YORK (AP) — True love's kiss or an invite to the Met Gala? Those in the rarefied ranks of international celebrity — and Anna Wintour's good graces — need not choose. Stars of film, fashion, music,...
View ArticleThe first wrongful-death trial in Travis Scott concert deaths has been delayed
HOUSTON (AP) — The start of the first civil trial stemming from the 2021 Astroworld festival, at which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge, has been delayed. Jury selection had been set to begin...
View ArticleAsian American Literature Festival that was canceled by the Smithsonian in...
NEW YORK (AP) — A festival celebrating Asian American literary works that was suddenly canceled last year by the Smithsonian Institution is getting resurrected, organizers announced Thursday. The...
View ArticleArtists from Universal Music Group are heading back to TikTok as new...
Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an...
View ArticleFox News' Bill Hemmer heads north — way north — for look at U.S. military...
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer needed a chain saw to complete one of his latest assignments. Hemmer traveled north for “Battle for the Arctic,” a documentary on the Fox Nation streaming...
View ArticleSony Pictures and private equity firm interested in buying Paramount for $26...
Sony Pictures and the private equity firm Apollo Global Management have expressed interest in buying Paramount Global for $26 billion, according to a person familiar with the details. Sony would be...
View ArticleBritney Spears and Sam Asghari are officially divorced and single
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are officially divorced and single. The dissolution of the couple’s marriage was finalized Friday by a Los Angeles County judge, nearly two years...
View ArticleOrganizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or...
GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden. The...
View ArticleKing Charles' longtime charity celebrates new name and US expansion at New...
NEW YORK (AP) — The King's Trust celebrated its new name, an update of King Charles III's long-running charity The Prince's Trust, and the expansion of its work in the United States with a...
View ArticleSummer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Are you ready for some movies this summer? There's action-adventure, romance, horror, franchises and anniversary re-releases of some of your favorites populating theaters and...
View ArticleIt started with a tweet. What if Harry Potter attended an HBCU? Now it's a...
It all began with a post on Twitter. It was 2020 during the height of the pandemic and LaDarrion Williams was thinking about the lack of diversity in the fantasy genre. He proposed: “What if Harry...
View ArticleCourt appearance for country star Morgan Wallen in chair-throwing case...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An initial hearing for country music star Morgan Wallen was postponed Friday until August in a case in which he's accused of throwing a chair from the rooftop of a six-story...
View ArticleMick Jagger wades into politics, taking verbal jab at Louisiana state...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mick Jagger briefly waded into Louisiana politics, taking a verbal jab at the state's conservative governor, as The Rolling Stones performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage...
View ArticleNew Orleans' own PJ Morton returns home to Jazz Fest with new music
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer PJ Morton comes home with a new album and memoir dropping soon amid a Saturday afternoon performance at the New Orleans Jazz...
View ArticleFrank Stella, artist renowned for blurring the lines between painting and...
NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works are hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements, died Saturday...
View ArticleMadonna puts on free concert in Rio, turning Copacabana beach into enormous...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Madonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro's vast stretch of sand into an enormous dance floor teeming with a multitude of her fans....
View ArticleActor Bernard Hill, of 'Titanic' and 'Lord of the Rings,' has died at 79
LONDON (AP) — Actor Bernard Hill, who delivered a rousing cry before leading his people into battle in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and went down with the ship as the captain in...
View ArticleIt's (almost) Met Gala time. Here's how to watch fashion's big night and what...
NEW YORK (AP) — Attention all you fashionistas: It's Met Gala time. Yes, the first Monday in May is upon us. Looking to follow along? Here's a quick primer on what you need to know about the palooza...
View ArticleSpain's Prado Museum confirms rediscovery of lost Caravaggio. Painting will...
MADRID (AP) — A painting whose auction in Spain was halted in 2021 on suspicion that it might be a Caravaggio has been confirmed as a work by the Italian Baroque master, Spain’s Prado Museum announced...
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