ENTERTAINMENT

A Spanish judge investigating alleged tax fraud by Colombian musician Shakira has recommended that the case go to trial after concluding there is evidence that the pop star could have avoided her fiscal obligations to the state.

Ron Popeil, an American original who died this week at 86, thrived in the world of infomercials and home-shopping channels.

The Olympics this year have no spectators, at least officially.

Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic and the Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ, has died.

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby accused ESPN of encouraging other conferences to pick apart the league so Texas and Oklahoma can move to the Southeastern Conference more quickly and without paying a massive buyout.

A beloved kids’ show is coming to an end next year.

Police say they have arrested a man in connection with a shooting that killed an 18-year-old woman and seriously wounded a 19-year-old social media influencer as they watched “The Forever Purge” at a Southern California movie theater.

“Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk had a “heart related incident” when he collapsed on the show’s New Mexico set, and his condition is stable as he recovers at a hospital.

Joey Jordison, the founding drummer of the band Slipknot, has died at age 46.

NBC Universal is still waiting to see if there will be a surge of interest in viewership for the Tokyo Summer Olympics.

An unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album forfeited by Martin Shkreli after his fraud conviction has been sold.

The first day of the House investigation into the Jan. 6 uprising at the U.S. Capitol exposed daytime television viewers to profane language and racial slurs.

Prince's “Welcome 2 America,” the first complete, previously unreleased record to come out since Prince died in 2016, offers a stunning glimpse at the depth, and quality, of what he left behind.

One of the alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell has a memoir coming out this fall.

Britney Spears’ new lawyer has petitioned to remove her father from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years and replace him with a professional accountant.

Kanye West has been living inside an Atlanta stadium while working on his new album.

A video showing a Montana man confronting Tucker Carlson is circulating widely on social media after the man called the Fox News host “the worst human being known to mankind.”.

The NBC soap opera “Days of our Lives” is getting its own spinoff for Peacock.

R. Kelly’s lawyers say they'll fight prosecutors’ bid to tell jurors about allegations beyond the actual charges at his upcoming federal sex trafficking trial.

This week’s new entertainment releases include new music from producer and multiinstrumentalist Jack Antonoff and Billie Eilish, whose upcoming “Happier Than Ever” is the second studio album from the 19-year-old superstar.

U.S. pop singer Pink has offered to pay a fine given to the Norwegian female beach handball team for wearing shorts instead of the required bikini bottoms.

The Venice Film Festival has unveiled a starry lineup of world premieres for September including Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer,” starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana and Ridley Scott’s medieval drama “The Last Duel,” featuring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver.

Irish singer Ronan Keating has accepted “substantial damages” from a British tabloid newspaper publisher over phone hacking.

Each Olympics aims to set the highest level of television standards.