Shakira will perform a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees has reported to federal prison to begin a 14-year sentence following a conviction over illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.

Gerry Conway, a renowned comic book writer who helped create characters and stories for Marvel and DC, including the Punisher character in the Spider-Man comics, has died.

The accuser at Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial has finished testifying.

The organization behind the Oscars is for the first time addressing the use of artificial intelligence in performances and scripts for the 2027 Academy Awards.

The 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards are just around the corner.

This summer's movies are spotlighting fresh talent.

After being forced to check his Academy Award on a trans-Atlantic flight, recent winner Pavel Talankin’s Oscar went missing before an airline tracked it down two days later.

Georg Baselitz, an acclaimed and award-winning neo-expressionist German artist with a penchant for provocation and known for painting images upside down, has died.

A converted church in rural central Pennsylvania has become a place where musicians with Amish roots are coming to record music and make videos that are drawing millions of views.

Photographer Ann Hermes is fascinated by things that evoke a time gone by, or about to pass into history.

Foo Fighters have performed a surprise, secret concert at New York City's Irving Plaza.

Streaming provider Prime Video is diving into college sports by partnering with one of college basketball’s biggest brands: Duke.

Britney Spears has been charged in California with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

The Onion's plan to transform Alex Jones' Infowars platforms into parody sites are in limbo again.

Formula 1’s return from an unplanned month long hiatus is not only a time to see how rules tweaks will work.

The international jury of the Venice Biennale has resigned.

King Charles III has given his own charity a lift.

Druski will host the 2026 BET Awards, becoming the youngest emcee in the show’s history.

Elusive street artist Banksy has claimed responsibility for a new sculpture in central London.

Court ended early for the day at Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial after his accuser struggled on the witness stand.

Australian actor Milly Alcock stars as Supergirl in this summer's new DC Studios movie bearing her name.

A new survey finds teenagers are more likely to get news from nontraditional sources like social media and influencers than their elders are.

Leaders of major media companies are urging Israel to lift a ban preventing foreign journalists from independently entering Gaza.

Outlaw country singer-songwriter David Allan Coe, who wrote the blue-collar anthem “Take This Job and Shove It'' and created a singing career after a stint in prison, has died.

Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV star from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” and the father of her 2-year-old son were ordered Thursday to stay 100 feet (30 meters) away from each other for the next three years as a Utah court commissioner continues to assess custody plans for the child.

Cultural and historic preservation groups are urging a federal judge to block President Donald Trump from renovating the Kennedy Center.

Prosecutors say singer D4vd killed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez by stabbing her multiple times.

Rachel Zegler is set to bring her acclaimed portrayal of Eva Perón to Broadway.

The man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and kill President Donald Trump took a picture of himself in his hotel room just minutes earlier, outfitted with an ammunition bag, a shoulder gun holster and a sheathed knife.

Josh O’Connor says working with Steven Spielberg on “Disclosure Day” was surreal.

The Kentucky Derby weekend is here, and with it comes the tradition of mint juleps.

In the world of diplomatic faux pas it could have been a lot worse.

New York City’s first full casino with live table games has opened to fanfare.

The woman at the center of Harvey Weinstein’s repeatedly retried rape case has told jurors for the third time that the former Hollywood honcho trapped her in a New York hotel room and assaulted her in 2013.

Andrew Stanton has spent over half his life with “Toy Story.”.

Taylor Swift filed three new trademark applications with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Friday.

Jon Favreau finally has his own Star Wars movie coming to theaters.

Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after famous figures like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are roaming a Berlin museum.

Caitlin Clark is releasing a picture book this fall based on her life.

A man accused of plotting to attack one of superstar singer Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna nearly two years ago has pleaded guilty as his trial began on Tuesday.

Kid Rock and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth both flew in Army Apache attack helicopters at a base in Virginia on Monday.

Pedro Pascal has visited the CCXP Mexico pop culture convention to present his new film, “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.”.

Nathan Chasing Horse has been sentenced to life in prison for sexual assault.

Workers in Brazil have resumed the construction of the stage for the upcoming concert by Shakira this weekend on Rio de Janeiro’s famous Copacabana Beach.

Both President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are calling on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel after the late-night comic joked last week that the first lady had “the glow of an expectant widow.”.

Michael Jackson sang “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough.”.

Oprah Winfrey's podcast is headed to Amazon.

Nearly a quarter-century after rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot to death, a man admitted in court Monday to a role in a killing that stymied investigators for decades.

Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the Ronettes, has died at 80.

Melanie C, also know as Mel C or Sporty Spice from the game-changing ‘90s girl group the Spice Girls, will release a new album on Friday.

Hollywood's summer movie season is packed with big names and franchises.

Venice’s La Fenice opera house is cutting ties with incoming music director Beatrice Venezi.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have made it to the White House on his first visit to the United States since he became king in 2022.

More often than not, big stories happen out of the sight of journalists.

“Michael,” the big-budget Michael Jackson spectacle, shrugged off bad reviews and a troubled production to launch with $97 million in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, shattering a record debut for music biopics.

Barriers to tourism for people living with disabilities can range from the obvious, such as an out-of-service elevator, to an outing that’s too long or a setting that’s too loud.

President Donald Trump was uninjured and other top White House officials were evacuated from an annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association after an unspecified threat.

A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is embracing a statue it once kept at arm’s length.

Members of the screenwriters union have ratified a four-year agreement with Hollywood studios.

Jake Reiner has shared his heartbreak over losing his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner.

TMZ is making a splash in Washington, D.C., bringing its Hollywood-style paparazzi tactics to politics.

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Attorneys for a Black man scheduled to be executed in Texas say the introduction of rap lyrics he wrote biased an almost all-white jury when they decided to sentence him to death.

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner has produced viral moments that were funny, cringeworthy or undeniably tense and that endure across social media.

South Korean prosecutors have rejected a police request for an arrest warrant for music tycoon Bang Si-Hyuk.

A new book by Haruki Murakami set to be released in early July will mark the first time a full-length novel by the Japanese author features a female main character.

For the first time as president, Donald Trump is planning to attend the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington this weekend.

A Florida county sheriff's office says they arrested a former law enforcement officer whom federal authorities say planned a mass shooting targeting Black people at a large festival in New Orleans.

HBO Max, “Harry Potter,” “Top Gun,” CBS and CNN may all be placed under the control of the upstart Paramount Skydance soon.

Renowned American conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas has died at 81.

The Venice Biennale has lost 2 million euros ($2.3 million) in funding due to its decision to allow Russia to participate in the 61st contemporary art show.

Slovenia’s national broadcaster RTV Slovenia won’t air the Eurovision Song Contest this year after the small European country previously pulled out of the event over Israel’s participation.

Maggie Gyllenhaal is set to lead the main competition jury for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.

Taylor Swift has topped Spotify’s first ever list of the most streamed artists of all time.

Lawyers for singer D4vd are pushing prosecutors to reveal their evidence in the case of Celeste Rivas Hernandez's killing.

The New York Times says it has learned that the FBI investigated one of its reporters, Elizabeth Williamson, after she wrote about its agents being assigned to protect and transport the girlfriend of that agency's director, Kash Patel.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has completed renovations two decades in the making with a new home for its permanent collection that opens to the public May 4.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a teen girl from a quiet southern California town, became intertwined with singer D4vd before she was brutally murdered.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is working on a book inspired in part by a massive immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis-St. Paul earlier this year and the local pushback.

The Kennedy Center is poised to undergo major renovations, with President Donald Trump calling it “tired, broken, and dilapidated.”.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old girl singer D4vd is charged with killing, died from penetrating injuries.

Dave Mason, co-founder of the psychedelic British band Traffic and songwriter behind “Feelin’ Alright” and “Hole in My Shoe,” died Sunday at his home in Gardnerville, Nevada.

Rachel Reid and Jacob Tierney were sensations at BookCon, thanks to the success of “Heated Rivalry.”.

French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud says he has been sentenced to three years in prison in Algeria for his book “Houris.”.

Four debut novelists are among the six finalists for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, announced Wednesday.

Xaneri Merino, a transgender woman and artisan from southern Mexico, was once punished for weaving in her Indigenous community, where men are largely barred from weaving.

The man who recently pleaded guilty to New York’s Gilgo Beach serial murders has told his ex-wife he killed most of his female victims in the family’s suburban home.

Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the million-selling family act The Osmonds, has died after decades with multiple sclerosis.

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden received the Champion of Writers Award from the Authors Guild.

When she died in 2022, Queen Elizabeth II was the only monarch most Britons had ever known.

Things looked bleak for media in Pittsburgh until a stunning turnaround.

Jurors have heard opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial.

South Korean police are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they expand an investment fraud investigation.

Alt-pop singer D4vd has been charged with sexually abusing, murdering, and mutilating a 14-year-old girl.

The satirical news outlet The Onion has a new plan to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars platforms and turn them into parodies.

Singer D4vd has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the death of a 14-year-old girl who authorities say was found dismembered in his Tesla last year.

FBI Director Kash Patel has filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, contending its article posted last week that talked about his alleged excessive drinking was a “malicious hit piece.”.

The upcoming fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art examines “the dressed body” in art over the centuries.