The Washington National Opera has decided to end its arrangement with the Kennedy Center in the nation’s capital, though it says it is hoping for an “amicable transition.”.

Laura Dave has released a sequel to “The Last Thing He Told Me.”.

A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold for a record $15 million.

The Producers Guild of America has announced 10 nominees for their top prize Friday.

A federal judge has dismissed Salt-N-Pepa's lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group.

Rapper Fetty Wap has been released from a federal prison to home confinement after serving just over half a six-year sentence for drug trafficking.

The Salem Stampede Championship Rodeo is back in Salem, kicking off its 58th year at the Salem Civic Center!

David Bowie’s childhood home could soon become a tourist attraction.

K-pop is an inextricable force in global pop culture.

Sarah Jessica Parker has received the Golden Globes' Carol Burnett Award for career achievement in television.

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Sonia De Los Santos has canceled her upcoming performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Guillermo del Toro, Chloé Zhao, and Josh Safdie have been nominated for the Directors Guild's top prize.

Nine Major League Baseball teams have ended their deals with the FanDuel Sports Network for local broadcasts.

Taylor Swift once again leads the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Award nominees with nine.

A judge says Harvey Weinstein is weighing a potential guilty plea to resolve an undecided rape charge and avoid going to trial for a third time in New York.

Disney will let down Rapunzel’s lengthy hair once again.

The NFL has averaged 18.7 million viewers per game this season, marking the second-highest average since 1988.

Can they do it again.

Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser is struggling to figure out the right joke to make about Julia Roberts.

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CES 2026 is featuring extensive programming related to Hollywood, influencers and how the industry will continue to work with AI.

Brigitte Bardot's funeral was being held with a private service and a public homage in Saint-Tropez, the French Riviera resort where she lived after retiring from movie stardom.

Nick Reiner's high-profile attorney has been removed from his case.

Nobody could accuse CBS News' Tony Dokoupil of participating in a soft launch.

“One Battle After Another” dominated nominations to the Actor Awards on Wednesday, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga landing a record seven nods in the annual Screen Actors Guild honors.

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is joining Venezuela’s president and the man charged with gunning down United Healthcare’s CEO in a notorious federal lockup in New York City.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are now divorced and legally single.

Lisette Oropesa impresses Metropolitan Opera's Peter Gelb with her talent and intellect.

After just two and half weeks of release, the Sydney Sweeney box-office hit “The Housemaid” is getting a sequel.

Celebrated Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, known for films like “Sátántangó” and “The Turin Horse,” has died at 70.

Semyon Bychkov will succeed Gustavo Dudamel as music director of the Paris Opera starting in August 2028.

News organizations have gotten a rare “thank you” from the Trump administration for not putting its military action in Venezuela in jeopardy by reporting on it before it happened.

President Donald Trump may have his name on the building but it's still the Kennedy Center to Congress.

“Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse has been temporarily removed from court after disrupting proceedings with demands he be allowed to fire his attorney a week before his sexual abuse trial.

Five albums are nominated for best album cover at the 68th Grammy Awards.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's directors voted the organization out of business Monday.

Wisconsin author Michael Schumacher, who produced an array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died at age 75.

With the start of the New Year squarely behind us, it’s once again time for the annual CES trade show to shine a spotlight on the latest tech companies plan on offering in 2026.

South Korean film star Ahn Sung-ki, whose prolific career earned him the nickname “The Nation's Actor,” has died.

Hollywood kicked off 2026 with “Avatar: Fire and Ash” atop the box office for the third straight week and with hopes for a blockbuster-filled year after a disappointing 2025.

Leonardo DiCaprio emphasizes the importance of creating cinema over content at the Palm Springs Film Festival’s 37th annual International Film Awards.

They’re going to light up 2026 like dynamite.

Returns to “The Pitt,” the Grid and music of Kid Laroi are some of the new television, films and music headed to a device near you.

Here’s to a lifetime of pink skies.

Rained poured down on the iconic Rose Parade for the first time in 20 years.

The Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny has redefined what it means to be a global giant.

France's government is defending its decision to grant citizenship to George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney, citing their contributions to France's international influence and cultural outreach.

A Walt Disney World worker in Florida was injured while trying to stop a runaway prop boulder during the park's Indiana Jones live show.

Betty Boop and “Blondie” are among the highlights of titles entering the public domain with the arrival of 2026.

Two of the NFL's three Christmas Day games set viewership records.

Marching bands, floats and thousands of spectators are bracing for a rare dose of New Year’s Day rain for the prestigious Rose Parade in Southern California.

The NBA announces its best Christmas Day viewership numbers in 15 years.

Eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer Richard Smallwood has died at 77.

English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton have welcomed their second child.

Hong Kong welcomed 2026 without fireworks over Victoria Harbor after a massive fire in November killed at least 161 people.

The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens.

By most measures, 2025 was a rough year for those who care about freedom of the press.

Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. has died at age 71.

For the first time in 20 years, rain is expected to intrude on the Rose Parade in Southern California.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin's journey to conducting the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year’s Day concert began when he stepped in for a banned Russian conductor at Carnegie Hall in 2022.

The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the facility.

Local authorities in France say Brigitte Bardot’s funeral is set for next week in the French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez which she helped make famous.

George and Amal Clooney, along with their twins, have been awarded French citizenship.

Britons ranging from Hollywood stars Idris Elba and Cynthia Erivo to a 102-year-old judo instructor have been named in King Charles III’s New Year’s honors list, an annual tradition that recognizes people for their contributions to U.K. public life.

For the first time in 20 years, rain could be an intruder at the Rose Parade in Southern California.

Chevy Chase's new documentary, “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not,” explores his complex personality and career.

Text message screenshots obtained by The Associated Press show that Tyler Perry and “Boo.

Hollywood has wrapped up a turbulent 2025 with big ticket sales for “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and “Marty Supreme."

The 1960s French sex symbol, actor, singer and animal welfare activist Brigitte Bardot has died.

Brigitte Bardot, who has died at 91, often said that the hounding she received from the world's press in her years as a sex symbol of the 1960s made her identify with hunted and abused animals.

French 1960s sex symbol Brigitte Bardot has died at age 91.

Comedian Mo Amer is gaining attention for his show “Mo,” which explores the journey of a Palestinian refugee family seeking asylum in the U.S. The series is part of a wave of TV shows by Arab or Muslim American creators that aim to tell authentic stories without relying on stereotypes.

Attorneys for the man accused of killing iconic rapper Tupac Shakur are pushing to suppress evidence that was collected in what they say was an unlawful nighttime search.

Tyler Perry faces a lawsuit for sexual assault by actor Mario Rodriguez, marking the second such case against him recently.

The president of the Kennedy Center is criticizing musician Chuck Redd for canceling a Christmas Eve performance.

Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died.

Soprano Asmik Grigorian is to sing the title role in Georges Bizet's “Carmen,” a mezzo-soprano touchstone, for the first time at the Salzburg Festival this summer.

Influencer Jordyn Woods and New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns are engaged.

As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year.

Fernando Dávila, a 72-year-old artist in Florida, paints vibrant works despite being colorblind.

The television adaptation of Rachel Reid’s novel “Heated Rivalry” is making waves with hockey romance fans.

King Charles III has urged people to focus on kindness instead of conflict in his annual Christmas address.

A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled.

The end of the year brings fewer new streaming options, but it's a great time to catch up on 2025's best movies, TV, music, and games.

The College Football Playoff's first round averaged 9.9 million viewers across multiple networks, marking a 7% drop from last year.

Christian music is growing in popularity while other genres struggle to grow new listenership.

Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are asking a federal appeals court in New York to order his immediate release from prison.

Martha Stewart has joined pal Snoop Dogg as a minority owner of Welsh soccer team Swansea.

Venus Williams and Andrea Preti are married.

The evolution of the Christmas Day sports calendar in the U.S. has given fans a respite if they need a break from family gatherings or just some entertainment while they sip on eggnog.

Before the lights go down at “Liberation” on Broadway, the audience is talking.

British authorities have brought new charges of rape and sexual assault against comedian Russell Brand.

Al Michaels has reached a remarkable milestone in his broadcasting career, marking 40 years as the play-by-play announcer for the NFL’s primetime games.

Since his breakthrough performance in 2017’s “Call Me By Your Name,” Timothée Chalamet has been on an ever-ascending path that seemed to reach a culmination when he declared that he’s “in pursuit of greatness” while accepting the best actor award from the Screen Actors Guild for his performance as Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.

Video game pioneer Vincent Zampella has died at 55.

The Powerball jackpot has jumped to an eye-popping $1.7 billion after yet another drawing passed without a big winner.

Banksy appears to confirm a new mural in London is his latest work.

Barry Manilow will have surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his left lung, and has rescheduled his upcoming concerts in January.

A new night-time holiday display in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is delighting visitors with music, colors and over a million twinkling lights.

Grupo Frontera is heading to the 2026 Grammys with two nominations.