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In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals โ monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe โ stand at attention in a clearing.
Ten emerging writers, from an author of speculative fiction to a poet rooted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, have received $50,000 grants from the Whiting Foundation.
A jury on has found rapper Soulja Boy liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former assistant.
One of four women suing influencer and self-styled misogynist Andrew Tate for sexual assault said he whipped her with a belt and once stuck a gun in her face, according to court documents that have been filed in London.
The Prada Group has agreed to buy rival Versace from the U.S. luxury group Capri Holdings in a deal valuing the Milan fashion house at 1.25 billion euros ($1.4 billion.
New films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme dโOr at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
The 29 vehicles in a Rolls-Royce and Bentley museum outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, are getting the best of care in their golden years.
Lawyers for 40 women who accused writer and director James Toback of sexual abuse over a 35-year span say they have been awarded $1.68 billion from a New York jury.
Filmmaker Alex Garland has teamed up with former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza to make a new kind of war film.
The Trump administration says it will appeal a federal court decision that ordered it to readmit Associated Press journalists to White House events on First Amendment grounds.
Marvin Levy, Steven Spielbergโs publicist for over four decades and the only person in his field to be recognized with an Oscar, has died.
Pope Francis met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the Vatican during the royal coupleโs four-day state visit to Italy and on the occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary.
A judge says an accuser will be allowed to use the word โforceโ in her testimony at Harvey Weinsteinโs retrial even though the disgraced movie mogul was acquitted of a rape charge that alleged he used physical force against her.
โYour Friends & Neighborsโ begins with a once high-flying hedge fund manager waking up in someone elseโs luxurious house, next to a dead body and in a pool of blood.
The number of victims who died after a roof collapsed at an iconic nightclub has surged to 184 as dozens of people lingered outside the Dominican Republicโs forensic institute for news of their loved ones still missing more than a day after disaster struck.
A high court in Colombia has ruled that โ+57,โ a song by urban music stars J Balvin and Karol G, violated the rights of children because its lyrics โsexualizedโ minors.
Three years after flying into the Cannes Film Festival with โTop Gun: Maverick,โ Tom Cruise is returning to the Croisette with โMission: Impossible โ Final Reckoning.โ.
A lawyer for Prince Harry says he was treated unfairly when he was stripped of his British security detail.
Clem Burke, whose versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades of music that spanned from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes, has died.
Robert Caro, Salman Rushdie and Sandra Cisneros were honored Monday night at an Authors Guild dinner gala that celebrated the written word and its vital role in the preservation of democracy.
Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran said in an upcoming documentary series that two years before his 2024 All-Star season, the pressures of the sport led him to intense bouts of depression and an attempted suicide.
For 11 seasons, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series โFinding Your Rootsโ and led them through secrets in their family tree.
Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should start seeing more billion-dollar jackpots, but at a cost โ literally โ with tickets for the multistate lottery more than doubling in price from $2 to $5.
Winners of the 2024 Olivier Awards, handed out Sunday for achievement in London theater, opera and dance include โThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button.โ.
American actor John Lithgow has won the best actor trophy at the London stage Olivier Awards for exploring the dark side of childrenโs writer Roald Dahl in โGiant.โ.
Paul Schrader, the writer of โTaxi Driverโ and director of โAmerican Gigolo,โ has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant, firing her when she wouldnโt give in to advances and reneging on a settlement that was meant to keep the allegations confidential.
Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelouโs famous autobiography, โI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,โ were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academyโs library this week.
Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Eugene Robinson says he is leaving the Washington Post.
Nick Jonas was only 9 and portraying a teacup on Broadway when he first heard about a buzzy new musical playing way downtown.
Federal prosecutors have added two charges to Sean โDiddyโ Combsโ indictment, expanding on allegations that the jailed hip-hop mogul engaged in sex trafficking as recently as last year.
Huluโs โThe Handmaidโs Taleโ returning for its sixth and final season and Viola Davis playing a U.S. president in the action movie โG20โ are some of this weekโs new streaming entertainment releases.
A group of Chinese people have decided they wanted the nationโs biggest movie to be big in the United States, literally.
A federal judge has denied a motion to block the National Endowment for the Arts from barring funds to artists whose projects promote gender ideology, saying the agency no longer was doing that.
Zac Posen reflects on his journey to revitalize the Gap brand with his first collection for the high-end GapStudio.
Nintendoโs Switch 2 is bigger and better than its predecessor of eight years past as the video game developer pushes to bring its brand into โa new eraโ where social experiences are at the forefront.
The U.S. State Department revoked the visas of members of a Mexican band after they projected the face of a drug cartel boss onto a large screen during a performance at a music festival in the western state of Jalisco over the weekend.
An iconic pet reindeer beloved by many in Alaska's largest city has been euthanized, just weeks after someone tampered with his cage and possibly poisoned him.
American authors Elizabeth Strout and Miranda July are among finalists for the Womenโs Prize for Fiction.
Actor Josh Brolin and director Michael Mann are among those honoring actor Val Kilmer after his death on Tuesday at age 65.
Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date and $449.99 price tag for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to connect gamers.
Soprano Anna Netrebko will return to Londonโs Royal Opera after a six-year absence to open the 2025-26 season in a new production of Pucciniโs โToscaโ that starts Jakub Hrลฏลกaโs tenure as music director.
Fred Costello could swing a bat about as well as he could perform a melody as a kid growing up in Syracuse, New York.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone is set to testify to Congress about thousands of newly released government documents surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Audiences at the Detroit Opera House expecting their performance of โCosi fan tutteโ to begin with the overture may be surprised to hear instead a product launch from a tech company CEO.
Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams, Zoe Saldaรฑa and Nutter Butter are among the nominees for this yearโs Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators.
Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone has called on Congress to reinvestigate the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy following last month's release of thousands of pages of government documents surrounding the killing.
Hollywood studio executives are making their case for theatergoing with a little help from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
President Donald Trump invited Kid Rock into the Oval Office and signed an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring โcommonsenseโ changes to the way live entertainment events are priced.
Comic Amber Ruffin is off the bill at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington.
The documentary โLiza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Storyโ offers fresh insight into an EGOT winner who overcame addiction, insecurity and the shadow of her mother โ Judy Garland โ to become a beloved American icon.
The makers of Netflix's teenage drama โAdolescenceโ have sparked a conversation on how to protect children from violent misogyny and other harmful content on social media.
When Jack Black got the call to star in the โMinecraftโ movie, the perks were plenty.
When the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague loaned its most famous work for an exhibition in 2023, it needed to find something to fill the empty space left by Johannes Vermeerโs iconic โGirl with a Pearl Earring.โ.
A New Mexico court has cleared the way for the release of investigative records from the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, as long as depictions of the deceased couple are blocked from view.
