It seemed like bad satire, or yet another conspiracy theory.

The lawyer for a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of New York” has told a judge that the First Amendment cannot shield the show's creators from a lawsuit alleging the show's participants were subjected to a “rotted workplace culture.”.

The purchase of Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news publication The Onion is the latest twist in a yearslong saga.

A year after the release of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese is still looking for his next feature.

The state that gave much of America the right to offer legal sports betting may decide that certain bets on college athletes are out of bounds.

The papers of composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach are being donated to the Library of Congress.

Richard Curtis is known for his contributions to romantic comedies with “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill” and “Love, Actually.”.

Katie Gavin is self-proclaimed “gay famous.”.

The giant balloons may be flying at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but the stars will be on street.

Veteran NBC host and news anchor Craig Melvin has been tapped to replace Hoda Kotb as co-host of the 7 a_m_ to 9 a_m_ hours of “Today.”.

A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has ordered a hearing into how the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, after Jones and his lawyers raised questions about how a bankruptcy auction was conducted.

When composer Mason Bates approached Michael Chabon about turning his novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” into an opera, he said the writer told him frankly that “opera was not his thing.”.

Juan Luis Guerra 4_40 won album of the year at the 2024 Latin Grammys, not long after receiving record of the year for “Mambo 23.”.

Former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse is scheduled to stand trial on Jan. 13 in Las Vegas.

Alexander Shelley will become music director of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra for the 2026-27 season following the 35-year tenure of Carl St. Clair.

Dolly Parton’s musical story starts further back than most might expect — to the British Isles of the 1600s.

Karla Sofía Gascón’s performance in “Emilia Pérez” as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may make her the first openly transgender actor ever nominated for an Oscar.

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, video game creator and fine artist.

James Patterson’s latest philanthropic project marks a deepening of ties to his undergraduate alma mater.

Daniele Rustioni will become just the third principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in its nearly century-and-a-half history, leading at least two productions each season starting in 2025-26 as a No. 2 to music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Rapper Nelly won’t face drug charges following his arrest this summer at a St. Louis-area casino.

James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G.

British actor Timothy West, who played wartime leader Winston Churchill on screen three times, has died, He was 90.

In case you can’t get enough of pygmy hippo Moo Deng, there’s now an official song featuring the internet’s favorite baby animal.

Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor known for his roles in K-dramas “Moon Embracing the Sun” and “Queen Woo,” was found dead at his home in Seoul.

Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Norway to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific.

President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary.

Let the office debates begin — John Krasinski is People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2024.

British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station.

Ethan Slater, best known for his Tony-nominated starring role in Broadway's “SpongeBob SquarePants” brings his talent to the big screen in the musical adaptation of “Wicked," out Nov. 22.

Nearly two decades ago, My Chemical Romance released their career-defining rock opera, “The Black Parade.”.

Apologetic rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has been sentenced to 45 days in prison after repeatedly violating probation, disappointing a federal judge who rewarded his cooperation in a criminal case against him with leniency five years ago.

Veteran broadcaster Chris Wallace is leaving CNN after three years but, at age 77, he's not interested in retiring.

Percival Everett’s “James” has received yet another literary nomination.

“Outlander” is returning with the concluding episodes of its seventh season this month, but its stars have already wrapped official production on the show’s eighth and final season.

Lashana Lynch has been running away from spies since she starred in James Bond film “No Time To Die.”.

Eminem, Boy George, George Clinton, Sheryl Crow, Janet Jackson, the Doobie Brothers, N.

Britain’s Queen Camilla is set to return to public duties after missing weekend events commemorating the nation’s war dead because she was recovering from a chest infection.

The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina Faso.

Pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course next year at Yale University.

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are expecting to grow their family.

Toy giant Mattel says it “deeply” regrets an error on the packaging of its “Wicked” movie-themed dolls, which mistakenly links toy buyers to a pornographic website.

Latin music has taken the world by storm.

There are few images more indelible in the history of American dance: Judith Jamison, regal and passionate in white leotard and long ruffled skirt, punching the air in “Cry” — Alvin Ailey’s piercing solo about Black womanhood.

More than a 1,000 mariachis have gathered in Mexico City’s main plaza, strumming guitars and singing classics like “Cielito Lindo” to end a mariachi congress celebrating the musical form.

Music giant Quincy Jones has been laid to rest in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, a week after his death at age 91.

For the third weekend in a row, “Venom: The Last Dance” was the No. 1 movie at the box office, collecting $16.2 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters.

Taylor Swift came out top at the 2024 MTV EMAs, walking away with best artist, best U.S. act, best live act and best video for “Fortnight” (featuring Post Malone).

King Charles III has laid a wreath honoring fallen service personnel in central London as the Princess of Wales looked on.

Judith Jamison, an internationally acclaimed dancer who later served as artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for two decades, has died.

A representative of actor Tony Todd, known for his haunting portrayal of a killer in the horror film “Candyman” and its sequels says he has died at his home in California.

The first episode of “Saturday Night Live" since the election of Donald Trump struck a somber tone at the beginning.

It looks like the 2025 Grammy Awards may be a different kind of award show.

A father and daughter disabled by a suicide bomber who killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert in England in 2017 have been awarded $58,000 against a former television producer who claimed the tragedy was a hoax.

The Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art, or Dak’Art, has opened in the Senegalese capital.

The decadeslong ban of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in his native India is now in doubt.

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman starring in "Deadpool & Wolverine" and the return of Apple TV+'s dark comedy “Bad Sisters” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases.

The 2025 Grammy Award nominations are here.

Argentine prosecutors say that three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction, who died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires last month.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” is selling again.

Megan Park is just getting started as a filmmaker.

The idea of watching election night returns on television wasn't as appealing as it used to be.

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has struck a deal to end his current jail stint, agreeing to serve a month behind bars for violating the terms of his release after a felony conviction.

On election night 2020, Fox News sparked an internal crisis with a bold call that Joe Biden would beat Donald Trump in the crucial state of Arizona, putting the Democrat on the path to victory.

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film “Parthenope,” has gotten mixed reviews and an early thumbs down from Italy's Catholic Church.

As one of the Arab World’s largest book fairs opens in Algeria on Wednesday, there is one conspicuous absence.

Japanese video game maker Nintendo’s chief says its Switch console sales are still going strong, while he promised that a successor is coming.

Tito Jackson has been buried at the same Southern California cemetery as his brother Michael Jackson and father Joe Jackson.

After months of reporting on what polls described as a remarkably close race, news outlets finally have the chance to report on actual results.

Minneapolis musician Tyka Nelson, Prince’s only full sibling, died Monday.

In a new video posted early Election Day, Beyoncé channels Pamela Anderson in the television program “Baywatch” – red one-piece swimsuit and all – and asks viewers to vote.

A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” is on the auction block nearly two decades after a thief stole the iconic shoes, convinced they were adorned with real jewels.

Peter Ames Carlin writes a cultural history of the rock bank in “The Name of This Band is R.

As dusk falls over the City of Light, a new spectacle is illuminating Saint-Sulpice church, a monument whose interiors are even larger than Notre Dame’s.

On the night before Election Day, at campaign events across the country, celebrities turned out in force for Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.

Conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly delivered a fiery speech supporting Donald Trump before he gave what was billed as his “closing message."

Pop superstar Taylor Swift returned to Arrowhead Stadium to see the Kansas City Chiefs and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The New York Philharmonic is firing principal oboist Liang Wang and associate principal trumpet Matthew Muckey after their union decided not to contest the decision, which followed renewed allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse of power.

Cillian Murphy went back to Ireland for his first film after “Oppenheimer.”.

After decades in romantic comedies, Hugh Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career.

To mark 30 years of his career, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has released a new compilation album, “Duets,” featuring previously released and new collaborations across some of his best-known work.

Few artists have legacies so mammoth their very name could be considered synonymous with the music industry, but then again, most musicians are not the prodigious producer Quincy Jones.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey and Paul McCartney are among those mourning the death of Quincy Jones.

Quincy Jones has died at age 91.

Olivia Rodrigo was part of the crowd for Manchester United’s Premier League soccer game against Chelsea.

“Venom: The Last Dance” is enjoying another weekend at the top of the box office charts.

British prosecutors say they have been given a file of evidence from police about alleged sexual offenses by comedian Russell Brand and are considering whether to charge him.

In 1989, Americans were riveted by the shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion by their own children.

Online video production company MrBeast says it has fired somewhere between 5 to 10 employees following an investigation into the YouTube empire’s workplace culture.

Basel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, spent five years making a movie that depicts daily life in Adra’s village under Israeli occupation.

Shohei Ohtani's dog, Decoy, made an appearance at the World Series victory parade.

Investigators seized drugs, homemade weapons and electronic devices this week during an “interagency operation” aimed at cleaning up the troubled New York City federal jail in where Sean “Diddy” Combs is being held.

Tommy Richman went from sleeping on couches and floors just two years ago to now having one of the biggest songs of the year with “Million Dollar Baby.”.

Eddie Redmayne's return to TV starring as a sniper for hire in the new limited series “The Day of the Jackal” and “Yellowstone” riding off into the sunset with the launch of its final episodes are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases.

Willie Nelson, who is 91, will release “Last Leaf on the Tree" on Friday, his second studio album this year.

A noted Belarusian film director and dissident who was held in Serbia for a year while Belarus sought his extradition has been released and gone to Germany.

The cast of ABC’s hit show “Scandal” will reunite Nov. 17 for a live, virtual script reading to raise money for the western North Carolina area that was ravaged by Hurricane Helene.

Jodi Picoult's “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often pulled from school shelves.

Thieves have blown open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stolen two works from a famous series of screen prints by American pop artist Andy Warhol.

A eclectic group of stars — including reality TV’s Ariana Madix, hip-hop’s T-Pain, members of the WNBA champions New York Liberty and country duo Dan + Shay — will feature in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.