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The southern German state of Bavaria says it will ban the smoking of cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens and even at the world’s most popular beer festival, the Oktoberfest

The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale have announced they won’t open the Israeli pavilion exhibition until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages

Albums from ABBA, Blondie and the Notorious B

A movie weapons armorer has received the maximum sentence of 18 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust.”

Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have recently entered the public domain, making it possible for artists to use them freely

Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling has announced his immediate retirement at age 85, a few weeks into his 36th season in New York’s broadcast booth

Hotel heiress and media personality Paris Hilton is backing California legislation that aims to bring more transparency to discipline used at facilities for troubled teens

For decades, Vietnamese people often been relegated to the background in popular cinematic depictions of the Vietnam War

New Mexico judge sentences “Rust” movie armorer to 18 months in prison for fatal on-set shooting by Alec Baldwin

Cardi B, Queen Latifah and The Roots will headline concerts celebrating the return of the BET Experience in Los Angeles just days before the 2024 BET Awards

Jazz pianist Fred Hersch fully embraces the freedom that comes with improvisation on his new solo album “Silent, Listening.”

Tayhlor Coleman grew up with a love for country music

Hellen Obiri repeats as Boston Marathon champion. The Kenyan is the first woman to win back-to-back since 2005

Fashion, most would surely agree, is meant to be seen

Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia wins the Boston Marathon in a blistering pace. He finished in an unofficial 2:06:17

22-year-old Eden Rainbow-Cooper of Britain wins the women's wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon

Switzerland's Marcel Hug breaks his own course record in the men's wheelchair race at Boston Marathon despite crash

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of April 21-27 include musicians and twins Jake and Josh Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet, actor Hank Azaria and singer Lizzo

April 17 marks the 100 days countdown to the Paris Olympics ambitious opening ceremony

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug righted himself after crashing into a barrier when he took a turn too fast and still coasted to victory in the Boston Marathon

Attorneys for rap star Travis Scott say he should be dismissed from hundreds of lawsuits filed over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival he headlined in Houston

A movie weapons supervisor has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust.”

O.J. Simpson's death is leaving a legacy across multiple areas of American life including sports, entertainment and the criminal justice system

More than 250 survivors of the bombing that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert are taking legal action against the U.K.'s domestic intelligence agency

Winners of the 2024 Olivier Awards, handed out Sunday for achievement in London theater, opera and dance include “Sunset Boulevard,” which won seven prizes including best musical revival

It surpassed expectations and earned $25.7 million in North America.

Caitlin Clark made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” during the show’s “Weekend Update” segment

A radical restaging of Hollywood film noir musical “Sunset Boulevard” was the big winner on Sunday at the London stage Olivier Awards

Twelve news organizations have issued a joint statement calling on presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates during the White House campaign

Artist and award-winning children’s book author Faith Ringgold has died

A small earthquake has shaken the Southern California desert near where the Coachella music festival is being held this weekend

The sequel has turned out to be just as good for Wrexham

The executor of O.J. Simpson’s estate says he will work to prevent a payout of a $33.5 million judgment stemming from a wrongful death lawsuit filed years ago by the families of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman

The story of O.J. Simpson’s life was inherently cinematic

Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died

Director Eleanor Coppola, wife of Francis Ford Coppola and matriarch of filmmaking family, dies at 87

AI fashion modeling is on the rise but its use has complicated implications for diversity

Maggie Rogers wrote and recorded her new album, “Don’t Forget Me,” over five days last winter

CBS says the daytime talk show “The Talk” will end in December after 15 seasons

Belarus has convicted a famous dissident rock band, designating the band and its three members as extremist and sentencing them to two years of correctional labor

Whether it's a bold azalea print on a black polo shirt or a striking vest adorned with huge block letters, the gear players are wearing at the Masters this year has made it quite clear that Augusta National is fast becoming the center of the golf fashi...

Sean McManus' final event as CBS Sports Chairman is at this weekend's Masters

A baseball agent at Bad Bunny’s Rimas Sports firm has lost his certification with the Major League Baseball Players Association

AP Global Top 20 Pollstar Week of 04/15/24

Veteran newsman Robert MacNeil, who was the creator and first anchor of PBS' “NewsHour” in the 1970s, has died

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Taylor Swift's eagerly anticipated album “The Tortured Poets Department,” a family of ducks is coaxed into flying south for the winter in the kid-friendly animated movie “Migration” and Conan O’B...

Thirty years ago, women’s rights advocates working to pass the 1994 Violence Against Women Act found domestic violence was still something of a hushed topic

For many people old enough to remember O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, his 1994 exoneration was a defining moment in their understanding of race, policing and justice

As PEN America begins its annual spring tradition of high-profile events, the organization faces criticisms from numerous writers who are unhappy with its stance on the war in Gaza

Capitalizing on an impressive moment in Spanish-language music, Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler is embarking on his first tour of Europe