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The Louisville police officer who fired at Breonna Taylor after being shot during the deadly raid on Taylor’s apartment is writing a book, but a publishing giant is declining to distribute it

A sketch on a popular Italian TV show mocking Chinese people has launched a debate about racism, and satire, in Italy

The great-grandchildren of the founder of the luxury fashion house Gucci are appealing to filmmaker Ridley Scott to respect their family’s legacy in a new film that focuses on a sensational murder

CBS says it is combining its network news division and troubled group of local stations into a new unit, and has hired two new executives to run it

Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele is celebrating the fashion house’s 100th anniversary this year, giving historic sweep to a collection unveiled virtually Thursday

Diane Warren would be overjoyed to win a best original song Oscar for her work in “The Life Ahead” starring Sophia Loren

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An eclectic lineup of musicians is turning out for an online tribute to Adam Schlesinger, the prolific songwriter who died a year ago of COVID-19

A photo symbolizing “love and compassion” of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent “hug curtain” has been named the World Press Photo of the Year

The Venice Film Festival is giving its lifetime achievement award this year to Oscar-winning director and actor Roberto Benigni

A federal judge has given the green light to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go on trial this summer after several delays

Prince William and Prince Harry won’t walk side-by-side as they follow their grandfather’s coffin into the church ahead of Prince Philip’s funeral on Saturday

Disabled performers and filmmakers have a moment in the Oscar spotlight that they hope becomes a movement

The full list of guests who will attend the funeral of Prince Philip on Saturday at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle has been released

J-Lo and A-Rod are no longer J-Rod — officially

Princes William and Harry won’t walk side-by-side behind their grandfather's coffin at Saturday's funeral in Windsor

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The New York Philharmonic has given its first public performance after a historic hiatus of more than 13 months caused by the coronavirus pandemic

In an interview with The Associated Press, rapper Mystikal discusses his recently dropped rape and kidnapping charges stemming from an October 2016 incident

Tony Award-winner Karen Olivo says she won’t return to “Moulin Rouge

Ten emerging writers should be having a little more free time to work

The barnyard setting of “Gunda” could hardly be more familiar, but in Russian director Victor Kossakovsky’s documentary, a pigsty is rendered an almost alien landscape

ABC has appointed Kim Godwin as its news division president, making her the first Black woman to serve as the top news executive at a network news division

Queen Elizabeth II has returned to royal duties, four days after the death of her husband, Prince Philip

It's best to watch “Monday” on a Friday, when the weekend is just beginning and there's no need to rush

Colton Underwood, the former football tight end who found fame on Season 23 of “The Bachelor” has revealed that he is gay

Greta Van Fleet are back and they’re doubling down

A Swiss-Italian television host has apologized for mimicking Asians on a satirical TV program

A leading mental health expert and commentator has a book deal his publisher says will be an authoritative yet compassionate guide to managing mental health challenges caused by the pandemic

Screenplay writing, usually a fairly solitary, uneventful process, is more of a full-contact sport for a movie like “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”

When they were snatched from the land and loaded onto slave carriers, just about the only luggage most Africans carried was the knowledge of how to till the land

In an audacious and provocative film, there’s no part more audacious and provocative than the final act of “Promising Young Woman,” in which protagonist Cassie  exacts her unique form of revenge

The cover for Hillary Clinton’s first novel will not be mistaken for those of her memoirs

Serena Williams says she has signed a deal with Amazon Studios under which she will create scripted and non-scripted programming, including a docuseries that follows her exploits on and off the court

It's a reliable sign of spring: television networks are grumbling that the Nielsen company is not accurately measuring how many people are watching their programs

Engineer Gena Johnson is one of Nashville's premiere talents behind the mixing board, working with Chris Stapleton, Ashley Monroe, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile and many more

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Some last thoughts from Rep. John Lewis will be published as a book this summer

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Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl have teamed up for a hard-rock pandemic anthem called “Eazy Sleazy.”

The Reuters news service says it has promoted Alessandra Galloni to be its new editor-in-chief, replacing the retiring Stephen Adler

Global Citizen will push for the world’s poorest countries to quickly receive COVID-19 vaccines for their medical workers with an international concert fundraiser hosted by Selena Gomez and headlined by Jennifer Lopez

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Two books based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning “1619 Project” will be released this fall, with contributions from Jesmyn Ward, Jason Reynolds, Ibram X

Georgia Szpilman’s soprano voice resounds beautifully in the apartment’s small living room, though the space lacks the acoustics of where her choir used to sing — Rio de Janeiro’s majestic municipal theater, which has been closed for over a year because of the pandemic. Szpilman is one among many artists sidelined by the coronavirus in Brazil’s cultural capital. Rio is the cradle of samba and bossa nova music and home to libertine Carnival festivities that encourage costumes and clowning. But with virus cases and deaths still surging, concert halls and theaters stay shut. Some venues, like the Carnival parade grounds, even became vaccination stations. “The magic of the crowd is missing, that exchange, and I feel like half of myself,” Szpilman says. “I try to imagine I’m presenting on stage and withdraw that energy from my soul for the crowd.” Members of the municipal theater’s choir, orchestra and ballet are technically public servants, and have continued...

Mike Tirico won’t be anchoring NBC’s primetime coverage of the Tokyo Olympics from the usual confines of a studio inside the International Broadcast Center

Born into an age of revolutions, Prince Philip lived through a tumultuous century and witnessed many of its upheavals

Hollywood’s theatrical business may be slowly rebounding but for some exhibitors the last year has been catastrophic

Nintendo's late president Satoru Iwata oversaw the video-game maker's global growth, helping make Super Mario and Pokemon household names