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A judge in Chicago has denied a last-ditch effort to dismiss a criminal case against actor Jussie Smollett

A watercolor by Vincent van Gogh that was seized by the Nazis during World War II will be sold next month at auction in New York

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A Cambridge University college says it will return a looted bronze cockerel to Nigeria later this month

During the pandemic, shock rocker Alice Cooper replaced touring with tap dancing

The queen has appeared to criticize the global lack of action on climate change.

A prominent Bill Cosby accuser has filed suit Thursday against the actor over a 1990 hotel room encounter in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Cher has sued the widow of her former musical partner and ex-husband Sonny Bono over royalties for Sonny and Cher songs including “I Got You Babe.”

A work by British street artist Banksy that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold for $1.4 million has sold again for $25.4 million at an auction on Thursday

The title of the new CBS sitcom “Ghosts” seems to be a dead giveaway

Gary Paulsen, the acclaimed and prolific children’s author who often drew upon his rural affinities and wide-ranging adventures for tales that included “Hatchet,” “Brian’s Winter” and “Dogsong,” has died at age 82

Despite renewed attention on efforts to diversify hiring in journalism since George Floyd's killing, the ability to measure real progress is proving elusive

Federal authorities are accusing a fugitive of selling forged paintings by contemporary artist Raymond Pettibon

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Banksy artwork that shredded itself sells for $25 million at Sotheby's auction, a record for the artist

Caesars Entertainment and the company that produces the show “Absinthe” in Las Vegas are teaming up on theater and dining projects in three states that will cost nearly $75 million

The daytime talk show is honoring Hispanic Americans.

Prince William has criticized some of the world’s richest men for using their wealth to fund a new space race and space tourism, and called on the world's great minds to fix the planet first

As kids growing up in different states, Shoba Narayan and Michael Maliakel shared a love of one favorite film — “Aladdin.”

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The 38-year-old actor Vicky Krieps broke out into the mainstream four years ago with her turn opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in “Phantom Thread.”

The union representing film and television crews says its 60,000 members will begin a nationwide strike on Monday if it does not reach a deal that satisfies demands for fair and safe working conditions

“The Boys” is a co-written memoir by Ron Howard, better known as Opie Taylor and Richie Cunningham, and his younger brother, Clint

Tom Morello’s guitars hit hard on his new album, even though he recorded them on his phone’s voice memo app

The most often-repeated thing said about the Velvet Underground is Brian Eno’s quip that the band didn’t sell many records, but everyone who bought one started a band

Singer Adele has been gone from the public spotlight, musically speaking, since after the release of her “25”album in 2015

Five alleged gang members have been indicted on murder charges in last year’s shooting death of a Chicago rapper that prosecutors say was part of ongoing violence over gang territories on the city’s South Side

The lavish waxworks temple Madame Tussauds has opened its first Middle East location on a small artificial island off the coast of Dubai

“Squid Game,” a South Korea-produced Netflix show that depicts hundreds of financially distressed characters competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape severe debt, has captivated global audiences since its September debut

One of the most talked about attractions at the world’s fair underway in Dubai is a towering statue made of marble dust that’s raising eyebrows just as its original form did more than 500 years ago

ESPN has signed a five-year agreement with the NFL to broadcast the Monday night game during the first weekend of the playoffs, beginning this season

The Velvet Underground emerged from the '60s downtown New York avant-garde arts scene and launched the career of Lou Reed before the mercurial rocker walked away six years later

A publishing division is being started by the conservative media company the Daily Wire

Actor Danny Strong pops up in an eclectic batch of series, from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” to “Gilmore Girls” to “Billions.”

“Halloween Kills” picks up at the moment David Gordon Green’s 2018 “Halloween” ended

Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasts off toward space on rocket built by Jeff Bezos' company

Union says film and television crews will start nationwide strike Monday if deal with studios, producers isn't reached

Nathalie Stutzmann, the French-born contralto turned conductor, will succeed Robert Spano as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra starting with the 2022-23 season and become the second woman to lead a major American orchestra

Author Shannon Messenger can now see the end for her telepathic heroine Sophie and the million-selling middle-grade series “Keeper of the Lost Cities.”

A Danish artist is seeking to get back his sculpture in Hong Kong commemorating the victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square as a deadline passed for its removal

Comic book writer Tom Taylor says he could not be happier with the reaction to his portrayal of a new Superman as bisexual

Authorities say rapper Tyga has been arrested in a felony domestic violence investigation

Considering he's starred for more than 18 seasons on television's most popular drama, Mark Harmon made a quiet exit from “NCIS” on Monday night

A standalone Peppa Pig theme park at the Legoland Florida Resort is scheduled to open Feb. 24

As William Shatner prepares to be beamed up at age 90 for his first real-life spaceflight, he’s bringing out the awe in people around a rural Texas spaceport

On its mud-and-blood surface, “The Last Duel” seems like a familiar slog

Rapper, music producer and clothing entrepreneur Kanye West is selling his ranch and business properties in northwestern Wyoming

The last time Coldplay put out an album, it was like a warm embrace of the Earth

An abandoned city bus that people sometimes went on deadly pilgrimages to Alaska’s backcountry to visit can now safely be viewed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks while it undergoes preservation work