Arts & Lifestyle News

September 20, 2018

Isabel Allende to receive honorary National Book Award medal

Isabel Allende, winner of an honorary National Book Award, sees no reason to discuss her legacy. "I think legacy is a very ...

September 20, 2018

First Audition: Jessica Henwick

British actress Jessica Henwick - known for "Game of Thrones," "The Defenders" and "Iron Fist" - lost out to Dakota Blue ...

September 20, 2018

Chris Pratt: Sharing religious messages 'fills my soul'

Chris Pratt says "it feels like an important time" for him to share religious messages with his fans. The "Jurassic World" ...

September 20, 2018

Milan Fashion returns to elegance with Arbesser, N.21

Milan Fashion Week launched Wednesday on a note of optimism with news that sales have reached pre-crisis levels. The Italian ...

September 19, 2018

Rahm Emanuel to publish book on 'Why Mayors Run the World'

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a new book deal. Book publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday it will publish a book by ...

September 19, 2018

Pratt's running role model: Tom Cruise

After meeting with seven disabled athletes who are being sponsored by Michelob Ultra to run in the New York Marathon, actor ...

September 19, 2018

CNN's Cuomo getting daily radio show on SiriusXM

CNN's Chris Cuomo is adding a radio show to his television work. The prime-time host will start his own two-hour radio show ...

September 19, 2018

My First Audition: Alice Eve

British actress Alice Eve - known for her work in "Star Trek: Into Darkness" and "Starter for 10" - lost out to Scarlett ...

September 19, 2018

My First Audition: Simone Missick

"Luke Cage," "The Defenders" and "Iron Fist" actress Simone Missick looks back at her first ever role - playing a dog in a ...

September 19, 2018

2 fired dancers, donor added to ballet lawsuit

A woman who sued the New York City Ballet company over the sharing of nude photos and videos is amending her lawsuit to add ...

September 18, 2018

US poet Danez Smith wins prestigious Forward Prize

American performance poet Danez Smith has won the prestigious Forward Prize for the collection "Don't Call Us Dead." At 29, ...

September 18, 2018

The top 10 books on Apple's iBooks-US

iBook charts for week ending September 16, 2018: (Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher : iBooks US Bestseller ...

September 18, 2018

DeVos' dramatic confirmation hearing inspires drama on stage

Guns in schools to protect students from grizzly bears? Betsy DeVos endured yet another rocky Senate confirmation hearing to ...

September 18, 2018

SeaWorld, ex-execs must pay $5M to settle 'Blackfish' claim

SeaWorld and two former executives on Tuesday agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle federal fraud claims that they ...

September 18, 2018

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Audible.com best-sellers for week ending September 14th: Fiction 1. Emma: An Audible Original Drama by Jane Austen & Anna ...

September 18, 2018

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Audible.com best-sellers for week ending Sept. 14: Fiction 1. Emma: An Audible Original Drama by Jane Austen & Anna Lea, ...

September 18, 2018

Haddish: 'I never was mad at Katt'

At Primetime Emmys' Governors Ball, actress Tiffany Haddish says "I never was mad at Katt" Williams, following reports of a ...

September 18, 2018

Sloan Foundation programmer to receive honorary book award

If you're a fan of "Hidden Figures" and Margot Lee Shetterly's story of three black female mathematicians' contributions to ...

September 18, 2018

My First Audition: Matthias Schoenaerts

Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts talks about his hatred of auditioning, saying he often feels "emotionally abused" ...