Arts & Lifestyle News

January 18, 2019

Harvey Weinstein breaks with his criminal defense lawyer

Harvey Weinstein is recasting his legal team a month after losing a hard-fought bid to get his sexual assault case thrown out

January 17, 2019

Disney World's secret to magic-making

Walt Disney World recently showed the Associated Press what it takes to put their shows together. It’s a shift for a resort ...

January 17, 2019

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver dies at 83

Mary Oliver, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose rapturous odes to nature and animal life brought her critical acclaim and ...

January 17, 2019

AP Exclusive: A peek at how Disney resort shows are made

With excitement building over a new "Star Wars" land opening later this year at Walt Disney World, as well as at its ...

January 17, 2019

Authorities inspect R. Kelly's Chicago studio

Chicago building inspectors spent about an hour inside R. Kelly's recording studio in Chicago before surveying the building's ...

January 16, 2019

Team that spoofed Pence book has new picture story

The creative team that brought you the best-selling parody of the Pence family rabbit has a new book coming. Writer Jill ...

January 16, 2019

ShowBiz Minute: Rihanna, Ghostbusters, Hathaway

Rihanna sues father over use of their last name for business; Jason Reitman to direct Ghostbusters sequel for summer 2020; ...

January 16, 2019

Hathaway: Oscar hosting is 'so much work'

Anne Hathaway, who co-hosted the Academy Awards in 2011, discusses why it's been difficult to find someone to host this ...

January 16, 2019

In era of news deserts, no easy fix for local news struggles

The local news industry hasn't been the subject of much good news itself, lately. Newspaper circulation is down sharply, and ...

January 15, 2019

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Audible.com best-sellers for week ending January 11: Fiction 1. The Man on the Mountaintop: An Audible Original Drama by ...

January 15, 2019

James Lee Burke's new novel is engaging, emotional mystery

"The New Iberia Blues: a Dave Robicheaux Novel" (Simon and Schuster), by James Lee Burke James Lee Burke's novels have ...

January 15, 2019

Why US classrooms are starting to resemble arcades

It's 1 o'clock on a Wednesday afternoon in Wallingford, Connecticut, and about 20 children are watching a screen at the front ...

January 14, 2019

Ground zero art exhibit featuring Saudi flag to be moved

An art exhibit installed on the grounds of the World Trade Center that features a giant candy sculpture wrapped in the Saudi ...

January 14, 2019

Lin-Manuel Miranda: Shakespeare theater fire 'heartbreaking'

Investigators sought the cause Monday of a fire that destroyed the historic American Shakespeare Theatre, whose stage has ...

January 14, 2019

NBCUniversal jumps into the streaming fray

NBCUniversal will launch an ad-supported streaming service in 2020, free for anyone who pays for a cable service. The company ...

January 14, 2019

Milan designers send signal with feminine touch on menswear

Milan menswear designers are sending clear signals for next fall and winter: Feminine touches are not only acceptable, they ...

January 14, 2019

Review: Real and emotional prisons flow through 'No Mercy'

"No Mercy" (Minotaur), by Joanna Schaffhausen Prisons come in various forms, as Joanna Schaffhausen shows in her second ...

January 14, 2019

Review: The surprises keep coming in 'The Perfect Liar'

"The Perfect Liar" (St. Martin's Press), by Thomas Christopher Greene The great thing about being an artist, Max tells his ...

January 14, 2019

ShowBiz Minute: Critics' Choice, Game of Thrones, Super Bowl

"Roma" tops Critics' Choice Awards, a tie for Gaga and Close; "Game of Thrones" final season to debut on April 14; Big Boi, ...