Arts & Lifestyle News

December 12, 2018

Michelle Obama surprises Detroit students at Motown Museum

Michelle Obama surprised a group of Detroit college students on Tuesday afternoon, walking into the Motown Museum as the ...

December 11, 2018

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Audible.com best-sellers for week ending December 7: Fiction 1. Christmas Eve, 1914 by Charles Olivier, narrated by Cameron ...

December 11, 2018

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

App Store Official Charts for the week ending December 9, 2018: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Heads Up!, ...

December 11, 2018

Memoirist who wrote about priest dad wins Thurber prize

A woman who wrote a memoir about having a married Roman Catholic priest for a father has won the country's top humor writing ...

December 11, 2018

'Pandemic' rings warning bell about gene-editing technology

"Pandemic" (Putnam), by Robin Cook When there's a scientific breakthrough, Robin Cook doesn't just stand up and cheer.

December 11, 2018

Family portraits by artists stand out as different, lasting

Jewelette McDaniel always felt guilty about not sending photos often enough to her mother-in-law. So last Christmas, she ...

December 11, 2018

Big plans in store for Dav Pilkey's 'Dog Man' series

Dav Pilkey and his publisher have high hopes for the next installments of his best-selling "Dog Man" series. On Tuesday, ...

December 10, 2018

Study: Social media surpasses newspapers as news source

A survey says Americans today are more likely to get news from social media web sites than newspapers. The Pew Research ...

December 10, 2018

Glenn Beck gives $50K to Lincoln artifacts debt

Media personality and political commentator Glenn Beck is pitching in to keep a trove of artifacts related to Abraham Lincoln ...

December 10, 2018

Pakistan Fashion Week comes to colorful close

Bridal collections from Nickie Nina and HSY brought a close to Pakistan Fashion Week in Lahore.

December 08, 2018

Author Jon Krakauer sues over adaptation of 'Into the Wild'

Author Jon Krakauer has filed suit over a musical adaptation of his 1996 book "Into the Wild." The Boulder Daily Camera ...

December 08, 2018

Ex-Miss Kentucky charged with sending nude photos to student

A former Miss Kentucky who is a teacher in West Virginia has been charged with sending nude pictures to a 15-year-old former ...

December 07, 2018

Yale Review selects Meghan O'Rourke as new editor

The Yale Review, one of the world's oldest literary publications, has a new editor. The Review announced Thursday that it had ...

December 06, 2018

'Black Panther' stars stun at THR Women in Entertainment breakfast

"Black Panther" stars, plus Viola Davis, Lena Dunham and more arrive at The Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment ...

December 05, 2018

Sea reefs and sunsets: Living Coral is color of the year

It's the color of underwater reefs hanging on for dear life. The sky at dusk. Some of the latest iPhones and the latest looks ...

December 05, 2018

Uffizi aims to slash tourist crowds, stop ticket scalpers

The Uffizi Galleries have turned to algorithm experts in hopes of slashing crowds bunching up in front of the likes of ...

December 05, 2018

Apollo Theater plans to build new performance spaces

New York City's Apollo Theater plans to build two new performance spaces to incubate works by up-and-coming artists.

December 05, 2018

2019 Pirelli calendar puts lens on women's ambition

Photographer Albert Watson is keeping the Pirelli calendar on its arc away from its pinup origins, portraying four women ...

December 05, 2018

Getty museum says it has right to keep prized Greek statue

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has vowed to assert its right to keep an important Greek statue after Italy's highest ...