Arts & Lifestyle News

September 22, 2019

Area 51 festival wraps up in Nevada; Earthlings head home

The festivals are over and Earthlings from around the globe headed home Sunday after a weekend camping and partying in the ...

September 22, 2019

Holy anniversary! Displays of bat signal fete Batman at 80

It's no joker. The night is lighting up Saturday around the world with the famous bat signal to mark a special anniversary ...

September 22, 2019

The Latest: Earthling visitors dwindling at Area 51 event

The Latest on "Storm Area 51" events in two tiny Nevada towns near the once-secret military research site (all times local): ...

September 22, 2019

1 event near Area 51 pulls plug; second festival continues

The promoter of an event set up for Earthlings to party in the remote Nevada desert around the "Storm Area 51" internet craze ...

September 21, 2019

Artist Marina Abramovic opens exhibition in native Belgrade

Performance artist Marina Abramovic is displaying her work in her native Belgrade for the first time in 44 years, and she ...

September 21, 2019

American, Australian luminaries gather at White House dinner

A glittering crowd of American and Australian luminaries gathered under the stars in the White House Rose Garden on Friday, ...

September 21, 2019

25 years later, a new generation gets immersed in ‘Friends’

“Friends” marks its 25th anniversary this week, and the quintessential 1990s sitcom has attracted a new fanbase barely half ...

September 21, 2019

Former newspaperman Robert S. Boyd dies at age 91

Robert S. Boyd, who shared a 1973 Pulitzer Prize with colleague Clark Hoyt for coverage of Democratic vice presidential ...

September 20, 2019

Fendi lets sun shine on post-Lagerfeld era, glancing back

A naïve streak is running through the collections on preview during Milan Fashion Week — with a return to simpler times, ...

September 20, 2019

Novels by Colson Whitehead, Marlon James on awards longlist

Colson Whitehead's brutal narrative of a boys' reform school, "The Nickel Boys," and Marlon James' fantasy epic "Black ...

September 20, 2019

About 75 people gather at Area 51 gate, 2 people detained

About 75 people arrived early Friday at a gate at the once-secret Area 51 military base in Nevada — at the time appointed by ...

September 20, 2019

Elton and the Jet - 'Rocketman' crew recall meeting Elton John

"Rocketman" director Dexter Fletcher and music producer Giles Martin talk about being flown to Las Vegas for a "whirlwind" ...

September 20, 2019

ShowBiz Minute: Turner, Thunberg, Game of Thrones

Bus carrying singer Josh Turner's road crew crashes, 1 dead; 2 Greta Thunberg books coming out in the United States; Tapestry ...

September 19, 2019

Earthlings descend on Area 51 for aliens, parties

What started out as a internet hoax to "storm Area 51" has morphed into a festival celebrating all things alien near the ...

September 19, 2019

2 Greta Thunberg books coming out in the United States

Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg has two books coming out in the United States, including an English-language ...

September 19, 2019

Theater-related podcasts find a hub in new digital network

Podcasts are exploding and the world of theater isn't immune. Now comes a digital hub that pulls together a lot of that ...

September 19, 2019

Melania Trump cuts ribbon on reopened Washington Monument

First lady Melania Trump cut the ribbon Thursday as the Washington Monument reopened to the public for the first time in ...

September 19, 2019

Book of letters by Che Guevara coming out in English in 2021

A book of letters by Ernesto Che Guevara is coming out in English in fall 2021. "Letters 1947-67" will be released in the ...

September 19, 2019

AP Exclusive: US helping Venezuela's Guaido track stolen art

U.S. officials are investigating the suspected looting of valuable European and Latin American artwork they believe is being ...

September 19, 2019

Books on border wall, Tribe Called Quest on awards longlist

A memoir by chef Iliana Regan and Hanif Abdurraqib's best-selling chronicle of A Tribe Called Quest are among the works on ...