Arts & Lifestyle News

January 17, 2020

'Lord of the Rings' protector Christopher Tolkien dies at 95

Christopher Tolkien, who played a major role protecting the legacy of his father's “The Lord of the Rings” series, has died.

January 17, 2020

Blanchett's new movie has 'unusual perspective' on 1970's women's movement

Cate Blanchett says that her latest role in "Mrs America" - playing conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly - is an unusual ...

January 17, 2020

Olympic rings arrive in host city on barge into Tokyo Bay

The Olympic rings have arrived in Tokyo. They sailed into Tokyo Bay on Friday on a barge and will stay there until the ...

January 17, 2020

'Better Call Saul' gets renewed for 6th and final season

“Better Call Saul” has been renewed for a sixth and final season consisting of 13 episodes that will air in 2021.

January 17, 2020

ESPN's Mendoza: Fiers should have gone to MLB, not reporter

ESPN analyst Jessica Mendoza says pitcher Mike Fiers should have gone to Major League Baseball before he told a journalist ...

January 17, 2020

Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for ...

January 17, 2020

Cicely Tyson savors life, new OWN series at 95

Cicely Tyson doesn’t quibble with those who marvel at her long life and career, now in its eighth decade. The acclaimed ...

January 16, 2020

Tyga, Diplo, Migos, Kris Wu, Bella Hadid sit front row at Louis Vuitton men's show

The Louis Vuitton Menswear fall/winter 2020 show counted Tyga, Diplo, Migos, Kris Wu, Bella Hadid and more as guests.

January 16, 2020

Police in Long Island serial killer case reveal new evidence

Investigators stymied by a nine-year mystery following the discovery of 11 sets of human remains strewn along a suburban New ...

January 16, 2020

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS

Best-Selling Books Week Ended January 11th HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse'' by Charlie ...

January 16, 2020

Edgar Allan Poe house in Baltimore named literary landmark

A national association representing libraries is honoring the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum in Baltimore. A division of ...

January 16, 2020

USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS

1. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens 2. “Moral Compass” by Danielle Steel (Dell) 3. “Dog Man: Fetch-22” by Dav Pilkey ...

January 16, 2020

Prince Harry takes on first duties since royal crisis talks

Prince Harry went back to work Thursday, mixing with children playing rugby and offering no hint of the days of turmoil that ...

January 16, 2020

Free e-book includes excerpts from new Veronica Roth novel

Fiction from Sue Monk Kidd and Veronica Roth, essays by comedian Mike Birbiglia and a memoir about Philip Roth are among the ...

January 16, 2020

HBO Max chief dismisses streamer's high-end fee as obstacle

HBO Max’s high-end subscription fee won’t be an obstacle to the streaming service’s launch, said Kevin Reilly, its chief ...

January 16, 2020

California targets highly paid corporate executives

California is considering raising taxes on some of the country's largest companies, but the size of the tax increase would ...

January 15, 2020

Reporters claim new rules will hinder impeachment coverage

President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate promises to be one of the most heavily scrutinized events in ...

January 15, 2020

New book shares early stories written by Zora Neale Hurston

Sixty years after her death, the story of Zora Neale Hurston is still not fully told. The fiction ...

January 15, 2020

UCLA receives $25M gift from head of Japanese retail giant

The University of California, Los Angeles has received a $25 million donation from Tadashi Yanai, the founder and CEO of ...