Arts & Lifestyle News

September 20, 2017

Jasper Johns to leave Connecticut estate for artists retreat

Famed painter Jasper Johns is making plans for his rural estate in the Connecticut hills to become an artists' retreat after ...

September 20, 2017

Dallas, Houston, Philly join Overwatch esports league

Dave Scott is quick to note he wasn't at Comcast Spectacor when the company sold the Philadelphia 76ers six years ago.

September 20, 2017

AP Exclusive: Clinton book has sold more than 300,000 copies

Hillary Clinton's "What Happened" had a big debut. Clinton's book about her stunning loss in 2016 to Donald Trump sold more ...

September 20, 2017

DiCaprio criticizes climate change deniers

At a Yale University talk hosted by former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Leonardo DiCaprio says that politicians who ...

September 20, 2017

Saudi Arabia creating $2.7B entertainment investment company

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is creating an entertainment investment company as the deeply conservative kingdom ...

September 19, 2017

Oh brother: Hank Green, sibling of John Green, has book deal

John Green isn't the only author in his family. Green's brother and YouTube collaborator, Hank Green, has a two-book deal ...

September 19, 2017

Review: 'The Cuban Affair' feels authentic and real

"The Cuban Affair: a Novel" (Simon & Schuster), by Nelson DeMille A charter boat captain in Key West, Florida, gets an offer ...

September 19, 2017

Fired US Attorney Bharara starting podcast on justice

New York's Preet Bharara, who says he knows nothing more about why President Donald Trump fired him as U.S. attorney than on ...

September 19, 2017

Jesmyn Ward is a finalist for the $50,000 Kirkus Prize

Jesmyn Ward's ghostly "Sing, Unburied, Sing" and Mohsin Hamid's acclaimed novel about refugees "Exit West" were among the ...

September 19, 2017

Court reinstates lawsuit over debunked Rolling Stone story

A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone over the magazine's debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was ...

September 19, 2017

Alabama judge refuses to move man's trial from 'S-Town'

A character from the hit podcast "S-Town" will stand trial on theft and other charges in the rural Alabama county that serves ...

September 19, 2017

Words With Friends adds 50,000 pop culture words

Tell your bae or your bestie: The mobile game Words With Friends is adding thousands of pop culture words as part of its ...

September 19, 2017

Halle Berry sent '20 bottles of bourbon' thanks to Comic-Con stunt

"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" star Halle Berry reveals she was sent 20 bottles of bourbon following her drinking stunt at the ...

September 19, 2017

Facebook may be facing an 'era of accountability'

The problems keep piling up for Facebook, and it's unclear how long the internet giant will be able to brush them aside as ...

September 19, 2017

Pierogis made for Broadway find new home in restaurant

Producers of the now-closed Broadway musical "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" are keeping enthusiasm in the show ...

September 18, 2017

PEN America among arts organizations opposing travel ban

PEN America and the Sundance Institute are among nearly 30 arts organizations that have filed a brief that calls on the ...

September 18, 2017

You'll laugh and cry through 'Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies'

"Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies" (Atria Books), by Michael Ausiello Michael Ausiello is a respected television journalist whose ...

September 18, 2017

ShowBiz Minute: Emmys, Lady Gaga, US Box Office

"The Handmaid's Tale" and "SNL" big Emmy winners; Lady Gaga postpones European leg of world tour; "It" stomps "mother!" with ...

September 18, 2017

Alice McDermott captures bygone era of Brooklyn

"The Ninth Hour" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Alice McDermott Alice McDermott's stunning new novel, "The Ninth Hour," does ...