Arts & Lifestyle News

February 09, 2019

Actors who helped shape Broadway hits get share in profits

Performers who help develop successful Broadway shows will share in the profits under a landmark agreement between theater ...

February 08, 2019

Germany: Texas museum stands by ownership of disputed art

A Houston museum said Friday it "stands by its ownership" of a painting on loan to an exhibition in Germany which is being ...

February 08, 2019

Former NY Times editor acknowledges sourcing errors in book

The former executive editor of The New York Times acknowledged Thursday that her new book, "Merchants of Truth," contains ...

February 07, 2019

Giant heroin spoon art is moved again, to drugmaker's gates

An artist has moved his giant sculpture of a burnt spoon to a Rhode Island drugmaker's office to protest the opioid crisis.

February 07, 2019

Exhibit spotlights 50 years of fab fashion from FIT archives

A brilliant green gown in sculptured silk satin by Charles James, the late American master couturier, gleams like a ...

February 07, 2019

Big hats and simple elegance for Tom Ford at NY Fashion Week

Tom Ford says these tumultuous times pointed him in the opposite direction at New York Fashion Week on Wednesday night with ...

February 07, 2019

Timms to become Lincoln Center's 6th leader in 5½ years

Henry Timms has been hired as president of Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts and will become the organization's sixth ...

February 07, 2019

North Texas online talk host struck, killed by passing train

A former host with Glenn Beck's online talk show lineup has died after he was struck by a train in North Texas while jogging ...

February 06, 2019

Only 1 owner profited from this casino _ when it was closed

As a star-crossed Atlantic City casino changes hands yet again, only one owner has ever profited from it — the one who never ...

February 06, 2019

Marlon James shares truths though the fantasy of new novel

Marlon James is in search of a definition. "Myths are so suffused with monsters. It makes me think of the Latin root of ...

February 06, 2019

Met Museum in NY partners with acclaimed chef

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is partnering with a Michelin-starred chef. The Met says chef John Fraser ...

February 06, 2019

Craigslist founder donates $15 million for journalism ethics

The founder of Craigslist says he will donate $15 million to Columbia University and the Poynter Institute for separate ...

February 06, 2019

South Korean women begin to resist intense beauty pressure

As she pursued her dream of becoming a fashion model, veering for years between extreme dieting and overeating, Park I Seul ...

February 06, 2019

Art exhibit shows Ivanka Trump lookalike vacuuming up crumbs

A new art exhibit at a Washington museum shows an Ivanka Trump lookalike pushing a vacuum cleaner and invites spectators to ...

February 05, 2019

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Audible.com best-sellers for week ending February 1: Fiction 1. Killer by Nature: An Audible Original Drama by Jan Smith, ...

February 05, 2019

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

App Store Official Charts for the week ending February 3, 2019: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Heads Up!, ...

February 05, 2019

Madonna to be honored at GLAAD Media Awards

Madonna will be honored at the 30th annual GLAAD Media Awards for a lifetime of accelerating acceptance of the LGBTQ ...

February 04, 2019

Don McCullin photo show looks at 6 decades covering conflict

Don McCullin's most famous photographs burn with the physical and emotional brutality of conflict: a shell-shocked American ...

February 04, 2019

Historians irked by musical 'Hamilton' escalate their duel

Ever since the historical musical "Hamilton" began its march to near-universal infatuation, one group has noticeably withheld ...