Culture and Entertainment

In pop, which equates genius with innovation, recent artists have not pioneered new forms like those from the 60s. Has the digital age sidelined invention and promoted the derivative for ever?

The “Jonas20: Living the Dream Tour” will now be living the downgrade, at least in a half-dozen cities.

The artist and author’s hit book had so much in common with her own life that even her friends forgot it wasn’t real. How did this revolutionary portrayal of midlife desire come to inspire a generation of women?

Just a day after it started, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2025 has been entirely canceled due to extreme weather.

Universal Studios and Dreamworks Animation’s live-action adaptation of “How to Train Your Dragon” flies into theaters on Friday, June 13, giving fans a new look at Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid and the rest of the Vikings on Berk.

Allen Media Group chief Byron Allen has reached a settlement in the $10 billion lawsuit that he filed in 2021 alleging the fast food giant discriminated against Black-owned media companies in its TV advertising expenditures.

“Dope Queens,” an indie film celebrating San Francisco’s famed Tenderloin neighborhood, will screen for the first time at the Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas.  The film will have its world premiere on June 20 during the festival that runs June 16-22. Back in November 2021, Alexandra Grey (“Empire,” “Gossamer Folds”), Pierson Fodé (“The Man From […].

The hugely popular reality competition series has led to a string of similarly devious yet undeniably lesser copycats.

The 64th edition of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, the world’s oldest TV festival, opened Friday.

Brett Greenstein and Collin Daniel of Greenstein/Daniel Casting are responsible for some of TV’s most joyous ensembles, from the Hulu comedy “Shrill” to Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever.”

Blake Lively asked a judge Friday to close the door on discovery related to Taylor Swift in her ongoing legal battle with her “It End With Us” co-star and director Justin Baldoni.

When “How to Train Your Dragon” director Dean DeBlois received a call from Universal telling him they were considering a live-action reimaging of the animated feature, his first response was “I don’t want to see someone else’s version of this.” DeBlois had never made a live-action film, but this was his baby, and of course, […].

Paramore singer Hayley Williams has reacted angrily to reports that Christian music star Michael Tait has been accused of sexual assaults in his past relationships with young men, writing in an Instagram post: “I hope the CCM industry crumbles.

Late-night hosts discuss how the president’s ‘needlessly cruel’ tactics have turned off even more Americans.

ACLU gathered group of celeb fathers to read activist’s letter to son to call attention to his detainment for Father’s Day.

Along with other icons of African writing, Ngũgĩ taught generations how to decolonise literature, language and the mind.

In the last few years, the singer-songwriter has weathered divorce, grief and false allegations of sexual assault. Now, he’s back writing, performing – and rediscovering his political rage.

The comedy legend is touring the UK in September, but before he arrives here’s a chance to ask him anything about Python, hosting SNL, Trump and looking on the bright side.

The late Beach Boys musician created a sound that became synonymous with the state’s breezy, laidback vibe.

With the innocence of a child and the vision of a god, his craft was astonishing. From Jessica Pratt to Jim James and ​Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil, top musicians explain why he was like no other.

As the original 1977 theatrical version screens in London this week, fans recall being ‘blown away’ by their first impressions of the mesmerising space opera.

Ahead of her new film – in which she fights, dives and wrangles horses – the Oscar-winning actor discusses sunburn, age-gaps and hanging from helicopters.

The actor-writer-director, who will turn 99 this month, is set to return for an in-development follow-up to his 1987 spoof comedy.

From coming-out fables and dancefloor make-outs to unsimulated sex and a madcap maternal quest, here is a feast of movies about LBGTQ+ lives.

The actor and musician takes your questions on devastating box office results, his love of Oliver Hardy, and his new vaudeville crooner alter ego.

Tonys viewership was up 44% this year, reflecting a surge of interest in a format many assumed was on the decline.

The actor claims she was made to work 15-hour days without proper support and suffered a severe knee injury as a result of a scene where she was thrown into a wall.

There are people all around Australia whose hearts beat in unison with the rhythmic swells of the sea; people who have found solace in the ocean. Life Around the Sea is an odyssey around Australia and an exploration of remarkable individuals who have been transformed by the sea. This book will transport you to coastal villages, hinterland hideaways, remote beaches and solitary bays that form the backdrop to these unique lives. Their personal stories, told by surf writer Alex Workman and captured by Russell Ord’s evocative and breathtaking photography, are a testament to the boundless beauty, mystery and inspiration of the ocean.

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The three LA sisters dwell on the bitter end of a relationship in tracks that range from replayable valley-girl rap to plodding country-pop.

Howard, Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed star in an entertaining odd-trio crime caper with turns by Sean Bean and Paddy Considine.

Studio Seaview, New York.

From Northern Irish handkerchief-makers to Scilly Isles fisherman who know when to let stocks replenish, a new book showcases radical solutions to our environmental problems.

The strawberry moon, so named because it traditionally denoted the start of strawberry picking in the northern hemisphere was viewable on 10-11 June.

During a period of deep personal turmoil, Marjolein Martinot took her camera down to the riverside in southern France – and began to feel connected again.

Aware that social media paints an unrealistic picture of ‘perfect’ parenting, Kirsten Lewis spent 15 years capturing the raw reality of life with kids. Her message? Your children love you!

The photographer has spent six decades photographing Hollywood, New York … and lots of women. He talks us through his favourite images.

Nicholas Hytner’s immersive 2019 production is back with a brand new cast from Titania to Bottom. We joined rehearsals and took a first look on stage.

Jim Krantz has spent his career conjuring up thrilling images of the mythical American west – from stampeding cattle to gangs of riders gathering dust.

Opening on 4 June, the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) exhibition Kimono features hundreds of garments, paintings and posters. It includes historic garments from the Edo period, right through to works by contemporary Japanese and western designers such as Issey Miyake and Alexander McQueen.

From brooding, brutalist boxes to Scandi-inspired circular affairs with curved confessional booths, these astonishing churches are often located off the beaten track.