Chanel celebrates its artisans in glimmering Paris show
PARIS — Chanel brought its itinerant off-season fashion show the “arts and crafts,” with its swath of VIPs including Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillar...
Review: Forbidden passion smolders in vivid ‘Lady on Fire’
“Do all lovers feel they’re inventing something?” asks Heloise, a young woman experiencing romantic passion for the first time. It’s a beautiful line,...
‘The Irishman’ named best picture by New York Film Critics
NEW YORK — The New York Film Critics Circle named “The Irishman” the year's best film on Wednesday, handing Martin Scorsese's mob epic its second such...
Rapper T.I.’s remarks spark NY bill to end virginity tests
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York could ban intrusive tests aimed at determining virginity in response to the controversial remarks made recently by the rapper ...
Cavill: Door ‘hasn’t closed’ on Superman, but 1st, ‘Witcher’
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Henry Cavill is all-in on his Netflix fantasy series "The Witcher," but he says the “door hasn't closed”on a return as Superm...
Lady Gaga to headline pre-Super Bowl concert in Miami
NEW YORK — Lady Gaga is returning to the Super Bowl stage — sort of.
Clifford, everybody’s favorite big red dog, gets a reboot
NEW YORK — Who’s your favorite big red dog? If you have one, chances are his name is Clifford.
‘Green Book’ director Farrelly, brother get disability award
BOSTON — In Peter Farrelly's 2018 Oscar-winning film, “Green Book,” chauffeur Tony Lip quips: “The world's full of lonely people afraid to make the fi...
Tenor Domingo blames accusations on cultural differences
MADRID — Plácido Domingo has sought to blame the allegations of sexual harassment against him on cultural differences between countries, adding that t...
Five finalists announced for William C. Morris book award
NEW YORK — Ben Phillippe's “The Field Guide to the North American Teenager” and David Yoon's “Frankly in Love” are among the finalists for the William...
Review: ‘The Aeronauts’ doesn’t exactly soar, but Jones does
Would you like to ride in Eddie Redmayne's beautiful balloon?
Domingo’s accusers: Nothing ‘chivalrous’ about groping women
SAN FRANCISCO — Two opera singers who accused Placido Domingo of sexual misconduct said Tuesday that it was disappointing and disturbing that the oper...
Cicely Tyson, Seth MacFarlane joining TV Hall of Fame
LOS ANGELES — Cicely Tyson, Seth MacFarlane and Walt Disney Co. chief executive Bob Iger will be joining the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame.
‘Irishman’ named best picture by National Board of Review
NEW YORK — Martin Scorsese's sprawling crime epic “The Irishman” has been named best picture by the National Board of Review.
Drake is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the decade
NEW YORK — Drake is the king of streaming: the rapper has been named Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the decade.
Townshend regrets not staying to mourn after Who stampede
NEW YORK — Forty years after a stampede left 11 people dead and 23 injured at a Who concert in Cincinnati, Pete Townshend says he’s always regretted n...
Broadway’s Leslie Odom Jr. shows off his songwriting skills
NEW YORK — He’s sung Broadway tunes and he’s done jazz standards. He’s sung Christmas classics and a commercial jingle for Nationwide. Leslie Odom Jr....
Paul Simon and Peter Singer discuss ‘The Life You Can Save.’
NEW YORK — Paul Simon, world renowned singer-songwriter, has a lot to say about a book called "The Life You Can Save," and its author, Peter Singer.
Author Milan Kundera has Czech citizenship restored
PRAGUE — Milan Kundera, the Czech-born author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” has been given back the citizenship of his homeland that he lost ...
‘Marriage Story’ dominates Gotham Awards with 4 wins
NEW YORK — Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” was the resounding winner at the IFP Gotham Awards, taking four awards including best feature at the annua...
Eilish, Lizzo, Lil Nas X named 1st Apple Music Award winners
LOS ANGELES — Billie Eilish will be the first recipient of the Apple Music Award for global artist of the year, one of three honors for the pop singer...
Robert Massie, who popularized Russian history, dead at 90
NEW YORK — Robert K. Massie, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of Russian tsars, has died.
Trump campaign to stop giving credentials to Bloomberg News
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s campaign said Monday it will no longer give credentials to Bloomberg News reporters to cover campaign events becau...
NBC, union investigate ‘America’s Got Talent’ racism report
LOS ANGELES — NBC and the union that represents television performers are investigating an allegation by an “America’s Got Talent” judge that she was ...
Report: Placido Domingo denies alleged casting power abuse
MILAN — Opera legend Placido Domingo has been quoted by a leading Italian daily as saying he did not abuse his power in casting, part of allegations a...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 8-14
Dec. 8: Singer Jerry Butler is 80. Drummer Bobby Elliott of The Hollies is 78. Actress Mary Woronov (“Eating Raoul,” “The Munsters” films) is 76. Acto...
Poland’s Nobel-winning writer to support art, civil rights
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Nobel Prize winning writer Olga Tokarczuk says she is starting a foundation to promote Polish literature as well as human ri...
NY Philharmonic to cut 500 seats in $550 million renovation
NEW YORK — The capacity of the New York Philharmonic's much-maligned concert hall at Lincoln Center will be reduced by more than 500 seats as part of ...
Dictionary.com chooses `existential’ as word of the year
NEW YORK — Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angsty little movie star called Forky helped propel “existential” to Dict...
Rock tragedy: Music superstars, small suburb forever linked
FINNEYTOWN, Ohio — Tragedy four decades ago linked the British rock band The Who to a small suburban city in Ohio.