And the Grammy nomination goes to...
NEW YORK — L may typically stand for “loser” but artists like Lizzo, Lady Gaga, Lil Nas X and Lewis Capaldi are likely to score big next week when the...
Ayesha Curry Thanksgiving recipe debuts on Google Assistant
NEW YORK — Cookbook author Ayesha Curry is used to a holiday on the road with lots of people, but with Steph Curry sidelined due to injury, the family...
Creator of Lizzo’s signature slogan could get a Grammy nod
NEW YORK — Mina Lioness’ longstanding battle to finally receive writing credit on Lizzo’s megahit song “Truth Hurts” is paying off in more ways than o...
Swift questions AMAs performance over fight with music group
LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift said Thursday that she may not perform at the American Music Awards and may have to put other projects including a forthcom...
High tides surge through Venice, locals rush to protect art
VENICE, Italy — Exceptionally high tidal waters surged through Venice again on Friday, prompting the mayor to close St. Mark’s Square and call for mor...
Trump contributes foreword to paperback of McConnell book
NEW YORK — The paperback edition of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “The Long Game” includes a foreword from a well-placed fellow Republican:...
N. Scott Momaday remembers 1969 Pulitzer, promises memoir
SANTA FE, N.M. — Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his groundbreaking novel “House Made of Dawn,” said he’s not done...
Rosalía marks historic night for women at Latin Grammys
Spanish singer Rosalía, the breakthrough performer known for blending flamenco music with sounds like reggaeton and Latin trap, won album of the year ...
Winners in key categories at the 2019 Latin Grammy Awards
A list of winners in key categories at the 2019 Latin Grammy Awards, held Thursday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The barrier-breaking ‘Atlantics’ heralds Mati Diop’s arrival
NEW YORK — Mati Diop has always lived in Paris but as a French-Senegalese woman whose family is from Dakar, she’s long been acutely conscious of anoth...
Trump Jr.’s book is a No. 1 bestseller, but with an edge
NEW YORK — Donald Trump Jr.’s “Triggered” is a No. 1 New York Times bestseller, although not without an edge.
Actor Dave Bautista is now guardian to 2 abandoned pit bulls
TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida animal shelter sent out a desperate plea after someone had abandoned two pit bull dogs. But volunteers never expected the post...
YouTuber accused of abusing kids for poor performance dies
PHOENIX — An Arizona woman accused of abusing her adopted children who starred on her popular YouTube channel has died, authorities said Wednesday.
‘Bits and pieces:’ Americans view impeachment on their terms
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Cattle rancher Jeffery Gatzke in South Dakota was listening in as he worked on his tractor in his workshop. The first public heari...
Review: ‘The Good Liar’ pairs Mirren and McKellen
For a blind date, we could hardly do better than Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen.
Review: Driver brings 6,700 pages to life in ‘The Report’
Of all the statistics involving the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the CIA’s post-9/11 detention and interrogation program — better...
Correction: SAG Awards-Robert De Niro story
LOS ANGELES — In a story Nov. 12 about Robert De Niro being named the recipient of the life achievement honor at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards, ...
Music Review: DJ Shadow back with an album to mark the times
DJ Shadow, “Our Pathetic Age” (Mass Appeal)
With success and offers, Sterling K. Brown learns to say no
NEW YORK — With a hit TV series, awards, plus film and TV opportunities, Sterling K. Brown admits he’s experienced “a lot of pinch me moments” in rece...
Rapper Kodak Black gets prison sentence in weapons case
MIAMI — Rapper Kodak Black was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to weapons charges stemming from h...
‘Sad day’ or ‘scam’? What to watch at impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON — A "solemn day" or a "showtrial"?
BMI honors Dwight Yoakam, top country songwriters
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country music singer, songwriter and actor Dwight Yoakam was honored by performing rights organization BMI for his trailblazing and...
Review: Elizabeth Banks takes a shot at ‘Charlie’s Angels’
If you're watching a big studio film featuring a female ensemble, there is a 50% chance that there is going to be some monologue about how men underes...
In ‘The Report,’ setting the record on torture straight
NEW YORK — The unredacted Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's detention and enhanced interrogation program runs approximately 6,700 page...
Deep cuts rule Juliana Hatfield’s Police covers album
Juliana Hatfield, "Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police" (American Laundromat Records)
Review: Celine Dion moves past loss on excellent new album
Celine Dion, "Courage" (Columbia Records)
HBO doc peers into Ralph Lauren’s rose-tinted American Dream
NEW YORK — Of all the editors, fashion notables, filmmakers and cultural critics who opine on Ralph Lauren in the new documentary "Very Ralph," it's a...
Singer Andrea Bocelli: ‘Absurd’ to shun opera legend Domingo
MIAMI — Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is staunchly defending opera legend Placido Domingo, calling it "absurd" that opera houses have canceled the star...
Screening of Polanski movie to go ahead despite allegation
PARIS — The Paris screening of a new French-Italian film "An Officer and a Spy" is going ahead despite a new allegation that its director Roman Polans...
Winfrey, Coates to speak at upcoming Toni Morrison tribute
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jesmyn Ward will be among the speakers at a tribute to the late Toni Morrison.