The estate of deceased actor Gene Hackman is seeking to block the public release of autopsy and investigative reports — especially photographs and video — related to the deaths of Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa.

The mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, wants to terminate a lease and cut financial support for an independent film theater that screened “No Other Land,” describing the Oscar-winning documentary about the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis as antisemitic.

Pulling a train by the strength of your teeth is no easy task.

Gucci has announced that the Balenciaga artistic director Demna, who goes by one name, will take over the creative direction of the Italian luxury fashion house starting in July.

The IOC has signed a $3 billion deal with its long-time United States broadcast partner NBC for the 2034 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2036 Summer Games.

A beloved reindeer in Alaska's biggest city is fighting for his life after falling mysteriously falling ill after someone tampered with his pen.

After a well-reviewed emcee debut, the Golden Globes are bringing back Nikki Glaser to host the 2026 ceremony.

Each episode of new four-part Netflix drama “Adolescence” was filmed in a single continuous shot.

Donatella Versace has been replaced as creative director of the fashion house founded by her late brother Gianni Versace.

Model and entrepreneur Ashley Graham will make her Broadway debut this spring in the musical “Chicago,” adding her celebrity to a show that skewers celebrity culture.

President Donald Trump's team is looking at locations for a post-administration presidential library, and Florida may take that spot.

Since breaking out as rapper Paper Boi in the FX series “Atlanta,” Brian Tyree Henry's become one of the busiest actors in Hollywood.

Much of the world knows the story of “Swan Lake,” the most iconic of all ballets.

Who killed Donald Goines.

Filmmaker Deon Taylor has built a pipeline for pro athletes to transition into a filmmaking post career with the Hidden Empire Sports Collective.

Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial next month will largely be an abridged version of the original, with one big addition: a charge based on an allegation from a woman who wasn’t a part of the first case.

Metallica is bringing their powerhouse performance from Mexico City straight to viewers' faces courtesy of Apple.

Clowns complete with red noses and tutus sung Carnival songs to sick children on the pediatric ward of a Rio de Janeiro hospital on Tuesday, bringing the ebullient festivities normally found on the streets straight to the young patients and their carers.

Johanna Faries took on her role as president of Blizzard Entertainment just over one year ago.

Paris has spoken and fashion’s final authority has laid down the law: This fall it’s all about power shoulders, enveloping outerwear and a color palette that runs the gamut from somber to surreal.

The feminine wasn’t just celebrated at Miu Miu.

Lise Davidsen, one of opera’s biggest names, is preparing to leave the stage for a few months to give birth and spend time with twins.

Oprah Winfrey has chosen a new memoir by venture capitalist Amy Griffin for her book club.

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury and ex-Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney will coach an England squad made up of athletes and celebrities for Soccer Aid 2025 at Old Trafford.

Manchester United has unveiled plans to build the biggest stadium in the United Kingdom.

The long-running reality TV show that boosted Donald Trump’s profile will begin streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video.

Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, will host a new weekly podcast series starting this month featuring a special guest pulled from the world of entertainment, sports, health and business.

A columnist who has worked at the Washington Post since 1984 quit on Monday, after she said the publisher Will Lewis killed her column criticizing owner Jeff Bezos' edict that the newspaper's editorial section concentrate on issues of personal liberties and the free market.

Chitose Abe’s latest collection for Sacai is a masterful evolution of her signature hybridization, where garments aren’t just worn— they move, morph, and envelop.

Greece’s National Gallery says a Greek lawmaker attacked four paintings in an exhibition, including one he had previously criticized as offensive on religious grounds.

A jury has quickly rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii.

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “'Master Harold’.

The rising rapper Doechii has earned the title of Billboard’s 2025 Woman of the Year.

Lauryn Hill made a surprise appearance and Stevie Wonder performed at a memorial ceremony for Grammy-winning singer and pianist Roberta Flack in New York.

“Parasite” filmmaker Bong Joon Ho’s original science fiction film “Mickey 17” opened in first place on the North American box office charts.

Get ready to scream and be amazed because Monster Jam is back on Saturday at EverBank Stadium. It will be a weekend full of high-flying action and jaw-dropping stunts.

At Vivienne Westwood’s fall show, Andreas Kronthaler sent a clear message: rebellion is alive and well.

The Chernihiv Regional Youth Theater in Ukraine has adapted to the war by having women perform traditionally male roles, after many men left the troupe to fight on the front line.

Authorities say Gene Hackman spent his final years retired from acting, living with heart disease and Alzheimer’s.

Ever since a hawk hovered over a vigil for her murdered son and lifted her spirits, Georgia mother Michele Davis has found joy in unexpected ways.

Authorities have revealed that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease, and his wife died of hantavirus.

Actor Emily Osment has filed for divorce from her husband of less than five months, musician Jack Anthony Farina.

Authorities say hantavirus is blamed in the death of Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa.

D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony.

There’s going to be more “With Love, Meghan,” the Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix lifestyles series.

“Moana 2,” the third-biggest movie box-office hit of 2024, and Amanda Seyfried playing a Philadelphia patrol officer fighting rampant opioid addiction in Peacock's “Long Bright River” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases.

Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane Grey.

ESPN says it has agreed to a five-year extension with Stephen A.

Green tears were flowing when Lencia Kebede made history this week on Broadway, becoming the first Black actor to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of “Wicked.”.

Dolly Parton has released a breathtaking new ballad in tribute to her late husband Carl Dean.

Get ready to scream and be amazed because Monster Jam is back on Saturday at EverBank Stadium. It will be a weekend full of high-flying action and jaw-dropping stunts.

Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing and consuming alcohol.

Forensic experts came to a simple but heartrending conclusion about the manner of death for 95-year-old actor Gene Hackman.

From its 18th century roots, Vienna’s celebrated ball season has evolved and now involves teenagers learning to waltz by watching YouTube videos and ladies shedding their elbow-length gloves to better swipe on smartphones.

A New Mexico state district judge who presided over the widely publicized trial of actor Alec Baldwin for a fatal movie set shooting is getting ready to retire from the bench.

It’s a playlist literally fit for a king.

A lawyer for actor Blake Lively wants a federal judge to prevent defendants including “It Ends With Us” costar Justin Baldoni from getting personal or intimate information about her or other celebrities as her sexual harassment lawsuit advances toward trial.

Gustavo Dudamel will conduct concert performances of Wagner’s “Die Walküre” in a highlight of his 17th and final season as the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s music director.

If any one piece defines Chloé under Chemena Kamali, it’s the blouse.

Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” has died.

The actor and ex-wife of “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff, Pamela Bach has died at age 62.

Tens of millions of Pakistanis tune into homegrown soap operas every night, but they are also a hit in India.

The World Video Game Hall of Fame has revealed its 12 finalists for 2025.

The performance coach whose self-published “Inner Excellence” received a public boost from NFL wide receiver A.

Being an organist might seem like a solitary job, but German maestro Leo Krämer never feels too far from his listeners.

Lady Gaga rediscovered her passion for music through self-discovery, channeling her personal transformation into her new album “Mayhem.”.

The Glastonbury Festival in southwest England is clearly aiming to go out with a bang this summer before it takes a year off to allow the farmland to recover.

A children's theater group in Pacific Palisades lost its beloved playhouse to the Los Angeles fires.

Abdullah Saeed wasn’t looking to write a groundbreaking comedy with “Deli Boys.”.

Actor Steve Carell is sending Southern California high school students affected by the devasting wildfires in Los Angeles to the prom for free.

Legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has another honor to add to his massive collection.

The megahit Broadway musical “Hamilton” is pulling out of plans to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.

Tom Llamas will succeed Lester Holt as NBC “Nightly News” anchor this summer, but he'll be working double duty.

A Cheeto shaped like the beloved Pokémon Charizard has sold at auction for a total cost of $87,840.

Julian Klausner has presented his first womenswear collection as creative director of Dries Van Noten at the Opéra Garnier in Paris, a setting that reflected the historical influences woven throughout his designs.

An insider account being billed as an “explosive dispatch” about “seven critical years” at Facebook/Meta will be published next week.

French fashion house Courrèges’ runway show is a study in contrasts—minimal yet bold, structured yet fluid, restrained yet expressive.

When he was 17 years old, German artist Anselm Kiefer retraced the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh from the Netherlands through Belgium and into France.

One discrepancy in the death of actor Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and one of their three beloved dogs has been resolved after authorities mistakenly identified the deceased dog as a German shepherd.

Florida’s attorney general says his office has opened a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania.

Two visions of the trauma of disappeared people in Latin America had a central role at Sunday's Academy Awards.

Smaller movies didn’t mean smaller viewer numbers for the Oscars.

A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events.

Conductor Antonio Pappano is leading the orchestra on a 13-concert U.S. tour to California, Florida and New York that ends this week with its first Carnegie Hall concerts since 2005.

The past and present collided in a dreamlike spectacle at Dior’s fall 2025 show in Paris, where Maria Grazia Chiuri riffed on ruffs—both literally and literarily.

Texas-based iHeartMedia says it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s dis track “Not Like Us” after demonstrating that it “did nothing wrong.”.

Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as “No Matter What” and “Day After Day,” has died at age 77.

Rimas Sports, the agency co-owned by Puerto Rican musical artist Bad Bunny whose leaders have been suspended by the baseball players’ union, has announced a management deal with San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr_ Rimas said it will work to “expand his portfolio."

George Clooney, the proud son of a journalist, likes journalism and telling truth to power.

Sir Anthony Hopkins will have a memoir out this fall, its title inspired by a childhood picture.

For a second time, the Associated Press is asking a federal judge to immediately restore its access to presidential events.

Essays and early short stories by “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee will be published this fall.

The annual Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Liu Jiakun of China, who earned the field’s highest honor for “affirming architecture that celebrates the lives of ordinary citizens.”.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, has died.

Percival Everett’s “James” is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.

Dominicans are celebrating Zoe Saldaña’s Oscar win for best supporting actress for her role in “Emilia Pérez,” marking a moment of immense national pride.

Palestinians cheered the Oscar win of the Palestinian-Israeli documentary “No Other Land,” documenting the struggle of West Bank villagers facing possible expulsion by the Israeli military.

When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced that “I’m Still Here” was the winner of best international film at the Academy Awards, Brazilians roared at home and on the streets, where Carnival festivities have been ongoing since Saturday.

Olivia Wilde wore a sheer lace negligee.

When Sean Baker’s “Anora” swept the 97th Academy Awards, its five wins, including best picture, heralded a different kind of Oscar winner.