The departure in 1975 of the last Americans from Vietnam didn't only end a tragic chapter in the history of the two countries.

Authorities in New Mexico have released more videos related to their investigation into the deaths of 95-year-old Gene Hackman and his wife.

Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.

California-raised singer-songwriter Jensen McRae makes folk-pop the internet adores.

Being on the road has always been the natural state for Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.

The great composer Stephen Sondheim loved puzzles, and when he died in 2021, he left one for his good friend, British super-producer Cameron Mackintosh.

Punk rock icon Billy Idol released his first new album in 11 years on Friday.

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition.

It’s one of the most iconic stories in opera and dance — but now, Miami City Ballet is turning "Carmen" on its head.

A Mexican music icon is using a typically male genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers while defending themselves and to highlight the more complicated aspects of gender-based violence.

A former roommate of one of Harvey Weinstein's accusers has testified the woman told her in July 2006 that the then-movie mogul had forcibly performed oral sex on her.

Grammy-winner Coco Jones is releasing her debut album, “Why Not More?”.

Actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein needs to find room for another award.

“Saturday Night Live” will close out its epic 50th season with Scarlett Johansson as host and Bad Bunny as musical guest.

When Natalia Lafourcade sat down to craft “Cancionera” she never expected to discover an alter ego that would lead her down a pathway of artistic enlightenment.

Jack runs a ballet company in New York.

Zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier would've turned 100 on June 25.

The Vietnam War cast a long shadow across not just one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, but has led filmmakers for the past half century to reckon with its complicated legacy.

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival celebrates the world class music and cuisine arising from the birthplace of jazz.

War has long inspired artists and musicians.

If you wanted to find the Vietnam War in American television shows, you mostly had to wait until it was long over.

The Vietnam War inspired enduring literature, from both sides of the world.

The Los Angeles Kings have brought back the harmonica-playing senior citizens whose rendition of the national anthem caused a sensation before their playoff opener.

Charles Burnett has been living with “Killer of Sheep” for more than half a century.

The mother of Beyoncé and Solange, Tina Knowles has released her book, “Matriarch: A Memoir.”.

Ryan Fleur has been promoted to president and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts, leading an institution that he has worked for since 2012.

Jen Psaki is stepping up into a more prominent role at MSNBC, taking over the flagship 9 p.m. time slot on Tuesdays and Fridays as Rachel Maddow returns to a once-a-week television schedule.

The highspeed bullet train takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi’s new film, “Bullet Train Explosion,” premiering on Netflix Wednesday.

The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution aren't only being read in classrooms these days.

A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to 4.5 million pounds ($6 million) at auction next month.

Harvey Weinstein is on trial again after an appeals court threw out the ex-studio-boss's 2020 rape conviction in a case that was a watershed for the #MeToo movement.

The Tennessee Board of Parole has recommended a pardon for country music star Jelly Roll, a Nashville native who has spoken openly about his criminal history and what it has taken to overcome it.

The top producer at CBS News' “60 Minutes" has quit during a dispute between his show and the Trump administration.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says television ratings from the opening weekend of the playoffs were the best the league has seen in about a quarter-century.

The 2025 Latin Grammys are headed back to Las Vegas.

Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Travis Kelce, Simone Biles and Gracie Abrams all won honors at the Webby Awards, which recognize the best internet content and creators.

Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick is a memoir by an old friend and personal hero, Tina Knowles.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is signaling support for the religious rights of Maryland parents who want to remove their children from elementary school classes using storybooks with LGBTQ characters.

Oscar voters will no longer be able to skip watching some of the nominated films.

“Andor” is returning to Disney+.

Brand names, not filmmakers or stars, are said to rule the box office these days.

From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros.

The second season of the Star Wars series “Andor” and the streaming release of the Wu Tang Clan’s latest album are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

A federal judge in New York says the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs will proceed as scheduled in early May despite his lawyer's claims that they need an extra two months to prepare.

A federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to stop blocking The Associated Press from presidential events has refused to take immediate steps to get White House officials to comply.

Harvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to stay there rather than in jail when he’s not in court for his #MeToo retrial.

Katy Perry has been busy.

Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw didn’t realize she was going to make history for her profession on “Sinners.”.

James Gunn’s upcoming film “Superman” is generating conversations about the place and relevance of this superhero who turned 87 on Friday, observed as Superman Day.

James Gunn's upcoming film “Superman” is generating conversations about the place and relevance of this superhero who turned 87 on Friday, observed as Superman Day.

The Force was with many Japanese, as well as visitors from abroad, at a “Star Wars” event where Lucasfilm announced that the next installation in the franchise will hit theaters in May 2027 starring Ryan Gosling.

Ralph Lauren is known for staging elaborate runway shows in sumptuous settings like the horsey Hamptons.

Oscar-nominated actor Haley Joel Osment has been charged with public intoxication and cocaine possession after his arrest earlier this month at a Northern California ski resort.

The Associated Press and Trump administration were back in a Washington court as part of a high-stakes battle over who can control which journalists can question the president.

Hip hop superstar Drake is now complaining about rival rapper Kendrick Lamar’s performance of “Not Like Us” at this year’s Super Bowl.

Jury selection has wrapped up for the week in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial.

Lee Corso’s nearly four-decade run on ESPN’s “College GameDay” is coming to an end.

Wiz Khalifa released his breakout mixtape, “Kush + Orange Juice,” 15 years ago.

Cameron Crowe was planning to compile some of his old music interviews for a book when he realized he had a more personal story to tell.

Democrats are hoping pop rock star power will help oust a long-serving Republican east of Los Angeles in the fight for the U.S. House.

Fans of Joe Jonas waited for hours to greet him at Caracas Bakery in Miami on Wednesday.

Attorneys for hip-hop producer Sean “Diddy” Combs say a federal judge in New York should delay his sex-trafficking trial by two months so they can better prepare a defense.

Actor Michelle Trachtenberg died as a result of complications from diabetes.

Afrobeats megastar Davido is readying his new album.

One of the biggest stars of Philippine cinema in a career spanning seven decades, Nora Aunor has died.

Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze will host the 77th Emmy Awards.

Andrew Ahn’s “The Wedding Banquet” is the most personal of remakes.

Nine jurors have been picked on the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo rape retrial in New York.

The 2025 Tribeca Festival will feature a medley of music stars, including Billy Joel, Miley Cyrus and Eddie Vedder, in its 24th edition.

Ryan Coogler was the one who convinced Michael B.

In the Los Angeles Times, you no longer have to take an opinion columnist's word for it.

Authorities in northern New Mexico have released body camera video and other public records in the investigation into the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy.

Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough,” has died.

American artist Kehinde Wiley has unveiled an exhibition in Morocco of portraits of African leaders as part of a yearslong series exploring politics and image-making.

Authorities have released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last internet searches done by Gene Hackman's wife in the days before her death.

One of the more puzzling live albums of all time came out in 2000.

Kim Kardashian's lawyer says the reality TV star will testify in person at an upcoming French trial over a 2016 heist in Paris.

Filmmaker Ryan Coogler has made his first truly original film in “Sinners,” which opens in theaters nationwide Friday.

No jurors were picked on the first day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape retrial.

Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the disgraced movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations.

A federal prosecutor says lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are looking for reasons to delay a sex trafficking trial slated to start in three weeks.

The Trump administration has turned a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press away from covering an Oval Office news conference involving President Donald Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.

Blue Origin has launched Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez into space with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry and Gayle King.

Leslie Odom Jr_, one of the original cast members of the mega-hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” is coming back for another shot, a role he says “gave me life.”.

A jury has been selected to hear Sarah Palin's claims that The New York Times libeled her in an editorial eight years ago.

President Donald Trump has attacked CBS News and “60 Minutes."

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday.

After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025.

The head of the U.S.-funded Al Hurra Arabic-language television and online news outlet has terminated most of his staff and TV programming.

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs want a judge to let prospective jurors at his upcoming sex trafficking trial be questioned about sex, drugs and violence.

In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals — monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe — stand at attention in a clearing.

Ten emerging writers, from an author of speculative fiction to a poet rooted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, have received $50,000 grants from the Whiting Foundation.

Mariska Hargitay reuniting with her old partner, Detective Elliot Stabler, on “Law & Order: Organized Crime” and Jude Law sporting a mustache and an American accent to play an FBI agent are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases.

Authorities in Nigeria have barred radio stations from playing a song critical of President Bola Tinubu and his administration’s policies.

“Euphoria” and former “Grey’s Anatomy” veteran Eric Dane has announced that he has ALS but will continue working.

Comedians have long used jokes to raise awareness of serious problems, and many are now turning the gaze to climate change.

Before she kicks off her upcoming world tour, Katy Perry is reaching for the stars.

Mariah Carey's comeback album turns 20 on Saturday.

A structure once filled with roaring boat engines and screaming fans could soon see new life.

A jury on has found rapper Soulja Boy liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former assistant.