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Janet Jackson to play 2024 Essence Fest instead of the Smoothie King Center this summer
Janet Jackson will make her fourth appearance at the 2024 Essence Festival of Culture this summer in New Orleans. Jackson was originally scheduled to headline the Smoothie King Center on July 23 as part of her Together Again Summer 2024…
Twyla Tharp dance will open 700-seat amphitheater at New York’s Little Island park in June
The summer performance lineup at the amphitheater on Manhattan's Little Island park will open June 6 with Twyla Tharp’s “How Long Blues.” It's the choreographer’s first full-length work in a decade. Little Island is built atop the Hudson…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 12-18
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 12-18:
May 12: Actor Millie Perkins (“Knots Landing”) is 88. Singer Jayotis Washington of The Persuasions is 83. Country singer Billy Swan is 82. Actor Linda Dano (“Another World”) is 81. Singer Steve…
Julia Fox and Law Roach team up for a sustainable fashion competition show
A new fashion competition show on E! called “OMG Fashun,” challenges contestants to repurpose materials to create looks so unique that model and “it girl” Julia Fox would wear them. Fox is a co-host and judge on the show alongside Law…
Book Review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger’s penetrating essays explore the power of female friendships
Who means more to you — your friends or your lovers? In a vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays, Lilly Dancyger explores the powerful role that female friendships played in her chaotic upbringing marked by her parents’ heroin…
Highlights from the 2024 Met Gala exhibit: Sleeping Beauty would wake up for these gowns
Sure, she was a royal princess and all. But there’s no way Sleeping Beauty ever had quite the fabulous wardrobe that’s been assembled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” is the Costume Institute…
Music Review: Brad Mehldau connects Bach, Fauré to jazz on albums, ‘After Bach II’ and…
Grammy-award winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau connects the dots as though they were so many 16th notes.
His two new albums, “After Bach II” and “Après Fauré,” use classical music as a foundation for solo explorations that draw a through…
How Rita Moreno uses honors like an upcoming public television award to further her philanthropy
Rita Moreno says it was always in her nature to be generous – to hold doors for people and help lighten a mother’s load if she was struggling with shopping bags and children. But Moreno, still the only Latina EGOT -- winner of Emmy, Grammy,…
With help from AI, Randy Travis got his voice back. Here’s how his first song post-stroke came…
With artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis has his voice back. In 2013, the Travis was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy and later suffered a stroke. He now has aphasia, a condition that limits his ability to speak.…
It’s (almost) Met Gala time. Here’s how to watch fashion’s big night and what to…
Attention all you fashionistas: It's almost Met Gala time. Yes, the first Monday in May is upon us. The Metropolitan Museum of Art will soon turn into a palooza of A-list celebrities from film, fashion, music, sports, politics and social…
Today in History: May 6, the Hindenburg crashes in flames in New Jersey, killing 36
Today in History
Today is Monday, May 6, the 127th day of 2024. There are 239 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to…
What to stream this week: Zac Efron, Indigo Girls, ‘Dark Matter,’ Brooke Shields and…
This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a new documentary showing the Indigo Girls’ rise and subsequent marginalization, Joel Edgerton finding himself in an alternate timeline of his character's life in the limited series…
‘The Fall Guy’ gives Hollywood a muted summer kickoff with a $28.5M opening
“The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened with a below-expectations $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer movie season that’s very much to be…
Actor Bernard Hill, of ‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord of the Rings,’ has died at 79
Actor Bernard Hill who starred in “Titanic,” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy has died. Hill's agent Lou Coulson says he died Sunday at age 79. Hill delivered a rousing cry before leading his people into battle in “The Return of the…
Today in History: May 5, Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
Today in History
Today is Sunday, May 5, the 126th day of 2024. There are 240 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he made a 15-minute…
Juro Kara, rebel playwright behind Japan’s modern underground theater, dies at 84
Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully transforming the essence of Kabuki aesthetics into modern storytelling, has died. He was 84. The playwright, director and troupe leader died Saturday…
Music Review: Brad Mehldau connects Bach, Fauré to jazz on albums, ‘After Bach II’ and…
Grammy-award winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau connects the dots as though they were so many 16th notes.
His two new albums, “After Bach II” and “Après Fauré,” use classical music as a foundation for solo explorations that draw a through…
With help from AI, Randy Travis got his voice back. Here’s how his first song post-stroke came…
With artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis has his voice back. In 2013, the Travis was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy and later suffered a stroke. He now has aphasia, a condition that limits his ability to speak.…
Music Review: Dua Lipa’s ‘Radical Optimism’ is controlled dance pop
NEW YORK (AP) — In the chorus of “Whatcha Doing," the fifth track on Dua Lipa's latest album, she sings: “But if control is my religion / And I'm headed for collision / Lost my 20/20 vision," referencing the unexpected pull of a new…
Singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt’s latest album is a distinct shift from her austere sound
When Jessica Pratt released her debut self-titled album in 2011, the singer-songwriter was critically praised for her austere guitar and hypnotic voice. She says it had virually no post-production. The album’s imperfections were a feature…
Mary J. Blige enlists Taraji P. Henson, Marsai Martin and more for women’s summit in New York
Mary J. Blige is bringing her mission to empower women beyond her music to her hometown — with the help of the singer’s superstar friends. Taraji P. Henson, Tiffany Haddish and Jill Scott and other stars and experts will join Blige for her…
Music Review: Sia soars with first solo album in 8 years, ‘Reasonable Woman’
A whole album of Sia singing alone is great — great, don’t get us wrong — but Sia paired with the icon Chaka Khan? Fire. Their new duet “Immortal Queen” is everything you’d want in a combo of Sia and Khan — dueling soaring voices, preening…
Select list of nominees for 2024 Tony Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Select nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards, announced Tuesday.
Best Musical: “Hell's Kitchen": ”Illinoise"; “The Outsiders”; “Suffs”; “Water for Elephants”
Best Play: “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”; “Mary Jane”; “Mother…
Billie Eilish announces ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ arena world tour
Billie Eilish is hitting the road. The pop performer will embark on a worldwide arena tour this fall. It kicks off in Quebec City in Canada on Sept. 29 and concluding in Dublin on July 27, 2025. She’ll hit many major cities in North America…
