By ELÉONORE HUGHES RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) " Samba and literature rarely share the same stage, but at this year's Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, two samba schools used their parades to tell the…
By ANSELM GIBBS PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) " Trinidad and Tobago was practically shut down on Tuesday as it neared the climax of its famed annual two-day carnival. But this year, the event…
By OPE ADETAYO and DAN IKPOYI LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) " Valentine's Day can be a secondary consideration for some in Lagos. The Nigerian city of more than 20 million people is renowned for its h…
By The Associated Press The Emma Thompson-led thriller "Dead of Winter" and Hilary Duff's first full-length album in 11 years are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to…
By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) " This Valentine's Day, Rodney Ingram will be doing what he loves with the one he loves. All on Broadway. The newlywed plays the title role in Disney's "Aladdin…
By LIAM McEWAN LOS ANGELES (AP) " Eight hundred episodes, 37 seasons, and one four-fingered family that refuses to age. As "The Simpsons" hits a milestone few series have ever glimpsed this …
"Hot off a Golden Globe win and an Oscar nomination, it's only right that she receives the most prestigious award of all: a pudding pot." The post Actress Rose Byrne honored as Harvard's Has…
By BEATRICE DUPUY NEW YORK (AP) " Christian Siriano barely had 48 hours to design his finale gown for his New York Fashion Week show. The iridescent green liquid fabric Siriano had ordered f…
By CHARLOTTE KRAMON A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by s…
By BEATRICE DUPUY and BROOKE LEFFERTS NEW YORK (AP) " With more than 50 years in fashion, Ralph Lauren is still looking for adventure. Lauren took his celebrity guests on an adventure into t…
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) " There was only one person in the crowd at a luge event for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games Monday night who did not watch any of the runs.…
By RICARDO ZUNIGA For his Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny transported the field in Northern California around 3,500 miles, transforming it into the fields of Puerto Rico. Even before he …
By NAM Y. HUH RIVER FOREST, Ill. (AP) " Up-and-coming dancers performed traditional and contemporary styles at the semifinals of the annual Youth America Grand Prix dance competition in Rive…
Hasty Pudding Theatricals gives out its Man and Woman of the Year awards to people who have made lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment. The post Actor Michael Ke…
By ULAA KUZIEZ NEW YORK (RNS) " Kadjahtou Balde has a hard time parting with some of the vintage gems that make it into her Harlem thrift shop " a silk skirt adorned with traditional Palesti…
By ERIN HOOLEY CHICAGO (AP) " A soft layer of white snow blankets the grounds of the Chicago Botanic Garden. The air is chilly, the sky gray. Inside, however, the air is warm and lights illu…
By The Associated Press Timothée Chalamet starring as a table tennis wizard in "Marty Supreme" and Charli xcx's soundtrack to Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" are some of the new telev…
By ERIN HOOLEY CHICAGO (AP) " Thousands of orchids fill the greenhouse of the the Chicago Botanic Garden for its 12th annual Orchid Show, themed "Feelin' Groovy," where installations inspire…
By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) " Belgian fashion designer Pieter Mulier has been named the new creative director of the Milan fashion house Versace starting July 1, according to an announcement…
By ALESSANDRA TARANTINO and ANDREW MEDICHINI ROME (AP) " On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome's Colosseum, a small group of people walked around outside the…
By AYSE WIETING ISTANBUL (AP) " Iraqi calligrapher Ali Zaman gazes with pride at his masterpiece " a colossal, handwritten manuscript of the Quran that has taken six years of craft and devot…
By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT (AP) " "I was strung out on Bach, and Beethoven was my thing. I dug jazz, I dug rock, anything with a swing" " or so goes Funkadelic's 1978 groove "Cholly (Funk Get…
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. LOS ANGELES (AP) " At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music's cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer " not for hi…
By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) " Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London w…
By The Associated Press The goofy and wry relationship comedy "Splitsville" landing on Hulu and fresh albums by J. Cole and Nick Jonas are some of the new television, films, music and games …