2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (840+ words) This image released by Opera Philadelphia shows Soprano Brenda Rae during a dress rehearsal of the season-opening production of Mozarts Mitridate" at the Academy of Music for Opera Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Dominic Mercier/Opera Philadelphia via AP) PHILADELPHIA – Brenda…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (440+ words) Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said the agency that regulates television “threatened” the show and that an interview with James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, will not air on television but on YouTube — thus bypassing any…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (279+ words) NEW YORK – The MTV Video Music Awards are returning to the West Coast this month and they've got a very West Coast host — Snoop Dogg. The rapper and entrepreneur will MC the telecast live from Los Angeles on Sept. 27, marking…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (792+ words) VENICE – Twenty-four Israeli military insiders including intelligence officers and soldiers give insight into the war in Gaza and what they say is the systemic killing of Palestinian civilians in “NAZA,” a documentary that's having its world premiere Thursday at the…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (465+ words) NEW YORK – Ella Langley, riding the wave of her crossover megahit “Choosin’ Texas,” leads the nominations for the 2026 Country Music Association Awards with nine nods, followed by her mentor Miranda Lambert with six. Also among top nominees announced Thursday: Kacey…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (916+ words) NEW YORK – Kings of Leon return this fall with a new album that's a bit of a left turn, sonic-wise. And for that, you can thank a game of tag that went, well, sideways. Frontman Caleb Followill was working on…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (815+ words) PARIS – At a museum in eastern France, two men disguised with wigs used a sledgehammer and a hammer to smash a display case and make off with a 2,500-year-old gold necklace. The heist took under four minutes. In a smash-and-grab…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (443+ words) HONG KONG – A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted the publisher of The Wall Street Journal of deterring its reporter from taking up a trade union role, in a case that raised concerns about press freedom in the city. The…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (220+ words) NEW YORK – Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky has received a $100,000 lifetime achievement award and poet-children's author Nikki Grimes has been named the next Young People's Poet Laureate, the Poetry Foundation announced Wednesday. Pinsky, an acclaimed poet and translator who…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (216+ words) DETROIT – Detroit’s creative community came together for a masterclass unlike any other, drawing more than 700 attendees eager to tap into the city’s bursting creative energy. Filmmaker and cultural icon Spike Lee was among the headliners, sharing insight and the stories…...