“This House,” a rumination on love, aspiration, coping and the unyielding weight of history, made its world premiere Saturday night at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

Singers Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe have worked with a roster of greats in the two decades they've been together — people like Harry Styles, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Jeff Tweedy and the Killers.

The future of how viewers experience music, film and live performances is happening now through immersive platforms like the Apple Vision Pro and cutting-edge venues such as the Sphere and Cosm.

Former CIA director and Biden cabinet official William J.

Gabrielle Cuccia calls herself a “MAGA girl” who made no secret of her support for President Donald Trump, even as she got a job covering the Pentagon for the One America News Network.

MrBeast plans to turn the success of his Amazon Prime Video reality competition series into millions of dollars for charity.

Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets.

Comic and actor Marc Maron says he’s ending his popular and influential podcast “WTF with Marc Maron” after nearly 16 years.

Renée Victor has died at 86.

The singular Britpop band Pulp has returned.

A former personal assistant to Sean “Diddy” Combs who says he raped her has defended the loving text messages she sent him for years after her job ended in 2017, saying she was “brainwashed.”.

When he was first asked to lead the Broadway hit musical “Death Becomes Her,” director and choreographer Christopher Gattelli loved it, but refused to work on the big, splashy opening number.

Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley has been announced as EA Sports’ cover athlete for Madden NFL 26.

Old Dominion will release their new album, “Barbara,” on Aug. 22.

Israeli soldiers have barred journalists from entering villages in the West Bank on a planned tour organized by the directors of Oscar-winning movie “No Other Land."

The Pop-Out is a concert series throughout the month of June, bringing local and regional Black musical acts to the River City.

“Lilo & Stitch” has once again placed first on the box office charts.

Netflix has unveiled unveiled details about its upcoming slate of offerings at a live event in Inglewood, California.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and actor Hailee Steinfeld have tied the knot.

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's Voyagers.

Ernie Johnson could barely get the words out.

A familiar face to “Doctor Who” fans is rejoining the long-running British sci-fi series as Ncuti Gatwa exits the lead role after two seasons.

Opal Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand has been crowned Miss World at a glittering contest that was held in India.

Unlike the efforts made to raise awareness of Black history in the United States, acknowledging the presence of Black people in Mexico has received little support.

The third week of Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering trial featured testimony from the second of three women expected to testify that the hip-hop mogul sexually abused them.

A single photo sparked a 25-year search in Las Vegas.

The popular Mexican regional music band Grupo Firme has announced that it's cancelling a performance in a music festival in California over the weekend after the Trump administration decided to suspend the musicians’ visas.

Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer who provided the music for “The Simpsons” for 27 years, has died at age 84.

One day before the kickoff concert for World Pride 2025 in the nation’s capital, headlining performer Shakira has abruptly canceled due to equipment difficulties.

The nation's public television service, PBS, has filed suit against President Donald Trump's executive order that it be stripped of federal funding.

Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan on the pioneering hit TV series “M.A.S.

The Tony Awards this year will be held Sunday, June 8, from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers confronted his rape-alleging former personal assistant with her social media posts that praised the hip-hop mogul as a mentor and “friend for life” after she says he assaulted her.

Taylor Swift says she’s has regained control over her entire body of work.

Taylor Jenkins Reid loves to research before writing.

The lighthouse appeared overnight.

A Shaquille O’Neal docuseries about his time at Reebok’s basketball division and Mario Kart World on Nintendo’s Switch 2 are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

HBO's “And Just Like That.

Actor and comedian Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty in a London court to rape and sexual assault charges involving four women dating back more than 25 years.

Big Ocean, the world’s first K-pop group composed entirely of deaf and hard-of-hearing artists, is breaking barriers with high-tech tools and inclusive performances.

A New Zealand flag printed with the words “please walk on me” and displayed on the floor of an art gallery in the city of Nelson has been removed from display after protests.

As he turned 80 this week, John Fogerty was in a mood to honor his past and to revise it.

As Detroit Opera officials made plans last fall to bring a production based on the Central Park Five to their 2025 lineup, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump loomed large and just off stage.

Jacksonville native and rapper Young Cash is celebrating more than just his birthday this year.

Director Ryan Coogler and other cast and crew members of the hit film “Sinners” visited Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the film is set, for a special screening.

Donald Trump's lawyer says that the president suffered “mental anguish” from CBS News' editing of an interview last fall with his Democratic election opponent Kamala Harris.

Authorities say they investigated a sexual assault allegation against Smokey Robinson in 2015, but no charges were filed because of insufficient evidence.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former personal assistant testified that the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her, threw her into a swimming pool, dumped a bucket of ice on her head and slammed her arm into a door during a torturous eight-year tenure.

A man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car through the front gate of her home has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.

Alternative R&B artist Leon Thomas will release his “MUTT Deluxe: HEEL” album on Friday.

The special Tony Award that honors educators is going to a New York public high school teacher who shows how theater skills can apply to a career in the arts and also far away from it.

British actor Matthew Goode’s been a leading man before.

Whether it’s people trying to find love or become the next big star, there always seems to be a hot new reality show that has everyone talking. But why do they keep us coming back for more?

“The Sacred Harp” hymnal is beloved by those who sing it and carry on the Christian songbook’s more than 180-year-old folk music history.

“The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update.

A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year.

Africans are remembering the work of acclaimed author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, following his death in the U.S. They recall Ngũgĩ’s criticism of an autocratic administration, leading to his arrest and imprisonment in the 1970s.

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Australian comedian and actor Magda Szubanski has announced that she has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer.

It didn’t occur to Ben Wang right away that in taking on “Karate Kid: Legends,” he’d be the franchise’s first Asian American “Kid.”.

Louisiana rap artist NBA YoungBoy has been pardoned by President Donald Trump.

Reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley have been pardoned by President Donald Trump after being imprisoned on federal convictions for bank fraud and tax evasion.

Philadelphia's mayor has honored actor and producer Quinta Brunson with a key to the city in a ceremony dedicating a separate mural at Brunson’s alma mater, which was the inspiration for her award-winning show “Abbott Elementary.”.

A former WWE executive who had been fighting sexual abuse allegations in a lawsuit by an ex-employee has agreed to a confidential settlement and will now help the accuser as she continues suing the company and former leader Vince McMahon.

One of the world’s most acclaimed writers, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, has died at 87.

Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer and actor known simply as Cassie, has welcomed her third child.

A stunt performer is suing Kevin Costner, saying she was compelled to perform in an unscripted rape scene in a film he was directing that broke Hollywood production rules and left her traumatized.

President Donald Trump has pardoned reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley three years after they were convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion.

Truck drivers in Iran have blocked roads and ports as part of their strike protesting low salaries, high insurance rates, and a possible hike in fuel prices.

A friend and former stylist of the R&B singer Cassie is the latest witness to testify at Sean “Diddy” Combs federal sex trafficking trial.

The beloved cartoon duo Phineas and Ferb are returning for new episodes this summer after a decade away and pretty much nothing has changed.

When Michael Cera was announced as joining the cast of a Wes Anderson movie for the first time, the prevailing response was: Hadn’t he already been in a Wes Anderson movie.

Dolly Parton says her faith has carried her through her fluctuating grief following the death of her husband, Carl Dean.

Sen. Cory Booker has expanded upon his historic Senate floor speech from last month into an upcoming book.

Rio de Janeiro’s mayor has loosened new restrictions on live music on the city’s beaches after many people warned of a threat to the dynamic cultural scene.

President Donald Trump says he’s planning to pardon TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, famous for “Chrisley Knows Best,” a reality show that followed their tight-knit family and extravagant lifestyle.

Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen was voluntary practice sessions this week, showing no jitters ahead of his wedding to actor and singer Hailee Steinfeld.

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer has died.

A former top aide to Sean “Diddy” Combs has testified at his sex trafficking trial that the music mogul threatened her with death on her first day on the job.

Alabama’s Ryan Williams and Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith are the cover athletes for EA Sports College Football 26.

Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who gained international recognition for his leading role in the 2005 film Tsotsi,has died.

National Public Radio and three local stations are suing President Donald Trump, arguing that an executive order aimed at cutting federal funding for the organization is illegal.

Taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Andrei Kozlov is pouring his experience in captivity onto canvas in an exhibition of paintings.

The Pop-Out is a concert series throughout the month of June, bringing local and regional Black musical acts to the River City.

Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall is rolling out new rules to control beachside activities due to come into force on June 1.

Phil Robertson of “Duck Dynasty” has died.

Demi Lovato is officially married.

Four months into the Trump administration, some top Democrats are rethinking their approach to podcasts.

Iran has summoned France’s representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime’s oppression.”.

A British-South African endurance swimmer has crossed the finish line of a roughly 60-mile swim around Martha’s Vineyard.

King Charles III has arrived in Ottawa on a visit that Canada’s leader says will underscore his nation’s sovereignty.

“Lilo & Stitch” is teaming with Tom Cruise for what may be a record-breaking Memorial Day box office weekend.

Investigators say six people aboard a private plane died when it crashed in a San Diego neighborhood in heavy fog.

French authorities believe arson may have played a role in a major power outage that threatened to jeopardize the Cannes Film Festival’s closing celebrations.

The alternative music community is in mourning after a private jet hit a power line in foggy weather early Thursday and crashed into a San Diego neighborhood.

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident” has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered further restrictions on how the press operates at the Pentagon.

Prime Video’s first race on Sunday is the Coca-Cola 600.

Even as his fame and wealth have soared over the decades, Bruce Springsteen has retained the voice of the working class’ balladeer.

The second week of Sean Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering trial featured a dozen witnesses who described the music mogul's physical attacks on others or who provided testimony addressing the government's charges.