Arts & Culture
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The Rolling Stones will release their first studio album in 18 years, ‘Hackney Diamonds’
The wait is over: The Rolling Stones will soon release new music. This week, the band announced they are preparing to release their first album of ... -
Pope heads to Mongolia to minister to its few Catholics and complete centuries-old East-West mission
When Pope Francis travels to Mongolia this week, he will in some ways be completing a mission begun by the 13th-century Pope Innocent IV, ... -
Son stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years
Hola, mamá.” What seems like an unremarkable greeting between mother and son was in this case anything but. Forty-two years ago, hospital workers took ... -
In the basketball-crazed Philippines, the World Cup will be a shining moment
Considering that about 110 million people live in the Philippines, it’s not feasible to expect that they all would be basketball fans. “But it’s ... -
What Musk and Zuckerberg’s canceled cage match says about masculine anxiety
While the cage fight between Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to be on hold, if these men do ever ... -
Three ways AI is transforming music
Each fall, I begin my course on the intersection of music and artificial intelligence by asking my students if they’re concerned about AI’s role ... -
Summer camp in California gives Jewish children of color a haven to be different together
One camper, from Oakland, California, has a white Jewish mother and a father who is Black and Muslim. Another was adopted in Uganda by ... -
Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there’s pride, still hard times
Before it was a global movement, it was simply an expression of life and struggle: a culture that was synonymous with hardship and suffering, ... -
William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The French Connection,’ dead at 87
William Friedkin, the generation-defining director who brought a visceral realism to 1970s hits “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist” and was quickly anointed one ... -
Governments are gathering to talk about the Amazon rainforest. Why is it so important to protect?
The Amazon rainforest is a massive area, twice the size of India and sprawling across eight countries and one territory. It’s a crucial carbon ... -
As summer breezes fade, sweltering Europeans give air con a skeptical embrace
During Europe’s heat wave last month, Floriana Peroni’s vintage clothing store had to close for a week. A truck of rented generators blocked her ... -
The Crimean Peninsula is both a playground and a battleground, coveted by Ukraine and Russia
Its balmy beaches have been vacation spots for Russian czars and Soviet general secretaries. It has hosted history-shaking meetings of world leaders and boasts ... -
Native ethnic groups promote their heritage during Oaxaca’s biggest cultural festival
Leticia Santiago carries her ancestral heritage wherever she goes. Every time she addresses the crowds during the Guelaguetza, the biggest cultural event in southwestern ... -
Barbie mania sweeps Latin America, but sometimes takes on a macabre tone
Latin America is taking Barbie mania to an extreme, with everything from pink-colored tacos and pastries, commercial planes bearing the Barbie logo, political ads ... -
Mammals may have hunted down dinosaurs for dinner, rare fossil suggests
An unusual find in China suggests some early mammals may have hunted dinosaur for dinner. The fossil shows a badgerlike creature chomping down on ... -
Archaeologists in Louisiana save artifacts 12,000 years old from natural disasters and looters
Long buried under the woods of west central Louisiana, stone tools, spearpoints and other evidence of people living in the area as long as ... -
Princess Diana’s iconic black sheep sweater could fetch at least $50,000 at auction
A red sweater adorned with a flock of sheep worn by the young Princess Diana is expected to sell for more than $50,000 at ... -
Fossilized skeletons of aerial and aquatic predators to be auctioned by Sotheby’s
The fossilized skeletons of an aerial predator with a 20-foot wingspan and an aquatic reptile with a snake-like neck will be auctioned in New ... -
Red Hot Chili Peppers and Lauryn Hill will headline Global Citizen Festival to fight inequality
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lauryn Hill and Megan Thee Stallion will headline this year’s Global Citizen Festival as the anti-poverty nonprofit looks to focus ... -
Underwater show in the Florida Keys promotes awareness of coral reef protection
Hundreds of divers and snorkelers listened to an underwater concert that advocated coral reef protection Saturday in the Florida Keys. The Lower Keys Underwater ... -
Sweden’s city of Malmo will host the 2024 Eurovision pop music contest
The southern Swedish city of Malmo will host the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in the same venue that housed the colorful and eclectic music ... -
Grammys CEO on new AI guidelines: Music that contains AI-created elements is eligible. ‘Period.’
Last month, the Recording Academy announced a series of changes to the Grammy Awards to better reflect an evolving music industry. Of those newly ... -
1,500 Disneyland collectibles go up for auction
Fans who agree Disneyland is indeed the happiest place on Earth will soon be able to take home more than a souvenir. A passionate ... -
Indiana Jones’ box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North America
Indiana Jones, and executives at the Walt Disney Co. and Lucasfilm, made a somewhat dispiriting discovery this weekend. Moviegoers didn’t rush to the theater ... -
Klimt painting sets European record with $108 million price tag at Sotheby’s auction in London
A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold Tuesday for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million), making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned ... -
A wall painting found in Pompeii doesn’t depict Italy’s iconic dish
A still-life fresco discovered recently in the Pompeii archaeological site looks like a pizza, but it’s not, experts at the archaeological site said Tuesday. ... -
Still Cruising: Tom premieres new ‘Mission Impossible’ adventure in Abu Dhabi
The red carpet unfurled Monday in Abu Dhabi for Hollywood action megastar Tom Cruise, who was on hand for the Middle Eastern premiere of ... -
Summer solstice brings druids, pagans and thousands of curious people to Stonehenge
All hail the rising sun. A seemingly curious alliance of druids, pagans, hippies, local residents and tourists gathered around a prehistoric stone circle on ... -
India’s Modi will bend leaders into shape on International Yoga Day
India’s prime minister has a reputation of casting himself as an ascetic. So when Narendra Modi leads foreign dignitaries and bureaucrats in a session ... -
High art becomes body art as visitors to Amsterdam’s Rembrandt House Museum get inked
Henk Schiffmaker’s needle whirrs as he tattoos the familiar lines of an elephant on Lilian Rachmaran’s back. “Highbrow to lowbrow” is how the famous ... -
Under house arrest, fake heiress Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin launches podcast to rehab public image
It’s a weekday afternoon and Anna Sorokin is on house arrest in a New York apartment building that has been condemned as imminently perilous ... -
‘Hair,’ ‘Everwood’ actor Treat Williams dies after Vermont motorcycle crash
Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie “Hair,” died Monday after a motorcycle ... -
Tony Awards telecast makes inclusive history and puts on quite a show despite Hollywood strike
The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals yesterday [Macau time] to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a ... -
Artist Françoise Gilot, acclaimed painter who loved and later left Picasso, is dead at 101
Françoise Gilot, a prolific and acclaimed painter who produced art for well more than a half-century but was nonetheless more famous for her turbulent ... -
In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against deforestation and poverty
In a remote corner of the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists are trying to succeed where a lack of governance has proved disastrous. They’re managing a ...
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