Arts

Arts and entertainment news. Arts encompass a wide range of human creative activities that express imaginative, conceptual, or technical skill. This includes visual arts like painting, sculpture, and photography, performing arts like music, theater and dance, as well as literary arts such as writing and poetry. The arts serve not only as a reflection of culture and society but also as a medium for personal expression and emotional exploration

Residente Feels Freer After First Solo Album Success

The Puerto Rican rapper, who leads nominations with nine nods for his first solo album post-Calle 13 — including album, record and song of the year — admits that he …

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Argentine Lawyer Named in FIFA Trial Commits Suicide, Police Say

A former Argentine lawyer for a government-run soccer television program ran in front of a Buenos Aires train and committed suicide late Tuesday, hours after being accused in a New …

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Blake Shelton Named People’s 2017 ‘Sexiest Man Alive’

Blake Shelton was named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine, a first for any country singer, prompting “The Voice” judge to shake off his shyness about his looks. “I’ve been …

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Q&A: A Quick Word With Ezra Miller on Becoming the Flash

Ezra Miller brings an electric energy to the superhero team-up film “Justice League,” pinballing off the more imposing presences of Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot and Ben Affleck.   They are …

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As ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’ Denzel Washington Explores Social Injustice

For his latest role, as an attorney who defends young people of color imprisoned without trial, Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington weighed how family dynamics played into the lives of young …

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Sales Soar, But Adele Keeps Her Crown

Taylor Swift’s new album “Reputation” has sold more than one million copies in its first five days, Nielsen Music said on Tuesday, but the U.S. pop star failed to beat …

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Glamour Fuses With Politics at Annual Women of Year Awards

There were movie stars and supermodels, TV hosts and pop stars.   But perhaps the most rapturous ovation at Glamour magazine’s annual Women of the Year awards went to 79-year-old …

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Using Laughter to Drive Home Tough Lessons About Sexual Violence

Dr. Gail Stern is funny. And she uses that in her work, teaching college students, members of the military, business people and others how to prevent sexual violence. Stern says …

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‘You Can Create Your Own Story’: Skirting the Skirt-chasers in Mainstream Entertainment

Comic and podcast host Chelsea Shorte is onstage on a cold Wednesday night in a small restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia. She is telling her mostly female audience about her transition …

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Amazon to Produce ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Series

Amazon.com has bought the global television rights to “The Lord of the Rings,” the company said on Monday, in what may be its biggest and most expensive move yet to …

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In ‘Justice League,’ DC Looks Beyond Batman and Superman

Peace never reigns in the pages of DC Comics. There’s always a world to be saving, a cataclysm to avert. The making of the DC superhero team-up film “Justice League” …

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Barbie Makes Doll of Hijab-wearing Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad

The maker of Barbie says it will sell a doll modeled after Ibtihaj Muhammad, an American fencer who competed in last year’s Olympics while wearing a hijab.   Mattel says …

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Fashion Designer Exposes Domestic Servitude in India’s ‘Sunshine State’

When celebrated Indian fashion designer Wendell Rodricks sat down to write his third book, haute couture was not on his mind. He was thinking about his neighbor Rosa — an elderly …

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National Park Road Trip Includes Side Trips

Travel blogger Mikah Meyer takes us on a ferry ride to San Juan National State Park in Washington state. …

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Hundreds in Hollywood March Against Sexual Harassment

Armed with signs, catchy phrases and a motivation to take #MeToo beyond the internet and into real life, a few hundred women, men and children gathered Sunday among the sex …

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Stand-in Santas Get Refresher Course for Holidays

It takes more than a red suit and a white beard to be a good Santa Claus. That’s an important lesson taught at the longest continuously running Santa Claus school …

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Rare Art From China’s Empress Dowager Comes to US

For more than a century she was known as the woman behind the throne, the empress who through skill and circumstance rose from lowly imperial consort to iron-fisted ruler of …

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Controversial Da Vinci Is New York Auction Season Star

What is the only Da Vinci painting on the open market worth? A Russian billionaire believes he was swindled when he bought it for $127.5 million. This week he’ll find …

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Exhibition Details Indigenous Massacres in Australia

For the first time, a museum in Australia is telling the stories of the massacres by colonists of indigenous people from an Aboriginal perspective. Thousands of First Nation people are …

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Pakistani Fashion Scores in India Despite Tense Bilateral Relations

Despite 70 years of tense relations between India and Pakistan, the two countries share a passion for each other’s movies, food and fashion trends. Take the example of palazzos, a …

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US Soccer Star Solo Accuses ex-FIFA President of Sexual Assault

U.S. women’s soccer star Hope Solo on Friday accused Sepp Blatter of sexual assault, claiming the disgraced former FIFA president groped her backside at the 2013 Ballon d’Or ceremony. Solo, …

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Louis C.K. Says he Misused his Power and ‘Brought Pain’

With his career imploding over allegations of sexual misconduct, comedian Louis C.K. confessed Friday to masturbating in front of women and expressed remorse for wielding his influence “irresponsibly.” The comedian …

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