The Autumn Exhibition Season Runs From Duchamp to Quilts
Philadelphia takes Duchamp, Boston hosts pharaohs and Washington shows quilts, while the LA Ballet and Philharmonic premiere a work at the Hollywood Bowl.
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The Oasis Reunion Gets Its Documentary
'Don't Look Back In Anger' charts the Gallagher brothers' Live '25 tour, with rehearsal and backstage access and their first joint interviews in over twenty years.
Practical Magic 2 Brings Bullock and Kidman Back to the Owens Sisters
Nearly three decades on, the two leads return for a sequel built around a curse threatening to unravel the family.
Mykki Blanco Returns With Cafe Paradiso After Four Years and a Master's
The artist's first album since 2022 arrives after a period spent completing a postgraduate degree in Switzerland.
Beyoncé Marks Twenty Years of Her Second Album With New Material
The anniversary edition pairs remastered tracks with previously unreleased songs, in a format that has become central to how catalogues are monetised.
How Americans Misremember Slavery
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Vincent Pastore, 'Sopranos' Actor, Dead at 80
Vincent Pastore, arrives at the Asbury Park Conventional Hall during red carpet arrivals prior to the New Jersey Hall of Fame inductions, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, in Asbury Park, N.J.
Paramount Pauses Warner Deal While Legal Battles Continue
Jae C. Hong/Associated Press Sign up for NPR's Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The blockbuster merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is on hold — possibly for many months — as two legal challenges to the $111 billion deal play out in court.
Cannes 2026 Films Mirror a World at War
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival, it seems, has war on its mind. An extraordinary number of movies at this year's festival, which concludes on May 23, deal with the experience of life in wartime. In Lukas Dhont's Belgian World War I drama "Coward," young soldiers in the trenches confront ideas of heroism and masculinity.
Stephen Colbert Signs Off 'Late Show' With Song, Guests and Wormhole
Host Stephen Colbert receives a standing ovation during Thursday night's Late Show finale. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS ENTERTAINMENT hide caption toggle caption Scott Kowalchyk/CBS ENTERTAINMENT Satirist Stephen Colbert ended the late night show he hosted for nearly 11 years on a whimsical and joyful note.
Pollock's $181.2M Painting Smashes Auction Record at Christie's
A painting by the American Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock sold for an eye-watering $181.2 million (€156.2 million) with fees, at Christie's auction house in New York on Monday, alongside other staggering sales on what was a blockbuster day for the institution.
Cher at 80: Pop's Unstoppable Icon
Turning 80 is probably not something Cher places much importance on — after all, conventions and expectations have never mattered much to her. Her fearlessness has made her one of the greatest icons in pop music history.