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Cristian Macelaru to become music director of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2025-26

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cristian Macelaru was hired Wednesday as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony...

Italy bans loans of works to the Minneapolis Institute of Art in a dispute over an ancient statue

ROME (AP) — Italy’s Culture Ministry has banned loans of works to the Minneapolis Institute of Art,...

Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Are you ready for some movies this summer? There's action-adventure, romance, horror...

John Lithgow takes on the role of the new kid in school for a PBS special celebrating arts education

At 78, John Lithgow's acting career is not slowing down. He appeared in the best picture nominee “Killers...

Publishing spinoff of 'Wednesday' has everything from tarot cards to 'Woeful Waffles'

NEW YORK (AP) — Penguin Random House is teaming with Amazon MGM Studios on a series of books based o...

Complex stories of migration are among the finalists for the Women's Prize for Fiction

LONDON (AP) — Two novels that tell complex and surprising stories of migration are among six finalists...

Crew members injured in crash on Georgia set of Eddie Murphy Amazon MGM movie 'The Pickup'

Several crew members were injured and two were hospitalized when a car and truck collided during shooting...

Rom-com author Emily Henry knows the secret to having a healthy relationship with love

NEW YORK (AP) — “Nothing forces you to face your demons like falling in love.” And it’s almost always...

Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist on the steamy love triangle of 'Challengers'

NEW YORK (AP) — How sexy can a qualifying tennis tournament in New Rochelle, New York, be? When the...

Ex-gang leader's account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer in Vegas says

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of...

Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian makes belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Madame Butterfly

NEW YORK (AP) — Asmik Grigorian laughs when she recalls that she had been singing professionally for...

After 4 decades in music and major vocal surgery, Jon Bon Jovi is optimistic and still rocking

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — When Jon Bon Jovi agreed to let director Gotham Chopra follow him with a documentary...

From pop to politics, what to know as Sweden prepares for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest

LONDON (AP) — It’s springtime in Europe — time for the annual blossoming of spectacle and sound known...

Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective 'alter ego' solves gripping crimes

HAVANA (AP) — His novels recount gruesome murders, thefts, scams, bribes and humiliating secrets. But...

Minnesota and other Democratic-led states lead pushback on censorship. They're banning the book ban

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A movement to ban book bans is gaining steam in Minnesota and several other states...

PEN America calls off awards ceremony amid criticism over its response to Israel-Hamas war

NEW YORK (AP) — Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war , the writers’...

Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds talks new album 'Loom' — 'Heavy concepts but playful at the same time'

NEW YORK (AP) — The ambiguity of Imagine Dragons' next album starts from the cover. Two figures stand...

Wake up, sleeping beauties. It's almost Met Gala time

NEW YORK (AP) — True love's kiss or an invite to the Met Gala? Those in the rarified ranks of international...

Yoko Ono to receive Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country's leading artist residency programs, MacDowell, has awarded a lifetim...

Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on 3 continents, dies

Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and...

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