Arts & Culture

Beyonce receives the Best Country Album award for “Cowboy Carter” from Taylor Swift. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Beyonce scored the top prize at music’s Grammy Awards on Sunday, taking album of the year for the first time in her career with her country record “Cowboy Carter,R…

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day and Billie Eilish perform during the FireAid benefit concert for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts, in Inglewood, California.  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Billie Eilish sang with Green Day and Stevie Nicks thanked the firefighters who saved her home at two star-studd…

Karla Sofia Gascón, left, and Adriana Paz in a scene from “Emilia Pérez.” NEW YORK (AP) — Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” is an Oscar contender unlike any other. It’s a musical, a trans parable, and a Mexico-set melodrama, all combined into one unique amalgamation by an international filmmaking te…

Boyzone member Shane Lynch poses for a selfie with fans before a soccer match at Victory Park in Chorley, Britain, Feb. 10, 2024. LONDON (Reuters) — Thirty years on from its creation, members of the Irish boy band Boyzone reunite to recount their journey to fame in a new documentary series. The thr…

Cast members Renee Zellweger and Leo Woodall attend the world premiere of the film “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” at Leicester Square in London, Britain, Jan. 29, 2025. LONDON (Reuters) — Renee Zellweger said her character Bridget Jones “feels like an old friend” as she …

Spain’s viral chef Elias Dosunmu with over 20 million followers across all of his social media puts salt on dishes in his restaurant in Madrid, Spain, Jan. 24, 2025. MADRID (Reuters) — At Madrid’s new restaurant Pecados, the main attraction is not so much its fusion food as the young Ukrainia…

Percival Everett arrives at the Booker Prize award dinner in London, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. NEW YORK (AP) — For author Percival Everett, libraries have long been a source of knowledge and discovery and pleasure, even of the forbidden kind. “I remember making friends at age 13 with the librarian at…

XINNIAN kuaile and gong hei fat choy! Jan. 29 is the Lunar New Year! Today marks the beginning of the lunar calendar and the changing of the Chinese zodiac cycle. This year is the Year of the Snake. According to one online source, people born in the Year of the Snake are known for their “wisdom, in…