Arts & Culture

Anna Sawai poses with the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama Award for “Shogun” at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, Jan. 5, 2025. BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) — “Shogun,” FX’s historical epic set in imperial Japan, claimed …

Nicole Kidman in a scene from “Babygirl.” (AP) — The demands of achieving both one-day shipping and a satisfying orgasm collide in Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl,” a kinky and darkly comic erotic thriller about sex in the Amazon era. Nicole Kidman stars as Romy Mathis, the chief executive of Tensile, a r…

Demi Moore poses with the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture. BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) — “The Brutalist,” the story of a Holocaust survivor who chases the American dream, and musical thriller “Emilia Perez” took home the first major movie honors of HollywoodR…

Jeff Baena arrives at the premiere of “Spin Me Around” on Aug. 17, 2022 at The London in West Hollywood, Calif. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer-director Jeff Baena, whose darkly comedic independent films included “The Little Hours” and who was married to his frequent creative collaborator Aubrey Plaza, h…

Nicole Kidman accepts the international star award for “Babygirl” during the 36th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Palm Springs, Calif. PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Nicole Kidman gave a long-awaited dedication to her late mother Friday night at …

President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Denzel Washington in the East Room of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. WASHINGTON (AP) — In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of …

BUSINESS coach and podcaster Asia Camacho Hilario will host “Pour Into You: A Sound Bath for Mamas” on Saturday, Jan. 11, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Aqua Resort Club. Sound baths utilize crystal singing bowls and other soothing ambient sounds to promote healing of the “mind, body, and spirit” thro…

Carey Mulligan arrives at the Oscars on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. LONDON (AP) — Actors Carey Mulligan and Stephen Fry and author Kazuo Ishiguro were awarded New Year Honors on Monday that celebrate artists, athletes, politicians and others who make notable contributions to…

Meghan Markle arrives at the Paley Honors Fall Gala on Dec. 4, 2024, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. NEW YORK (AP) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is starting the new year with her first Instagram account since 2020. The Associated Press confirmed Wednesday that @meghan belo…

Tourists sit on a restaurant terrace as they shelter from the cold with gas heaters, which will be banned due to CO2 emissions from the first day of the new year, in Reial Square of Barcelona, Spain on Dec. 29, 2024. BARCELONA (Reuters) — Tourists in Barcelona’s historic center were enjoying …