Arts & Culture

Koji Yakusho, right, and Arisa Nakano in a scene from “Perfect Days.” (AP) — Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” is set among the crowded skyscrapers of Tokyo and the quiet urban parks that Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) traverses daily in his job cleaning public toilets. But where the movie resides, really, is Y…

Hyatt Regency Saipan celebrates  the Lunar New Year with a lion dance performance on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 11 a.m. in the hotel lobby. (Special Advertising Feature) — To cherish prosperity, good fortune and health, Hyatt Regency Saipan will ring in the Lunar New Year with a traditional lion dance p…

(AP) — Although George Pelecanos has devoted much of his energy toward writing for television in recent years (“The Wire,” “The Duce,” “We Own This City”), he has continued to produce first-rate crime novels set in his native Washington, D.C. Working in a genre often associated with grisly murders,…

Victoria Monet accepts the award for Best New Artist during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, Feb. 4, 2024. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — The Grammy Awards, the highest honors in the music industry, were handed out at a ceremony on Sunday, broadcast on CBS and hosted by Trevor Noa…

Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter of The War and Treaty duo, honoree Jon Bon Jovi and his band, Sammy Hagar and Shania Twain perform during the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala in Los Angeles, California, Feb. 2, 2024. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Bruce Springsteen and other music stars paid tribut…

Taylor Swift accepts the award for Album of the Year for Midnights during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, Feb. 4, 2024. Miley Cyrus accepts the award for Record of the Year for Flowers during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, Feb. 4, 2024. LOS ANGEL…

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Pop singer Miley Cyrus and indie rock band boygenius claimed some of the early prizes at the Grammy awards on Sunday as the music industry doled out its highest honors. Cyrus won best solo pop performance for her empowerment anthem “Flowers” and was handed the go…

Daisy Ridley NEW YORK (AP) — Daisy Ridley doesn’t want audiences to be misled by the title of her new film, “Sometimes I Think About Dying.” Her character, Fran, is, actually, quite funny. Fran is a woman content in her mostly solitary life, apart from her co-workers in her chatty office. But when …

Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift walk together after an AFC championship game between the Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens, Jan. 28, 2024 in Baltimore. TOKYO (AP) — Taylor Swift, who is holding concerts in Japan through Feb. 10, will make it in time for the Super Bowl to see her p…

Punxsutawney Phil’s handler A.J. Dereume holds the famous groundhog during the 136th Groundhog Day, at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Feb. 2, 2022. (Reuters) — The celebrated groundhog known as Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his Pennsylvania burrow on Friday and failed to see hi…