Arts & Culture

A woman wears a Statue of Liberty costume as she holds an image of a broken heart, outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre, where “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is recorded for broadcast, on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, Sept. 17, 2025. REUTERS LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Hollyw…

Actor Robert Redford arrives for the international premiere of “The Old Man & the Gun” at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, Sept. 10, 2018. REUTERS Mug c (Reuters) — Actor, director and producer Robert Redford, who was both the quintessential handsome Hollywood leading…

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon attend the premiere of the fourth season of the TV show “The Morning Show” in New York City, Sept. 9, 2025. REUTERS LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston can personally relate to the artificial intelligence concerns that &#…

Jessie Buckley, left, and Paul Mescal in a scene from “Hamnet.” Focus Features via AP (AP) — “Hamnet,” Chloé Zhao’s drama about William Shakespeare’s marriage and the death of their 11-year-old son, won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, putting it on an…

Arthur Sze attends the 70th National Book Awards ceremony on Nov. 20, 2019, in New York. AP (AP) — At a time when its leadership is in question and its mission challenged, the Library of Congress has named a new U.S. poet laureate, the much-honored author and translator Arthur Sze. The library anno…

Willem Dafoe poses on the red carpet for the screening of the movie “Bugonia” in competition, at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, Aug. 28, 2025. REUTERS TORONTO (Reuters) — When the psychological thriller “The Man in My Basement,” starring Willem Dafoe and Co…

Producer R. Scott Gemmill accepts the Outstanding Drama Series award for “The Pitt” at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, Sept. 14, 2025. REUTERS LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Emergency room saga “The Pitt” was toasted as the year’s best television dr…

Director Mamoru Hosoda attends the North American premiere for the film “Scarlet” at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 10, 2025. REUTERS TORONTO (Reuters) — Oscar-nominated Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda delivers a powerful message of forgivenes…

Igor Mikhaylov, a 38-year-old visually impaired tattoo artist, works on a tattoo reading “Love” in Braille for his client Alexandra at a tattoo studio in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 31, 2025. REUTERS MOSCOW (Reuters) — Like a piano player moving up a scale, Igor Mikhaylov runs his gloved hands…

Cast members Jason Segel and Harrison Ford attend a premiere for Season 2 of the television series ”Shrinking,” at Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California, Oct. 8, 2024. REUTERS LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Nearly six years after technology giant Apple made its Hollywood debut wi…