Arts & Culture

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Beyoncé, left, accepts the Innovator Award during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. AP (AP) — Unreleased music by Beyoncé along with footage, show plans and concert set lists were stolen from a car in Atlanta rented by the singer’s choreographer and o…

(AP) — How much has social media changed the way we talk and behave? That’s the question linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic sets out to answer in his debut book “Algospeak.” If you already know what words like “yeet,” “rizz,” “brainrot” or “blackpilled” mean, some of this information might n…

Cast members Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Brosnahan and David Corenswet attend a premiere for the film “Superman” at the TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles, California, July 7, 2025. REUTERS LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A new “Superman” movie from Warner Bros hauled in an estimated $12…

The original Birkin, the first ever made by Hermes for Jane Birkin crafted in 1984 is displayed during the press preview of Sotheby’s Luxury Week Sale at Sotheby’s Auctions in New York City,  June 6, 2025. REUTERS PARIS (Reuters) — The original bag custom-made for actress Jane Birkin, which became …

Puerto Rico’s renowned rapper Bad Bunny launched his first concert on Friday night as part of the artist’s 30-show residency in the island. AP SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — In a small bookstore in the Caribbean’s largest mall, dozens of people gathered on a recent evening for the launch of a slim di…

Justin Bieber attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala on Sept. 13, 2021, in New York.  AP NEW YORK (AP) — Never say never! Justin Bieber surprised fans Friday by releasing “Swag,” his seventh studio album, hours after he teased it on billboards and social media posts…

A view of the Turkwel River in Turkana, northern Kenya, where dental fossils containing ancient peptides — strings of molecules called amino acids that are the “building blocks” of proteins — were found, in this undated handout photograph released on July 9, 2025. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Re…

Visitors look at the Bayeux Tapestry in this undated handout photo taken at the Bayeux Museum in Bayeux, Normandy, France. The British Museum/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) — France will lend Britain the Bayeux Tapestry, allowing the 11th century masterpiece to come back across the Channel fo…

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has chosen a novel with a timely theme for her latest book club pick. Bruce Holsinger’s “Culpability” is a family drama that probes the morals and ethics of AI. “I appreciated the prescience of this story,” Winfrey said in a statement Tuesday, the day of the novel’s pu…