Arts & Culture

Brad Pitt, Lewis Hamilton and Damson Idris attend the premiere for the film “F1 The Movie” in New York City, June 16, 2025. REUTERS (Reuters) — Brad Pitt, whose new F1 movie is out this week, has now driven a Formula One car for real after testing a McLaren at Austin’s Circuit of …

Dakota Johnson in a scene from “Materialists.” AP (AP) — The problem with so many rom-coms — one of the problems, anyway — is how often we’re asked to conveniently dismiss our knowledge of life’s realities. Particularly economic ones. How does this person live in a spacious, light-filled apartment …

An art handler poses with “Liam & Noel” (1996) by American painter Elizabeth Peyton during the press preview of the upcoming Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction at Sotheby’s Auctions in London, Britain, June 18, 2025. REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) — A 1996 portrait of brothers Liam…

(AP) — Talking Heads fans, rejoice! Hard on the heels of the re-release of “Stop Making Sense,” the 1984 Jonathan Demme film widely considered the best concert movie ever made, Jonathan Gould has published a comprehensive biography of the seminal band that injected an art school vibe into popular m…

Damson Idris as Joshua Pearce, left, and Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes in a scene from “F1 The Movie.” Apple TV+ via AP (AP) — The wide-screen spectacle of Formula One gets a gleaming, rip-roaring workout in Joseph Kosinski’s “F1,” a fine-tuned machine of a movie that, in its most riveting racing scenes…

This undated photo shows Utah State Rep. Verona Mauga and Arthur Afa Ah Loo. Mauga via AP SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The man shot and killed while participating in the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City was a successful fashion designer and former “Project Runway” contestant who devoted his life to ce…

Actor Matthew Perry in New York on March 30, 2017. LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the “Friends” star’s overdose death will plead guilty, according to an agreement filed in court Monday. Dr. Salvador Plasencia agreed to plead guilty …