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PHILADELPHIA " The Delco crime thriller "Task," starring Mark Ruffalo, will be getting a second season, HBO announced on Thursday. From "Mare of Easttown" creator and Berwyn native Brad Inge…
DETROIT " Comedian and Metro Detroit native Tim Robinson's character may or may not get to the bottom of the central mystery of "The Chair Company" before the show's eight-episode first seas…
The painting shows Kahlo asleep in a bed with a skeleton above her.
By PAN PYLAS LONDON (AP) " Gary Mounfield, the former bass player of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, two of the most influential British rock bands of the past four decades, has died. He …
SAN DIEGO " Al Jardine's endless summer officially began when he was 18 and co-founded the Beach Boys in 1961. It hasn't stopped yet. "I'm still enjoying this too much to think of quitting,"…
Call him a master wordsmith, formal innovator, Booker prize winner, Nobel laureate-in-waiting, a sorcerer. Call him Sir Salman Rushdie. He slips into a story as gracefully as Laurence Olivie…
By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) " Prada heir Lorenzo Bertelli will have a major strategic role as executive chairman of Versace after the Prada Group completes its 1.25 billion-euro ($1.4 billio…
Brandon Taylor's fourth book, "Minor Black Figures," begins in New York City in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. As political and societal tides shift, as…
"Thoughts & Prayers," which premiered Tuesday on HBO, is a documentary film about the $3 billion "active shooter preparedness industry," that space where American failure meets American …
LOS ANGELES " It takes a certain composure, as a teenager, to walk out onto Taylor Swift's stage in a sold-out stadium and play an opening set to tens of thousands of fans who have never hea…
By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) " The 76th National Book Awards will unveil this year's winners Wednesday night, with novels by Megha Majumdar and Karen Russell, and a memoir by Yiyun Li amon…
Sting performed to a full house at the Mohegan Sun Arena, Tuesday night.Â
LOS ANGELES " One of L.A.'s most promising young musicians can trace her career back to the moment she decided to run away from home. Or did her mom kick her out? "It's hard to explain," Ale…
MINNEAPOLIS " Following up an acclaimed TV drama with another hit is as difficult as winning back-to-back World Series. Just ask "Deadwood" creator David Milch, who flopped with "John From C…
"You're the last of the old movie stars," someone tells Jay Kelly, and because Jay Kelly " main character of a movie called, not surprisingly, "Jay Kelly" " is played by George Clooney, the …
Coming right up, in this year's holiday movie season: a sure-to-be-blockbuster musical, a comedic murder mystery, a return-to-Pandora sequel, a drama involving William Shakespeare and a come…
Two more horses in the crowded field of psychological thrillers have come out of the gate: "Malice," now streaming from Prime Video, and "The Beast in Me," on Netflix. Neither is especially …
LOS ANGELES " Clad in close-fitting black outfits, two performers get into stance for a fight scene. The cameras surrounding the massive stage in Playa Vista start rolling. One turns around …
I can't name a single song by the Jonas Brothers, but I can tell you their names " Joe, Kevin and Nick " and that they made a sitcom, "Jonas" (second season titled "Jonas L.A."), back in 200…
The Illharmonic, which combines classical and hip-hop sounds and features around two dozen live performers, is performing in New Haven on Nov. 22.
Michael Wilson is returning to Hartford Stage for another revisiting of his adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," which he first brought to the theater in 1998.
The legendary stand-up comic and TV host shares memories of his favorite teachers, tales of doing comedy in Boston and how New Englanders keep him humble.
LOS ANGELES " The Alchemist's world changed when he first discovered the Beastie Boys. "Seeing them, these white Jewish guys who were rapping and on tour with Run-D.M.C. was crazy to me," sa…
By The Associated Press Ted Danson's "A Man on the Inside" returning to Netflix for its second season and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo belting out the "Wicked: For Good" soundtrack are so…
The Courant's arts picks for Nov 16-22 include Rage Against the Machine founder Tom Morello, Ozzy Osborne's longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde and British legend Sting.
