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Jeanine Tesori becomes first woman composer to open Met Opera season with reworked `Grounded'

Jeanine Tesori becomes first woman composer to open Met Opera season with reworked `Grounded'

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeanine Tesori watched the world premiere run of her “Grounded” with director Michael Mayer last fall at the Kennedy Center and noticed audience fidgeting.
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Book Review: 'America First' is a resonant history of FDR's fight against isolationist movement

Historian H.W. Brands' “America First: Roosevelt vs Lindbergh in the Shadow of War" barely mentions former President Donald Trump or the 2024 election. But it could be one of the most relevant books to read for this year's presidential campaign.
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Diddy’s music streams jump after after arrest and indictment

Diddy’s music streams jump after after arrest and indictment

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ vast music catalog has seen a jump in streams since his arrest last week and the unsealing of an indictment against him. Under his many musical monikers — including Diddy, Puff Daddy and P.
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Book Review: Wright Thompson exposes deep racist roots of the Mississippi Delta in ‘The Barn’

Book Review: Wright Thompson exposes deep racist roots of the Mississippi Delta in ‘The Barn’

“The barn… is long and narrow with sliding doors in the middle,” writes Wright Thompson in ‘The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi.
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5: Sept. 29: Filmmaker Robert Benton (“Kramer vs. Kramer”) is 92. Actor Ian McShane (“John Wick,” “Deadwood”) is 82. Jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty is 82. TV theme composer Mike Post is 80.
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Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

NEW YORK (AP) — Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.
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Iran pardons Grammy Award winner whose song became an anthem to the 2022 protests

Iran pardons Grammy Award winner whose song became an anthem to the 2022 protests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian Grammy Award winner said on Monday he was pardoned from serving a three-year sentence over his song that became an anthem to the 2022 protests that rocked the country following the death of Mahsa Amini in
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Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down

NEW YORK (AP) — Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.
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'Megalopolis' experiment makes Coppola's passion project worthwhile, Adam Driver says

'Megalopolis' experiment makes Coppola's passion project worthwhile, Adam Driver says

TORONTO — That Francis Ford Coppola's $120-million magnum opus "Megalopolis" is weird doesn't seem to be in contention. The Roman epic-meets-science fiction fable is as jam packed with ideas as its cast is stacked.
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In Iran, the old-time US radio detective 'Johnny Dollar' returns to the airwaves

In Iran, the old-time US radio detective 'Johnny Dollar' returns to the airwaves

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — While tensions remain high between the U.S. and Iran, there's at least one American that state radio in Tehran invites on the air each week for its millions of listeners.
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