Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are seeking to raise doubts about a former model’s allegation that he repeatedly sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager.

Historian Ron Chernow’s latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical “Hamilton” and for his biographies of George Washington and Ulysses Grant.

Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d’Or next week at the Cannes Film Festival, a culmination for the 81-year-old actor whose history with the French film festival stretches back half a century.

The final stage of jury selection for the racketeering and sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been postponed until early next week.

Author Mo Willems has sold millions of books and won many awards, but the accolade that means most is when a parent says their child read aloud for the first time from one of his books.

A judge has ordered a man who authorities say crashed his car through the front gate of Jennifer Aniston’s home to face a competency review.

The last time Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman went on a global motorcycle adventure, they rode cutting-edge, electric Harley-Davidsons.

A former model has testified that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old, calling it the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced” to that point.

Former President Joe Biden says he’s responsible for Donald Trump’s victory last fall.

British rock band The Who are to say their final goodbye to North America this summer.

Kali Uchis wrote the album that she knew her future self would need to listen to.

A scrappy opera company that started 11 years ago in New York City is thriving by staying small.

Kendrick Lamar extends his dominant musical reign, entering next month’s BET Awards as the leading nominee.

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo has reported a 43% decline in profit for the fiscal year through March, but promised a turnaround as its Switch console upgrade goes on sale in June.

Smokey Robinson’s lawyer says allegations of rape and sexual assault against him in a lawsuit from four former housekeepers are “vile” and “false.”.

Lainey Wilson has taken home the top prize at the Academy of Country Music Awards — the title of entertainer of the year — for a second year in a row.

Prosecutors say a Mississippi man who harassed Jennifer Aniston for two years then crashed his vehicle through the front gate of her home has been charged with felony stalking and felony vandalism.

The Trump administration has sought to dismantle government-run news outlets like the Voice of America, in part because it believes the services that provide news to other countries operate with a liberal bias.

A former model who alleges that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her almost 20 years ago has taken the stand at his retrial.

Jason Kelce has tried in his first year of retirement to up his golf game and lower his score, taking the task of trying to get it in the hole as seriously as he did opening them as he once did on the offensive line.

A prosecutor says two men who cut down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England did it for a laugh.

Actor Michael Pitt has been indicted on allegations of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, choking her, and attacking her with a cinder block and a piece of lumber in separate incidents at his New York City home.

A federal judge has warned a lawyer for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs to tame his public comments now that the music mogul's sex trafficking trial is underway, saying it was “outrageous” that he referred to prosecutors as a “six-pack of white women.”.

William Christie is as busy as ever in a season celebrating his 80th birthday, conducting, playing the harpsichord, administering his Les Arts Florissants orchestral and vocal ensemble and teaching at The Juilliard School as he sticks with Baroque repertoire on period instruments, staying away from more modern composers.

Kenyan literary giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is 87 and has struggled with his health in recent years, but he still hopes to complete a new book.

Dandyism was at the heart of Monday’s Met Gala, where many of the world’s most famous and influential tastemakers donned their luxury best to kick off the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibit.

Nevada’s high court is weighing whether to unseal a secretive case about who will control Rupert Murdoch’s media empire after he dies.

Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him.

Pinstripes.

Kerry Kennedy is working on a memoir about her late mother, Ethel Kennedy.

Authorities say a man was arrested after crashing a car into the front gate at Jennifer Aniston’s home in Los Angeles.

Jury selection in the sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is expected to wrap up on Wednesday.

Lizzy McAlpine is surrounded by music these days.

Soprano Patricia Racette will become artistic director of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, filling a key management position of a company she has been associated with since her debut there in 1993.

The crowning of Zhao Xintong as Asia’s first world snooker champion will have come as a surprise to many unfamiliar with the sport, who will have also been unaware of its vast popularity in China.

Once inside the Met Gala Monday evening, guests passed under a slew of flower petals suspended from the ceiling.

The sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, one of the biggest music moguls and cultural figures of the past four decades, began Monday in New York with jury selection.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor in 2026 and sharing new anecdotes in her upcoming political memoir, “The Purposeful Warrior,” including her experience with miscarriage.

André Leon Talley’s presence could be felt everywhere at the Met Gala this year.

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are expecting their third child.

Fashion’s biggest night of they year is underway as stars gather for the Met Gala on Monday in rainy Manhattan.

A longtime editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post who quit in protest after editors killed her sketch of the newspaper’s owner and other media executives bowing before President Donald Trump, has won the Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and commentary.

Janelle Monáe embraced Black dandyism’s elegance at the Met Gala in an all-star collaboration with Oscar winner Paul Tazewell and designer Thom Browne, completing her look with a sparkling ethical diamond brooch from 1800 Tequila for a finishing touch.

President Donald Trump is threatening to levy all films made outside the U.S. at a steep rate of 100%.

A Brazilian judge has ordered the arrest of a man suspected of being involved in an alleged plot to place explosives at a concert of singer Lady Gaga in Rio de Janeiro.

Percival Everett’s novel “James,” his radical reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the enslaved title character, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes and The New Yorker three for journalism in 2024.

In the criminal indictment for this week’s sex trafficking trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, the document lists the hip-hop mogul’s aliases.

Jeffrey Seller, the Broadway producer behind such landmark hits as “Rent,” “Avenue Q” and “Hamilton,” didn’t initially write a memoir for us.

Lovie Simone stars in the new Netflix series, “Forever.'.

Sculptures of two giant eagles from the “Lord of the Rings” films will be removed from New Zealand's Wellington Airport this month after looming over travelers for 12 years.

The sex trafficking trial of hip-hop impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs is underway in New York with jury selection.

Rihanna has shut down the rain-soaked Met Gala in a Marc Jacobs menswear-inspired look with a pinstripe jacket as a bustle.

Jacques Agbobly has only been in the fashion business for five years.

Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” opened with $76 million in domestic ticket sales.

Brazilian police say they have thwarted a plot to detonate a bomb at Lady Gaga’s concert the night before in Rio de Janeiro, the biggest show of her career that drew some 2.5 million fans to Copacabana Beach.

For more than two decades, Sean “Diddy” Combs was one of hip-hop’s most opportunistic entrepreneurs.

German pop star Dieter Bohlen is asking his fans to return a sign spelling out the name of his hometown of Toetensen.

Lady Gaga gave a free concert on Copacabana Beach Saturday night, the second such show in as many years organized by Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall.

Prince Harry’s troubled relationships with the British royal family, the U.K. establishment and the media have played out in public for years.

The rift between Prince Harry and his family has burst into the open again.

After Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, North Carolina, the sound coming from open car windows as residents gathered on a street at the top of a ridge trying to get cell service last fall was Blue Ridge Public Radio.

The trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to begin in a New York courtroom.

When Brittney Griner became the first WNBA player to attend the Met Gala in 2023, just months after being released from a Russian prison in a high-profile prisoner swap, she wowed in a custom-made Calvin Klein suit.

May the 4th be with you.

The month of April saw the death of history’s first Latin American pope.

The “Star Wars” streaming series “Andor” doesn't concern itself with super villains.

One of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers has broken down in tears and cursed on the witness stand as a defense lawyer questioned her.

The popular whodunit series “Poker Face” starring Natasha Lyonne returning for its second season and Steven Soderbergh’s sleek and lean spy thriller “Black Bag” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

Lorcan Finnegan’s “The Surfer” isn’t a film about toxic masculinity and tribalism.

It's the decades-long home to Big Bird, Ken Burns documentaries and “All Things Considered.”.

Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career, has died at age 88.

The rock band R.

Prince Harry has lost his bid to restore the police protection detail that was withdrawn when he stepped away from royal family duties and moved to the U.S. The Duke of Sussex said Friday he was devastated to lose the court case and said it was a source of friction with his father King Charles III.

“How to Train Your Dragon” filmmaker Dean DeBlois has heard the “remake fatigue” concerns.

Actor-comedian Russell Brand has been granted conditional bail after appearing in a London court to face charges of rape and sexual assault involving four women.

Black dandyism is finally taking center stage at the Met Gala, with cultural powerhouses leading this subversive, sharply tailored style into the global fashion spotlight.

A slab of Brooklyn wall that the artist Banksy emblazoned with a bandaged, heart-shaped balloon is emerging after more than a decade in storage.

Cruella de Vil wanted to turn Dalmatian puppies into fur coats.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.

Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the gay-themed song “I Kissed a Girl,” has died in a house fire.

Last fall's “60 Minutes” story on Kamala Harris — the subject of a $20 billion lawsuit by President Donald Trump — was nominated for an Emmy Award for “outstanding edited interview.”.

President Donald Trump's remark to Terry Moran in an ABC News interview — that it was his choice to whom he would grant an interview — exposes a delicate question for journalists.

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are getting their turn to question a woman who alleges the one-time Hollywood heavyweight held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on her nearly two decades ago.

Many of the big movies this summer might come from familiar places – whether they’re franchises, sequels or hybrid adaptations of beloved animated classics.

John Hauldren has been a Chicago Cubs fan all his life.

Researchers say Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years.

Diego Boneta grew tired of Hollywood’s obsession with narcos storylines for Latinos, so he decided to shake things up by writing his own self-described “murder mystery, sexual thriller” set around a fictional business empire.

Nestled in what is gradually becoming the gaming/entertainment district in Shenandoah's Metropark Square, BRKTHROUGH offers over 35 high-energy game rooms with thoughtfully curated food and drink choices to satisfy any vibe for any occasion.

The final season of “The Righteous Gemstones” is rife with the show’s trademark depravity.

Oscar-nominated “Past Lives” filmmaker Celine Song's new film “Materialists” was inspired by the brief time she worked as a matchmaker in New York.

British counterterrorism detectives will investigate comments by Irish hip-hop group Kneecap.

Clothing as message.

Three Broadway shows — “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Death Becomes Her” and “Maybe Happy Ending” — each earned a leading 10 Tony Award nominations Thursday.

Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff’s work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death.

North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick has defended girlfriend Jordon Hudson for interjecting during a CBS interviewer’s questions about their relationship and said she was “simply doing her job.”.

NBC is continuing its strategy of infusing the Olympics with pop culture and celebrity appeal to generate momentum ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games in Italy next year.

Black style will have its moment as the biggest night in fashion gets underway.

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Five years after Harvey Weinstein's first trial, one of his accusers has told a new jury that he allegedly held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on her after she told him no_ Miriam Haley dabbed her eyes Wednesday as she recalled the alleged July 2006 assault and called it “unthinkable.”.