Monday, Apr. 24, 2023

When Benjamin Millepied was a teenager starting dance training in New York, he and fellow students got into ballet performances for free, but opera was another story: They had to be creative. They'd sneak into the Metropolitan Opera House during intermission, or talk their way backstage, relying...

Friday, Apr. 21, 2023

Filmmaker Allen Hughes thought participating in any Tupac Shakur project was a farfetched idea especially after surviving a brutal altercation involving him and the rap legend three decades ago.

For years, Hughes firmly held a grudge even after a public apology from Shakur — who along...

Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2023

In writer-director Ari Aster's new film " Beau is Afraid," Joaquin Phoenix plays an anxious man in a rotten world who goes on a wildly weird journey, both Homeric and Oedipal, to his mother's home.

It's theatrical and depraved and perhaps best left largely unexplained, at least until...

Thursday, Apr. 13, 2023

Hostess Brands president and CEO Andy Callahan knows that his company--the maker of Twinkies, HoHos and other snack cakes--is sometimes the butt of jokes.

"A lot of people think a Twinkie has a shelf life of a thousand years," Callahan said. "It doesn't. Once it gets to the store, it...

Thursday, Apr. 6, 2023

Lewis Capaldi's first album went multiplatinum and led to chart-topping hits, sold-out stadiums, and a Grammy nomination for the singer-songwriter. Besting that with his sophomore album was daunting enough, but then he agreed to allow a Netflix documentary crew to follow him. Capaldi says, with...

Saturday, Apr. 1, 2023

Brooke Shields has been known as beautiful, smart and famous since she was a baby, but a new documentary reveals why it's taken decades for her to feel confident in her talent.

With a dazzling array of archival photos and footage, and in-depth interviews with Shields, "Pretty Baby: Brooke...

Thursday, Mar. 23, 2023

Hip-hop became a cultural phenomenon against the backdrop of American history, and now Public Enemy's Chuck D has committed himself to explore the artform's origins.

Chuck D rounded up several rap greats — including Ice-T, Run DMC and MC Lyte — who offered their firsthand accounts ahead...

Monday, Mar. 13, 2023

With a new theme park attraction opened last month, an upcoming major motion picture and the sequel to a massive hit video game about to be released, everything's coming up Nintendo.

Doug Bowser, the head of Nintendo USA since 2019, spoke to us at Universal Studios Hollywood's Super...

Friday, Mar. 3, 2023

"I'm jealous you get to meet her," an employee working behind the scenes at a recent press opportunity for "Daisy Jones & the Six" told some journalists.

The "her" in question was not Riley Keough, the star of the Amazon limited series, or any of the show's other female stars. It was...

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023

Ludwig Göransson initially felt tremendous pressure in composing new music for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," with hopes of living up to his Oscar-winning score on the franchise's 2019 epic first film.

But instead of dwelling in his successful past, Göransson focused on pushing the...

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