A Strange Loop, the story of a Black gay man and his mental struggles as a playwright, won the Tony award for best new musical on Sunday as Broadway honored its first season since the long pandemic shutdown.

Nearly 60 years after preaching the virtues of patience and modesty as Mary Poppins and governess Maria, Julie Andrews declared she was "gobsmacked" to have her career honored at a glitzy Hollywood gala on Thursday.

A "Lightyear" producer told Reuters that authorities in China had asked for cuts to the movie, which Disney declined to make, and she assumed the movie would not open there either. The animated film depicts a same-sex couple who share a brief kiss, which prompted the United Arab Emirates to ban the film.

Hollywood stars including Amy Schumer, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo signed a letter published on Monday calling for movies and television shows to depict responsible gun ownership and to limit scenes involving children with firearms.

Global megahit "Squid Game" will return for a second season, Netflix Inc NFLX.O announced on Sunday, offering a few hints about what is to come in the dark Korean drama.

The 'Pitch Perfect' actor had posted a selfie with her "Disney Princess" partner to Instagram on Friday, a day before the Sydney Morning Herald reported it had known about the relationship and given Wilson two days to comment.

Bob Marley famously sang "Africa Unite" but on Friday he was bringing unity to an Americas summit that was marked by disputes.

Looking resplendent in a bejeweled red ball gown, Brazilian beauty queen Eloa Rodrigues knows how lucky she is: In the world's deadliest country for trans people, she is daring to live out her dreams.

Microsoft on Thursday announced that the ability to play Xbox games will be built into Samsung smart televisions in its latest cloud gaming move.

During the Reform era, many Indonesians cherished depictions of LGBT characters on screen, however flawed their representations were.

Foo Fighters will play a pair of tribute concerts in honor of the band's late drummer Taylor Hawkins this fall.

After 25 years and 490 million copies sold worldwide, the beloved Japanese manga One Piece is entering its final chapter.

"We are in a window of opportunity right now that we have not been in before, a window where it seems like real change, real change can happen," the 52-year-old McConaughey told reporters.

The story of how a ramshackle bedroom musician from Bandung ended up working with four different labels in the West.

Showing off their awkward moves in shirts, ties and brightly colored belly warmers, four men in their 50s and 60s have become Japan's latest TikTok sensation.

The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie Top Gun on Monday sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year's blockbuster sequel Top Gun: Maverick.

The two pop-rock artists' ode to friendship is also a testament to their creative bravery and a warmup for their respective new albums.

War movie Shershaah marched off with the Best Picture and Best Director prizes as Bollywood's Oscars returned for the first time since the pandemic began, with an all-singing, all-dancing awards ceremony on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.

Wearing a Union Jack bandana, Obi the corgi stares intently at the camera as he snuggles on a floral sofa with a woman in a tiara. "The queen would approve," his owner says after the photo session, giving him a snack.

Mariah Carey has been sued in the United States for alleged copyright infringement over her global hit 1994 song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You”, court documents show.

Folk pop singer-songwriter Yahya has joined the ranks of blossoming young musicians who have decided to navigate their journey their own way, starting with putting a misunderstood genre back on the map.

Ewan McGregor hit back on Wednesday at people targeting fellow Star Wars actor Moses Ingram with racist abuse, saying they are not true fans.

The Rolling Stones rocked Madrid on Wednesday with gusto, and a bit of nostalgia for its late drummer Charlie Watts, as it kicked off a European tour marking its 60th anniversary as a band.

A lawyer for a woman who accused Bill Cosby of assaulting her at the Playboy Mansion in the mid-1970s told a California jury in the United States on Wednesday the comedian had a sense of "entitlement”, while Cosby's lawyer called the alleged assault a "fabrication”.

Much-anticipated action film Top Gun: Maverick was expected to have a big opening and it did not disappoint, taking in an estimated $151 million in North America.

Russian subscribers have lost access to streaming giant Netflix in the latest pullout of a Western company over the conflict in Ukraine.

The 17-year-old music festival has returned to relevance with help from some of its veteran staples, as well as fresh new acts.

Triangle of Sadness, a film by Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, won the Palme d'Or for Best Picture at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, the festival announced.

Biden would host the global phenomenon musical group on Tuesday and would "discuss Asian inclusion and representation, and to address anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination which have become more prominent issues in recent years," it said.

Actor Ray Liotta, who starred in Martin Scorsese's gangster classic "Goodfellas," has died suddenly in the Dominican Republic, officials and police said Thursday. He was 67.