It’s never say never for Chris Rock, who revealed that he hasn’t ruled out hosting the Oscars again — three years after the infamous Will Smith slap.

When asked if he would preside over Hollywood’s biggest night again after the physical altercation during the live 2022 telecast, the “Saturday Night Live” alum said “you never know....Read more

Chappell Roan wasn’t at the Oscars ceremony on Sunday, but we’ll just go ahead and proclaim that she won the weekend in a big way.

When you get to sing with Elton John — in front of your parents, no less — well, you win.

Roan performed Sunday at the 33rd annual Elton John Aids Foundation Oscars viewing party under a big tent at West ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band’s tireless Peace and Love tour is returning to the Strip.

It’s an unofficial title, but it Starr’s enduring message. His band is back at The Venetian Theatre on Sept. 17, 19, 20, 24, 26 and 27 . All shows are at 8:30 p.m., and tickets are on sale 10 a.m. Friday Pacific time at Ticketmaster....Read more

Pretty good Oscars show on Sunday! Long, yes, at three hours and 45 minutes. Adrien Brody’s best actor acceptance speech for “The Brutalist” took three hours and 43 minutes of that, or felt like it. But the evening’s pace was steady, first-time host Conan O’Brien kept it moving (though he yelled a lot, as if there were no microphones ...Read more

ATLANTA — Music icon Usher will be the keynote speaker for Emory University’s spring commencement. The graduation will be held on May 12 on the Emory Quadrangle.

Usher will also receive an honorary doctor of humane letters.

“There are few artists in the history of popular music who have innovated as ceaselessly as Usher,” Emory ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Not surprisingly, the top trending searches on Sunday night concerned the Academy Awards show.

Besides the general searches about who won, these queries popped up near the top of Google’s list:

What is “Anora” about? As described by the Associated Press, the best-picture winner is a “strip club Cinderella story but...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — You have to think that Demi Moore didn’t just spend time rehearsing a memorable speech for a much-predicted win for best actress at Sunday’s Academy Awards.

A 40-year Hollywood veteran, “The Substance” star probably also mentally prepared for how she would react if her name wasn’t called, knowing that her facial ...Read more

“The White Lotus,” Mike White’s black comedy anthology series, is back on HBO for a third season. Episode 3 opens with the Ratliff family (minus their patriarch, Tim, played by Jason Isaacs) on the shore, under foreboding gray-blue skies that saturate the surrounding area. The three siblings are sitting together — “This is what it ...Read more

Eugene Daniels, a White House correspondent for Politico, is joining MSNBC full-time as a host.

The Comcast Corp.-owned news channel announced Monday that Daniels, 36, will join the morning edition of "The Weekend," a three-hour program airing Saturdays and Sundays. He will be joined by Washington Post journalist Jonathan Capehart and another ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Every year, Times writers, editors, photographers and videographers fan out at the Oscars to capture the scene inside the Dolby Theatre, and the 97th edition of the awards was no different. And whether you watched the show live or are just catching up, there was much to learn from Hollywood’s glitziest night.

Our team on the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As music critics, we get blowback from readers. Usually when we write something even the least bit negative about a favorite artist. Sometimes we catch flak, believe it or not, for praising an act.

The first time I got slammed for touting a band was back in my college days. Writing for the (University of) Minnesota Daily’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Another year, another Oscars, 97th in a series, presented live from the Dolby Theatre, on the former site of the Hollywood Hotel, structurally indistinguishable from Oscars that were — pandemic variations notwithstanding — and Oscars that will be. The early starting time — 7 p.m. Eastern instead of the old 8 p.m. ET — ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — If at the close of singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett’s concerts this year you hear “Walk Like an Egyptian” by the Bangles playing as Lovett leaves the stage, well, there’s a story behind that. And it’s delightful.

In 2017, shortly before Lovett turned 60, he and his wife April Kimble became first-time parents to twins ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Half a century after the release of 1975's "Dreamboat Annie," Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart are on the road. The tour wasn't necessarily designed to mark the 50th anniversary of the band's debut album: Heart started playing concerts again in 2023 — the Wilsons' first gigs together since before the pandemic — only to call off ...Read more

Starz is celebrating Women’s History Month all through March with a string of TV series about extraordinary women. And while we of the current generation pound our breasts and roar (in numbers too big to ignore) there existed females before us who actually changed the world.

One of the most prominent was the red-headed Queen Elizabeth I. As ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Few things in the concert industry are a sure bet, let alone at an $85 million venue whose 2021 opening coincided with a global pandemic resurgence that brought live events to a near-standstill.

But the San Diego Symphony’s Rady Shell at Jacobs Park quickly drew enthusiastic audiences to performances by major artists at the open...Read more

LAS VEGAS — “Pawn Stars,” as we have known it for the past 16 years, is on indefinite pause.

Series star and lead visionary Rick Harrison said last week the show is no longer under contract with History, where it has been an international phenomenon since its premiere on July 19, 2009.

“However, we’re waiting to see when we might ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Looks-wise, he had a humbleness that allowed him to play cops, working men and the president of the United States. The voice could grumble and soar, scraping the deepest recesses of evil and reaching the high-pitched cajoling of a championship schemer. Gene Hackman dodged and weaved. He bounced through early triumphs “Bonnie ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Adrien Brody flashed his status as a two-time Oscar winner to ward off the orchestral music that was nudging him to wrap up his lengthy acceptance speech Sunday evening.

“Please turn the music off. I’ve done this before,” he said, well into his speech, promising to not be “egregious” in the rest of his remarks. “It�...Read more