LOS ANGELES — Shakira’s beloved 1999 performance on the MTV series “Unplugged” has been released from the vault.

Paramount announced Tuesday that it added more than 50 episodes of the MTV series “Unplugged” to its streaming platform. Each episode famously showcased live acoustic sessions by such acts as Nirvana, Mariah Carey, Lauryn...Read more

DENVER — Punk in the Park is headed back to Denver for a grizzled bacchanalia of punk rock, craft beer and nostalgia, following its single-day debut in 2021. And boy, is it full of Gen X catnip.

The three-day event, which takes over the National Western Stockyards July 18, 19 and 20, will feature punk-rock legends Bad Religion, Descendents, ...Read more

Leave it to Francis Ford Coppola to use his Razzie “win” as an opportunity to critique the film industry.

Coppola was named worst director by the parody awards show honoring the year’s “worst” movies.

The “Godfather” director wrote in an Instagram post that he was “thrilled” by the honor. “In this wreck of a world today, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the Minnesota music scene’s most famous alumni, Lizzo is coming back to Minneapolis to kick off what her people say “promises to be a blockbuster era of music.”

The Grammy-winning, platinum-selling R&B and hip-hop star debuted a new single on Friday alongside news she will perform an intimate concert at First Avenue...Read more

NEW YORK — The numbers are in … and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is once again the highest paid actor in Hollywood.

For the fifth time, the former professional wrestler-turned-movie box office star topped Forbes’ annual rich list, which was published Friday.

Grossing $103 million, the bulk of his riches came from a lucrative deal with ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Boots in the Park continues to grow, bringing country music and more to new markets.

Since its inception in 2018, Boots in the Park has evolved from a single event in Norco into a powerhouse festival brand, expanding into multiple cities while maintaining its core mission: delivering top-tier country music experiences. With ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Michelle Trachtenberg's official cause and manner of death will remain undetermined, according to the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The family of the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" star objected to having an autopsy performed on the actor— their right under the law — for religious reasons.

"[A]bsent any ...Read more

NEW YORK — Anthony Bourdain’s former assistant and co-writer is revealing the last text sent to her by the beloved chef, author and TV host hours before his 2018 suicide.

The “Parts Unknown” host hanged himself in June 2018 in his room at a hotel in Alsace, France, where he was filming the hit CNN travel series. He was 61.

Laurie ...Read more

ATLANTA — Atlanta resident Blayne Alexander has climbed the broadcast TV ladder over the past 17 years almost entirely at NBC or NBC-affiliated stations, culminating in a coveted job on “Dateline NBC.”

Alexander did two previous stories for “Dateline NBC” as an audition of sorts, and the bosses liked what they saw. Her first in-depth...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The deer look pensive, almost like they know what's coming.

In "Family," a black-and-white photograph from director Spike Jonze, two of the animals look straight into the camera while a third looks up at one of them, framed on a hillside overlooking a palm tree and downtown skyscrapers. Nature and urbanity uncomfortably thrust ...Read more

Paul McCartney is mad. So are Kate Bush, Elton John and about 1,000 other musicians who released a silent album this week — made by recording empty music studios — to protest the U.K.’s proposed changes to its copyright law. Britain, the country that gave us the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, now wants to make it easier for tech firms to ...Read more

Gene Hackman was, as so many of his fellow Hollywood heavyweights have remembered him, one of “the true giants of the screen.”

The two-time Oscar winner, 95, was found dead alongside his wife, 65-year-old Betsy Arakawa, at their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home on Wednesday.

Hackman had a storied career spanning more than four decades, and was ...Read more

NEW YORK — The controversies marring this year’s Oscars race — including racism on screen and online, and the questionable use of AI — bear a striking and sobering similarity to current American politics.

This Oscars season was always going to be less celebratory than usual, coming on the heels of wildfires that devastated Los Angeles ...Read more

It’s not too late — there’s still time to catch the Oscar-nominated movies that you’ve missed, before the ceremony March 2. A list of where to find those films is below. Note that select Regal cinemas will be showing all 10 best picture nominees through March 2, and that select AMC theaters are offering the ultimate Oscar package: a 24-...Read more

It’s true most years, out of the last 96. The Academy Awards, judging from the films and artists nominated and by the eventual winners, divides itself into two groups. One reminds us of a familiar moviegoing past. And one looks forward to whatever future the industry can make for itself.

Take the 10 nominees for best picture this year. The ...Read more

NEW YORK — The 97th Academy Awards are set to kick off March 2 at 7 p.m. ET live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles.

While many critics have tapped “Anora” to win the top prize for best picture, “The Brutalist” and “Conclave are also considered contenders.

This year’s Oscars will be a night of firsts for ...Read more

CHICAGO — In a room full of Pakistanis, “I love nihari” is as obvious a statement as “I like pizza” is to some people.

So last March, when “Deli Boys” actor Saagar Shaikh announced during dinner at Ali’s Nihari & BBQ that it was his “absolute favorite dish,” he wasn’t trying to sell creator and executive producer Abdullah ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Striking a distinguished look in a gray suit with coiffed white hair, Vincent Teixeira stepped up to the podium, standing in front of fellow film and TV actors who filled the house at the 99-seat Eastwood Performing Arts Center in East Hollywood.

Like an old-timey silent movie performer, he then began gesturing with his arms and...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Rebecca Black has lived the majority of her life online.

Her name is one that’s hardly escaped the internet’s consciousness since she was 13 — or since she released her 2011 music video for “Friday,” which instantly went viral and became a YouTube classic. Since embarking on this extremely public path of self-discovery...Read more