Is Netflix a universal language?

The entertainment giant is counting on it as the company seeks to extend its lead in the global streaming business. On Monday, Netflix showcased its latest slate of international original programs, which are a key part of its strategy to attract and retain subscribers around the world.

The list includes the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Sammy Hagar was assembling a new telescope on Sunday afternoon. He had the glasses on, instructions out, wrench in hand, immersed in the challenge and admitting, “I’m so not a rock star right now.”

Hagar is still an analog guy on this digital assignment. But no matter the equipment, he’s looking into the galaxy with his ...Read more

DETROIT — Post Malone has an announcement. A Big Ass announcement, to be more specific.

The multi-genre hitmaker will perform at Ford Field on May 18 as part of his "Big Ass Stadium Tour," the singer announced Tuesday.

He'll be joined by fellow rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll, who earlier this month told an audience at Little Caesars...Read more

Kelsey Mann was scanning some old photos when he came to a series of pictures from his childhood birthdays and was struck by what he saw.

“I was 5, and it’s my birthday, and I’m sitting there in front of my cake … I think it was the smile and the joy on my face that made me stop,” says the director of “Inside Out 2.” “I’m like...Read more

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

NOVEMBER

19: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

19: Godzilla Minus One

19: Speak No Evil

19: Reagan

19: The Killer's Game

19: God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

19: Skincare

19: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

19: A Sudden Case of Christmas

19: Dead ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — From the moment Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham started to sing and play at the Troubadour one night at the end of September, the audience listened in rapt attention.

The occasion? One of the first full performances of the two singer-songwriters’ new collaboration, the album “Cunningham Bird,” a track-by-track ...Read more

A British historical drama boasting a strong cast tops the DVD releases for the week of Nov. 19.

"The Critic": Lesley Manville, Gemma Arterton and Ian McKellen star in this film set in the London theatrical world in which a critic becomes embroiled in a murderous web involving a blackmail scheme.

ALSO NEW ON DVD NOV. 26

"Attachment": Danish ...Read more

CHICAGO — “A hundred or more hidden things”: That’s how the director Vincente Minnelli described the elusive secrets to any memorable scene in a movie, or even a single shot. Or the single second it takes to move from one shot to another.

How a movie’s footage is cut together falls to the editor. The editor sets a film’s heart rate ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — As Tears for Fears toured behind its 2022 album “The Tipping Point,” singer-bassist Curt Smith says he and his longtime musical partner Roland Orzabal started thinking about documenting these shows that they considered among the best performances the group has ever done.

“The live show after ‘The Tipping Point’ for...Read more

After Martin Scorsese saw success with a run of acclaimed films leading up to his first Oscar winner "Raging Bull" in 1980, the director thought he could take some time to pursue a topic that fascinated him since childhood.

"I thought why not go to the stories of saints?" Scorsese said at a recent panel discussion in New York. At the time, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — What's most surprising about the excellent Geffen Playhouse production of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," starring Rainn Wilson ("The Office" and Aasif Mandvi ("The Daily Show," "This Way Up"), is how subdued the clowning is from two actors known for their offbeat comic talents.

The revival, which opened at the Geffen ...Read more

DENVER — Anthony Mackie wants to get something off his chest before answering any questions.

“That Meow (Wolf Denver) museum is the craziest (stuff) I’ve ever seen in my life,” said the 46-year-old actor, unprompted, referring to the surreal installation just west of downtown.

That’s saying something, given Mackie’s career as an ...Read more

Vladimir Shklyarov, who impressed ballet audiences as a principal dancer with Russia’s prestigious Mariinsky Ballet Theatre, has died. He was 39.

Shklyarov died “tragically” Saturday, the Mariinsky announced Monday in a statement on its website. “His loss is deeply felt by the entire Mariinsky family and the wider ballet world.” The ...Read more

Wild guess: You’ve probably heard of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).

The Florentine Renaissance artist, engineer and polymath made the most famous picture of all time, a painted poplar panel that hangs in virtual isolation in the Salle des États at Paris’ Louvre Museum. Now he’s the subject of documentarian Ken Burns’ new two-part film,...Read more

Betty White, who died in 2021 after a decades-spanning career in television, will be honored with a postage stamp in 2025, the U.S. Postal Service announced Friday.

The stamp is based on a 2010 photograph by Kwaku Alston and was designed by Greg Breeding, an art director for the postal service.

“An icon of American television, Betty White (...Read more

Sabrina Carpenter fans were in a frenzy during her Los Angeles stop of the Short n’ Sweet tour with a very familiar face making a special appearance.

On Sunday, the “Espresso” singer highlighted SNL’s recent spoof of her song “Espresso, “bringing out SNL star Marcello Hernández to reprise his character in the sketch, Domingo. “My...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Another unexpected country music star from outside the Nashville hitmaking machinery à la his buddy Zach Bryan, warbling voiced Kentucky singer Tyler Childers will move up to arena-headlining status in 2025 when his newly announced On the Road Tour hits Target Center on April 9.

Tickets to the Wednesday night gig in Minneapolis...Read more

Months after Kansas authorities confirmed they suspected no foul play in Cole Brings Plenty's death, the "1923" actor's family has publicly challenged the results of their investigation.

The deceased actor's father, Joe Brings Plenty Sr., said he is still "fighting to find out" what happened to his son while speaking Sunday at the Red Nation ...Read more

NEW YORK — Pete Davidson is having trouble booking new projects after canceling his show “Bupkis” in March 2024 for its approved second season, a source tells me.

Following the cancellation, the comic voluntarily sent big payments to his co-stars — Edie Falco, Joe Pesci and Bobby Cannavale — for the work they’d lost.

Now it seems ...Read more