LOS ANGELES — Two decades after the release of his debut album, John Legend was at a point where children's music was probably inevitable.

The smooth-voiced EGOT winner had already moved beyond his trademark R&B to make a Christmas record and compose his first musical; he'd already put in several seasons as a coach on "The Voice" and taken a ...Read more

In its trailers for “Blink Twice,” Zoë Kravitz’s sleek directorial debut feature, Amazon and MGM are desperate to package the goods like a straightforward abduction thriller. But for Kravitz, best known as an actor (“The Batman,” the Hulu series adaptation of “High Fidelity,” the HBO Steven Soderbergh film “Kimi”), it’s a ...Read more

In 1994, Bush was part of the peak alternative rock explosion.

Cuts from the band’s seminal “Sixteen Stone” album shared the radio with future classic songs by the likes of Pearl Jam, Offspring, Green Day, Hole, Soundgarden and Nine Inch Nails. Rock stations kept muscular Bush songs like “Comedown,” “Machinehead” and “Glycerine�...Read more

Rocker Sid Wilson is going to be looking a little different after badly burning his face last week.

The Slipknot DJ and keyboard player singed off his eyebrows and "melted" much of his skin after a bonfire exploded while he was working on his farm. He said he isn't expecting to need surgery or skin grafts to deal with the wounds but isn't yet ...Read more

South Korean singer Taeil is leaving the K-pop group NCT over a sex crime allegation.

The South Korean singer's agency, SM Entertainment, announced Wednesday that the 30-year-old will depart after recently confirming that Taeil "has been accused of a criminal case related to sex crimes."

Although the label didn't specify the alleged crimes, an...Read more

As Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck navigate their divorce filing, details are emerging about how Affleck’s alleged mood swings affected the couple’s relationship.

The 55-year-old “Jenny from the Block” singer reportedly spent a lot of energy trying to help her 52-year-old husband get through his darker periods, People Magazine reported,...Read more

Bristol Palin‘s time on “Dancing with the Stars” was no cakewalk.

The daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn’t get a warm welcome from international ballroom dance champ Maksim Chmerkovskiy when she was a contestant on the celebrity dancing competition 14 years ago.

During a new interview on Cheryl Burke‘s podcast “Sex, ...Read more

There is nothing like a slew of new rumors to get someone to address old mistakes. Alix Earle, the “Get Ready With Me” TikTok influencer, said this week that she’s “deeply sorry” for posting racist slurs against Black people multiple times a decade ago.

“I am taking accountability and want to make it clear that I was 13 years old ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — New chapter, new ride: Armie Hammer has sold his beloved pickup truck — the latest reverberation from sexual assault allegations and a cannibalism scandal that undid his once-promising film career.

"The Social Network" and "Call Me by Your Name" actor on Tuesday posted a relatable video of himself taking his four-door pickup ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Almost 40 years after its release, “La Bamba,” the beloved biopic of singer Ritchie Valens, is getting a remake. And Luis Valdez, the original director and writer, wants people to know: “This was not my choice.”

On Monday, Variety reported that Sony Pictures and Mucho Mas Media are developing a new version of the ...Read more

With the title “1992” and an image of Watts' own Tyrese Gibson on the poster, one would be safe to assume that the 1992 Los Angeles uprising that erupted in the wake of the Rodney King verdict would be central to this B-movie thriller by Ariel Vromen. Instead, the riots feel incidental to the story.

Indeed the film is set on April 29, 1992...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Tyrese Gibson paused when asked how he got the lead role in "1992"; the film is a heist movie set on the first day of the Los Angeles riots that followed the acquittals of LAPD officers in the beating of motorist Rodney King.

"That's a loaded question," says Gibson, who grew up in the Watts neighborhood of South Los Angeles....Read more

DENVER — Country musician Scotty McCreery halted his concert at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo over the weekend to address an alleged assault in the audience.

In a video posted to Facebook, McCreery played just a few notes of the song “It Matters To Her” before he stopped the Aug. 24 show to call out a man who he said had hit a woman ...Read more

ATLANTA — Legendary Atlanta hip-hop duo Outkast has sued an electronic dance group over its use of the name ATLiens.

In the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia last week, the group accused ATLiens of taking a name Outkast have used for more than 28 years but did not trademark at the time.

The EDM ...Read more

'1992'

Rated R for violence and pervasive language.

What it’s about: A former gang member interrupts a daring heist during the chaos of the L.A. riots in 1992.

The kid attractor factor: Not much, this is more of an action/crime film.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Family is more important than money.

Violence: Some extreme bloody violence, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Open the doors. Raise the baton. Start the music.

After going through an extensive, four-year redesign and renovation, an 11-month construction delay and a budget of more than $125 million, the San Diego Symphony will resume performing Sept. 28 at the downtown concert hall that has been its indoor home since 1985.

Although the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — It’s a record: The 78 concerts the San Diego Symphony will present between the Sept. 28 reopening of its Jacobs Music Center and May 31 of next year are, by far, the most the orchestra has scheduled in any season of its 114-year history.

It is also the most ambitious season the orchestra has undertaken, the better to celebrate ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Garcelle Beauvais says her teenage son Jax has decided to back away from the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" spotlight after he was subjected to racist online harassment in 2022.

The "Coming to America" actor said her son approached her about his absence before the cameras began rolling for "RHOBH" Season 14. "Jax said to me,...Read more

With the return of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” for Season 4, the podcasting, murder-solving trio of Charles, Oliver and Mabel try to figure out who killed Sazz Pataki, Charles’ old friend and stunt double from his TV stardom heyday.

Nothing seems amiss at first. There’s no body or obvious crime scene. But Sazz hasn’t been ...Read more

Considering that the screen industry still holds enough confusion for any 20 industries, the upcoming movie titles have some promise. The fall season is still the fall season, which means it’s the run-up or run-down to awards season late this year and early next.

It means imminent best-of-2024 lists destined for pushback (why does everyone ...Read more