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

“The Voice” winner Jason “Sundance” Head says he’s thankful to be alive after accidentally shooting himself in the stomach on his East Texas ranch.

The Season 11 winner wounded himself Friday while hunting solo in the woods, his agent Trey Newman said in a statement. Head received one bullet in the stomach early that evening and was ...Read more

LOS ANGELES In late 2022, Sabrina Carpenter was a hard-working Disney Channel journeyman just getting out from beneath the pop-culture ignominy of having been cast as the bad-guy "blond girl" in Olivia Rodrigo's instant smash of a Gen Z heartbreak ballad, "Drivers License."

Two years later, Carpenter arrived at Crypto.com Arena on Friday night ...Read more

DETROIT — Canadian pop singer Tate McRae will perform her first area arena concert at Little Caesars Arena on Aug. 16, venue officials announced Thursday.

Tickets for the show go on sale at 11 a.m. Nov. 22 via Ticketmaster. Pre-sales for American Express holders begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

The show, part of the singer's Miss Possessive tour, ...Read more

DETROIT — Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rod Stewart is hitting the road "One Last Time," including an Aug. 12 stop at Pine Knob, promoters announced Monday.

Tickets for the show go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday via Ticketmaster. Presale tickets go on sale beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday for Citi cardholders and members of Stewart's fan club....Read more

The ballet world is mourning renowned Russian ballet dancer and onetime Ukraine war critic Vladimir Shklyarov after he fell 60 feet to his death from the fifth-story balcony of a St. Petersburg building.

Shklyarov was 39.

Russian authorities immediately ruled his death an accident, though an investigation was under way to confirm that, the ...Read more

Even before Denis Villeneuve's big-screen, two-part 2021 film introduced it to moviegoers who had missed David Lynch's enjoyably bonkers 1984 adaptation, Frank Herbert's "Dune" had become exploited IP.

Herbert completed six novels before his death in 1986; 17 more have been written by his son Brian and Kevin Anderson. But it was the Villeneuve ...Read more

One of my favorite songs of all time is "If You're Reading This" by country superstar Tim McGraw.

The lyrics are written in the form of a letter from a soldier, meant for his family should he fall in the line of duty. The inspiration came from a magazine article about the casualties of war back in 2007. Following the song's debut, McGraw said: ...Read more

Beyoncé will perform at halftime of an NFL Christmas Day game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans.

The “Texas Hold ‘Em” artist will play in her hometown of Houston at the Texans’ NRG Stadium. The 4:30 p.m. ET game and halftime show will stream live on Netflix.

Beyoncé’s halftime performance will be the first time she ...Read more

Quincy Jones had already written his speech to accept an honorary Oscar this year at the motion picture academy’s annual Governors Awards.

But he died two weeks before Sunday’s ceremony, so it was left to his daughter Rashida Jones to deliver his words.

“He has so many friends in this room — well, actually, probably in every room, if I...Read more

When famous singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash at 30 her daughter, Julie, was only 4 years old. Today Julie remembers hearing her mother's songs. “It would be no big deal to be in my grandmother's home and be listening to the music because she was playing some music. And that is where I heard the songs, and knew which ones that I really...Read more

Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good are engaged, they revealed on the red carpet at the Ebony Power 100 Gala.

The red carpet revelation capped a romance that started in 2023, coming full circle to where they first met two years ago — in the unisex bathroom at the event, the happy couple revealed to E! News.

At the time, Majors was mired in legal...Read more

CHICAGO — The comparisons to Jeremy Allen White first started for Ben Shabad when the television show “Shameless” premiered. Between his hair and face, the 37-year-old mental health therapist bears a striking resemblance to the actor.

By the time “The Bear” came out, Shabad said “Hey you look like the guy from that show” became a...Read more

Vir Das is a sizable star in India, where his every move is covered by the press. Three years ago, he caused a stir in India after making a comment in Washington, D.C., that went viral.

Within a poem, he said, “I come from an India where we worship women during the day and gang-rape them at night.”

Several Indian politicians called for his...Read more