Entertainment & Society

Elton John is retiring from the road after his upcoming three-year global tour, capping nearly 50 years on stages around the world. “I’ve had a good run, I think you’d admit that,” John said Wednesday, adding that he wanted to...

Before her iconic Golden Globes speech sparked a new presidential push on social media, Oprah Winfrey declared that she’s not interested in a White House bid. The billionaire media mogul says in a newly published interview that she’s aware of...

A man who served prison time in Nevada for involuntary manslaughter is facing a misdemeanor battery charge in an attack involving entertainer Flavor Flav at a Las Vegas casino, authorities said Thursday. The 58-year-old rapper and reality television star, whose...

A former personal assistant for Harvey Weinstein says she was forced to clean up messes from his sexual encounters and take dictation from him while he was naked, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. Sandeep Rehal said she suffers...

In another apparent consequence of the #MeToo movement, last year’s best actor Oscar winner Casey Affleck will not be presenting at or attending the 90th Academy Awards. Affleck’s publicist said Thursday that the actor would not be at the ceremony...

Does Kobe Bryant need another trophy? He might get one — at the Oscars. Bryant, the retired Los Angeles Lakers star, was nominated in the animated short category for “Dear Basketball,” based on a poem he wrote in 2015 announcing...

Hugh Masekela, the legendary South African jazz musician and anti-apartheid activist, has died after a decade-long fight with cancer. He was 78. Often called the “Father of South African jazz,” Masekela died in Johannesburg after what his family said Tuesday...

List of nominees for the 90th annual Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Best Picture: “Call Me by Your Name,” ″Darkest Hour,” ″Dunkirk,” ″Get Out,” ″Lady Bird,” ″Phantom Thread,” ″The Post,” ″The Shape of...

A partial list of winners at Sunday’s 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles: MOVIES: Actor: Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour” Actress: Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Supporting actor: Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Supporting actress: Allison Janney, “I,...

John Coleman, who co-founded The Weather Channel and was the original meteorologist on ABC’s “Good Morning America” during a six-decade broadcasting career but who later drew people’s anger for his open skepticism about climate change being man-made, has died....