Arts and Entertainment

Stars, athletes bring buzz to New Orleans before Super Bowl

Film director found guilty of sexual assault in France’s first big #MeToo trial

Chappell Roan wins best new artist at the Grammys

Late President Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy

US woman with Down syndrome earns Master of Fine Arts

‘Dog Man’ bites off $36 million, taking No. 1 at box office

Beyonce competes for the big prize – again – at Sunday’s Grammys

Couple challenges Vatican bank’s ban on workplace marriages

New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Maori

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

Police say at least 30 died in stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh festival

Year of the Snake is underway with Lunar New Year festivities

China sees boom in feasts for pets on Lunar New Year’s Eve

Chiefs, Eagles reach Super Bowl

Percival Everett’s ‘James’ awarded Carnegie Medal for fiction

Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ is No. 1 at box office, ‘The Brutalist’ expands

Taipei pet shop strives to break down anti-snake prejudice

Indonesia showcases returned artifacts it had sought for decades from Netherlands

How the oldest known Hebrew book landed in a Washington museum

Lunar New Year travel offers boost to China’s economic woes

Young rodeo riders compete in mutton bustin’

VOA Mandarin: Chinese actor Hu Ge enters politics

‘Emilia Perez’ tops Oscar nominations in fire-hit Hollywood

Historical novel offers lessons to next generation, says Afghan writer

Starry Sundance fest moves ahead in wake of LA fires

Keke Palmer’s ‘One of Them Days,’ ‘Mufasa’ race for No. 1

Chili paste heats up dishes and warms hearts at northeastern Tunisia’s harissa festival

New documentary questions who took famous napalm attack photo

David Lynch, filmmaker behind ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan out of danger after stabbing at Mumbai home

Kenyan company turns glass waste into artisanal products

Lasers help archaeologists study ancient tattoos on Peruvian mummies

With tourism booming, Egypt showcases new discoveries from its ancient past

London subway riders bare their legs in ‘No Trousers Tube Ride’

‘Den of Thieves 2’ is No. 1 at box office as ‘Better Man’ flops

Scarves over headscarves, Muslim women’s outdoors group tackles snow tubing in Minnesota

Braced with defenses against fire, Getty art center faces LA flames

Top Vatican diplomat consecrates Catholic church at Jesus’ baptism site

Pakistan court temporarily blocks deportation of Afghan musicians, singers

Peter Yarrow of folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86

Films, television shows honored at 82nd Golden Globes

‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Emilia Perez’ triumph at Golden Globes

Complete list of Golden Globe winners

Viola Davis, Ted Danson celebrated in film and TV at Golden Globes event

‘Mufasa’ and ‘Sonic 3’ rule first box office weekend of 2025

Danish-Swedish farmdog joins American Kennel Club’s lineup

Celebrated South African contemporary dancer Dada Masilo dies at 39

Influential people who died in 2024

Four UK Post Office scandal victims recognized in honors list

Argentine judge charges 5 people over death of former One Direction star Liam Payne

Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actress who starred in sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87

‘Sonic 3’ and ‘Mufasa’ battle for No. 1 at holiday box office

Mexican prison board game brings together people from all walks of life

Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ dies at 73

Pope opens special ‘Holy Door’ for Catholic Jubilee at Rome prison

Biden signs bill officially making the bald eagle the national bird of the US

NORAD’s Santa tracker was Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids

In photos: Christmas around the world

Legendary Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal dies at age 90

Inner city kids showcase talents in Hollywood Christmas Parade