We take a look at some of the most controversial films that have ever graced the big screen. From canny movie bosses invoking shock-inducing publicity tactics to copycat crimes carried out after the ...

For participants worldwide, the holiday offers a meaningful, musical opportunity to stare down the dark. At this year’s Bay ...

Drag superstar The Vivienne, musicians Ozzy Osbourne, D'Angelo and Brian Wison and Oscar winners Diane Keaton and Robert ...

Probably the band that has played First Ave more than any other act, Dave Pirner and his ever-active crew still return there around the holidays no matter how they spent the rest of the year. In 2025, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Monty Python’s “Spamalot” is embarking on a quest to hit more than two dozen cities over the next nine months, and Cleveland is the first stop. Based on the cult comedy classic ...

Susie Figgis, the British casting director who worked on Gandhi, The Killing Fields, The Full Monty and Harry Potter, has died at age 77.

The soul legend died in New York City on Oct. 14, after secretly battling pancreatic cancer. Born Michael Eugene Archer, the ...

A Swedish youth choir marked the feast of St. Lucy by singing at a Mass at the Vatican on Thursday, Dec. 11. Students from Nordiska Musikgymnasiet — The Nordic Music High School — in Stockholm ...

April 25: “I saw rock and roll’s future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen.” —Rock critic Jon Landau, whose 1974 prophecy ...

Michael Bublé called meeting Pope Leo XIV on Friday “one of the greatest moments of my life,” adding that as he prepares to headline the Vatican’s annual Christmas concert for the poor, he hopes his ...

SINGAPORE - A night of song and music filled the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Dec 7, in the spirit of Christmas. Choral music lovers, diplomats, the young and not-so-young came together to listen ...

This is what the Defector staff read and enjoyed in 2025. The Trials of Gabriel Ward Murder Mystery Series, by Sally Smith ...