He’s got friends in high places.

Crossover country star Garth Brooks will perform at Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday. The “Friends in Low Places” singer announced his decision on Monday.

“This is not a political statement,” Brooks said in a statement. “This is statement of unity."

Brooks said Wednesday’s performance gives ...Read more

Fox News has lined up six rotating hosts for its new 7 p.m. opinion program aimed at feeding the appetite of conservative viewers in the hour.

The new show, called "Fox News Primetime," was to launch Monday with "Fox & Friends" morning show co-host Brian Kilmeade, as previously announced. The Times has learned that other names lined up to helm ...Read more

NEW YORK – British actor Tom Payne was just about to quit acting when the zombie apocalypse saved him.

“I had two months’ rent in my bank account, my work visa was about to run out, and I had a tax bill for $30,000 that I couldn’t pay,” he says.

“When that was all coming to a head, ‘The Walking Dead’ came along," he says. "I ...Read more

It began because of writer's block, and thanks to the pandemic it hasn't yet ended.

That's how Dave Simonett explained the rather odd existence of his latest side project, an improvisational drone band that now goes by the name More Light.

The Trampled by Turtles frontman was in a bit of a creative rut in the fall of 2019 when he booked a day ...Read more

There’s no handbook that explains how to stay focused while working from home on a key project, during a pandemic, two days after an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

But Alena Smith managed the best she could.

Just before the return of “Dickinson,” Apple TV+'s quirky and audacious coming-of-age tale featuring 19th century poet Emily ...Read more

In the final moments of "WandaVision's" second episode, Wanda turns to Vision and asks, "Is this really happening?"

It's almost as if she's channeling the audience.

Ever since the earliest footage of the Disney+ series was released, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been keen on solving the mystery behind how and why Wanda Maximoff (...Read more

Neal Baer has experience changing audiences’ opinions.

The pediatrician turned TV writer wove public health storylines into shows like “ER” as part of a campaign to popularize the use of designated drivers to reduce drunk driving. Now, he and others in Hollywood have enlisted medical experts to help them convince viewers to mask up and ...Read more

The feature debut from writer-director Emerald Fennell, "Promising Young Woman" seems designed to spur on uncomfortable post-movie conversations and think pieces as it continually destabilizes audiences. With a dazzling and electrifying lead performance by Carey Mulligan, the story follows a young woman named Cassandra who is traumatized by the ...Read more

When the chaotic tenure of Donald Trump as president of the United States ends on Wednesday (according to custom, law and belief), what will also pass is a small, intriguing, almost silent protest against him that’s been carried out over the public airwaves.

Since the week after the November 3 presidential election, CBS “Late Show” host ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — I somehow sensed the conversation would be our last. It wasn't that she sounded any different. Her voice was sunny and clear. But at the end of that October phone call, she told me: "Never forget: I love you."

She said it again an hour later in a text message, after thanking me for a book recommendation: "never-forget-love."

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More than 250 authors, editors, agents, professors and others in the American literary community signed an open letter last week opposing any publisher that signs book deals with President Donald Trump or members of his administration.

Former DC Comics president Paul Levitz, journalist Sarah Weinman and "Little Fires Everywhere" author Celeste ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Like most of us, Amanda Gorman has been cooped up in her West Los Angeles apartment binge-watching "The Great British Baking Show" because of the pandemic. Unlike most of us, she got some very exciting news recently via Zoom: She'd been handpicked to read a poem at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

The incoming first ...Read more

Super fans of Olivia Rodrigo have long been manifesting her "world domination" on social media. And last week, they got their wish.

The actress and teen songwriting phenom's runaway hit of a debut single, "Drivers License," has been shattering streaming records left and right since its buzzy release two weeks ago. In a recent interview with ...Read more

Get your popcorn ready: Big movies are coming soon.

With so many films delayed last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, even more big titles than usual are on the horizon in 2021.

Here are movies to look forward to between now and March.

“One Night in Miami”

This movie features a knockout group of icons: Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Jim ...Read more

Joe Biden’s inauguration special gets more star-studded by the day.

The TV special, replacing the president-elect’s inauguration night balls, added a who’s who of celebrities to the prime-time program Sunday, including “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, who will “recite a classic work,” according to the inauguration committee....Read more