CHICAGO -- Hip-hop mogul P. Diddy has been revealed as the buyer of Chicago artist Kerry James Marshall's "Past Times," the work that sold at auction this week for $21 million, a price believed to be near the maximum paid for a living artist.

Marshall's New York dealer, Jack Shainman, told the New York Times that P. Diddy, whose real name is ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- You've heard of a runaway bride. But what about a runaway cellist?

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra learned that it will be left at the altar this weekend -- the altar being the Alex Theatre on Glendale, Calif. For the last concert of its 50th anniversary season, LACO was to perform with 19-year-old British cello virtuoso Sheku ...Read more

Almost everyone with a pulse would hit movie theaters last week to check out "Deadpool 2," the first film with a legitimate shot to dethrone "Avengers: Infinity War" from the top perch at the box office.

Those looking to escape the summer comic book and blockbuster onslaught would have to settle for "Book Club."

"Settle" may not be an ...Read more

In the opening shot of Paul Schrader's new movie, the camera creeps slowly toward First Reformed Church, a small chapel in upstate New York that has welcomed parishioners since 1767. The place has seen better days, and so has its weary reverend, Ernst Toller (a superb Ethan Hawke).

He leads a weekly congregation of about four or five in a ...Read more

There are a few different meanings for the title of the 1994 French youth drama "Cold Water," an early triumph for the writer-director Olivier Assayas that is only now receiving a proper U.S. theatrical release.

An intimate, enveloping tale of romance and rebellion set in 1972, the film opens in a suburb near Paris but soon follows its 16-year-...Read more

It's not easy to capture lightning in a bottle twice, and it's even harder to push boundaries when you're playing it safe.

In "Deadpool 2," the manic antics fly fast, but the franchise loses its edge as wise-cracking antihero Deadpool goes dadcore, attempting to infuse standard-issue four-quadrant studio blockbuster beats into what was once a ...Read more

The CW is charming its way into Sunday and saying goodbye to some fan favorites.

The 2018-19 season will see the network, which until now has been doling out 10 hours of programming each week, boost its primetime schedule by 20 percent by adding two hours of scripted programming on Sunday nights. And the network is hoping to cast a spell from ...Read more

Time for Iron Man and Captain America to give someone else a turn at the box office -- namely, the guy known for throwing shade at his fellow superheroes.

Ryan Reynolds' foul-mouthed mercenary, Deadpool (aka Wade Wilson), is poised to rule the charts this weekend, two years after the superhuman antihero first shattered film industry ...Read more

In "Pope Francis: A Man of His Word," an associate says the pope has risen from Argentinian priest to Vatican leader to international icon because he is "the kind of person who speaks to everyone."

In Wim Wenders' new documentary, he speaks directly to you. Or that's the feeling anyway. Wenders follows the pope around the world, but punctuates ...Read more

Superhero sequels are always more of the same, and "Deadpool 2" continues the practice smoothly, transitioning into something more gory, bizarre, offbeat and even obscenely funny than the original, which opened in 2016 to quite justified acclaim and stratospheric profits. While the protagonist, a smart-mouthed, obnoxious, unkillable mutant ...Read more

NEW YORK -- A funny thing happened after my disappointment over "Mean Girls" had me forswearing musicals in the middle of Times Square. I fell in love again with the art form through two rapturous revivals of golden age classics I had mistakenly assumed were past their expiration dates, "Carousel" and "My Fair Lady."

"Mean Girls" didn't deserve...Read more