SAN DIEGO — Pulitzer Prize-winning opera composer and UC San Diego professor Anthony Davis didn’t have to look beyond his backyard — figuratively and (almost) literally — for inspiration for his latest musical opus, “Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote.”

Produced by the nonprofit presenting organization Bodhi Tree Concerts, the bilingual ...Read more

Noah Wyle was a "really dishonest kid" but it's made him "pathologically honest" as an adult.

The Pitt star - who shot to fame on medical drama E.R. in the 1990s - has admitted he told a lot of lies when he was a child and even claimed to have been a cast member of US sitcom What's Happening!!

He told the New York Times: "I was a really ...Read more

Meghan Trainor has insisted she is "innocent" of any toxic mom group drama.

The 32-year-old singer has been under scrutiny after Ashley Tisdale called out "mean-girl behaviour" from the parents she used to hang out with,prompting fans to speculate she was refering to the likes of the Made You Look hitmaker, Mandy Moore and Hilary Duff.

On ...Read more

Police have been unable to locate Timothy Busfield after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

The former West Wing actor - who is married to Melissa Gilbert - is under investigation over allegations of child sexual abuse, and now the US Marshals Service has stepped in to help find the 68-year-old star, the Alburquerque Police Department (APD) ...Read more

George Clooney "would be honoured" to work with Paul Dano, Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard.

The Jay Kelly actor used his acceptance speech at the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards at the weekend to defend the three stars after their talents were criticised by director Quentin Tarantino on the Bret Easton Ellis podcast last month.

Accepting the ...Read more

Elon Musk wants full custody of his and Ashley St. Clair's son after she apologised for her previous transphobic comments.

The Space X founder has vowed to apply for sole care of 15-month-old Romulus after the influencer pledged her support to the trans community and expressed her "immense guilt" about her past remarks.

He wrote on X: "I will...Read more

Louis Tomlinson predicted only "two people" from One Direction would go on to find success as solo artists.

The 34-year-old singer was a member of the group alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik - who quit in 2015 - and the late Liam Payne and Louis believed Harry and Niall would be the only ones to prosper after the band split in ...Read more

Matt Damon "was there for" Ben Affleck throughout his personal struggles.

The pair have been friends since childhood and they rose to fame together in the movie industry - winning an Oscar for the Good Will Hunting screenplay which they wrote together - and Matt has now opened up about supporting his pal during his battle with alcohol and two ...Read more

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

JANUARY

13: Yi Yi

16: Hate to Love: Nickelback

16: Hunting Season

20: Wicked: For Good

20: One Battle After Another

20: Roofman

20: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

20: Altered

20: Blue Lights: Season Three

20: Fackham Hall

20: Truth & ...Read more

CHICAGO — Do you remember Mother Goose? Are you familiar with the nursery rhyme, “Mary Had a Pretty Bird?” What about “The Cuckoo”?

Thanks to singer-songwriter-artist-activist Natalie Merchant, students from one dozen Chicago Public Schools are experiencing them reimagined.

Merchant melds music, play and Mother Goose tales into “...Read more

Part two of a soaring box-office smash tops the DVD releases for the week of Jan. 20.

"Wicked: For Good": The second act of the hit Broadway musical adaptation starring Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba) and Ariana Grande (Glinda) comes to the screen, with Glinda truly learning what it means to be "good."

"If 'Wicked' belonged to Elphaba, 'For Good' is ...Read more

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is more "nihilistic and violent" than the first movie, director Nia DaCosta has said.

The upcoming horror sequel will expand on the story of the mysterious Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) while introducing a new threat with Sir Jimmy Crystal (Jack O'Connell) and his Jimmy gang, and DaCosta has now teased the "...Read more

Elijah Wood has teased "a wizard can be trusted" after Sir Ian McKellen revealed Frodo and Gandalf could be returning to The Lord of the Rings.

Last year, McKellen, 86, let slip his wizard and Wood's heroic Hobbit could have a role in director Andy Serkis' upcoming spinoff The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, and while the 44-year-old ...Read more

Dave Mustaine's first album he owned was a stolen copy of KISS' Hotter Than Hell.

The Megadeth guitarist has opened up on the moment he "immediately" fell in love with the glam rock icons, while admitting he didn't actually pay for his copy of their 1974 classic LP.

Asked about the first record he ever bought, Dave told Mojo magazine: "I stole...Read more

Mickey Dolenz says The Monkees was "heavily weighted toward improvisation" rather than musicality.

The 80-year-old drummer - who is the only surviving member of the I'm A Believer hitmakers, which included Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones and Peter Tork - has recalled the group's beginnings on a sitcom of the same name from 1966 to 1968, and how that ...Read more

Paul Mescal is "thrilled" to be working on Sir Sam Mendes' Beatles films because it's given him "stability" after a "mad six, seven years".

The Gladiator II star is playing Sir Paul McCartney in The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event which also stars Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo ...Read more

Lynne Ramsay is working on a new "Hitchcockian thriller" as well as a "period piece" horror.

The Die My Love filmmaker - who worked with Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence on her 2025 hit - has been in talks with big names for her next projects, with Julianne Moore long attached to take the lead in the former alongside Sandra Oh, while the ...Read more

Robbie Williams "gave up" trying to "crack" America because he doesn't want to be famous in the US.

The Take That star lives in the US with his wife Ayda and their four children, but he's never enjoyed the same levels of fame there as he's experienced in his native UK and across the rest of the world. Now Robbie has admitted he doesn't care ...Read more

Mary J. Blige has announced her first ever Las Vegas residency.

The iconic Queen of Hip-Hop Soul celebrated her 55th birthday on Sunday (11.01.26) and marked the occasion the following day by revealing plans for Mary J. Blige: My Life, My Story at Dolby Live at Park MGM, with the special show kicking off in May.

In a statement, she said: "I've...Read more

Kendall Jenner has a secret list of "beautiful normal" baby names for when she eventually becomes a mother.

The 30-year-old model/reality TV star has revealed she hopes to become a mom in the future and she has already picked out a number of options for her children's - and she's insisted they won't start with a "K" like her siblings.

During ...Read more