Author Sandra Cisneros receives Holbrooke award for work that helps promote peace and understanding

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NEW YORK (AP) — Author Sandra Cisneros is this year's winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, honoring writers who help...

Aerosmith postpones shows after frontman Steven Tyler suffers vocal cord damage

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aerosmith has postponed a half-dozen dates on their farewell tour because frontman Steven Tyler injured his vocal cords during a performance,...

Illinois appeals court to hear arguments on Jussie Smollett request to toss convictions

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CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s drawn out legal saga begins anew Tuesday when an Illinois appeals court will hear oral arguments that the former...

MTV Video Music Awards return Tuesday, with an all-female artist of the year category

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards return Tuesday night, and for the first time, only women are nominated in the show's...

Michael Kors pays tribute to late mother with waterfront runway show set to Bacharach...

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NEW YORK (AP) — On a waterfront promenade lined with pink flowers and facing Manhattan’s majestic skyline, designer Michael Kors paid tribute to his...

Sarah Burton, who designed Kate’s royal wedding dress, to step down from Alexander McQueen

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LONDON (AP) — The fashion designer who created the wedding dress of Kate, the Princess of Wales, is stepping down as creative director at...

Met Opera, Lincoln Center Theater commission work about detained Ukrainian children

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NEW YORK (AP) — A Ukrainian composer has been commissioned to write an opera about mothers from that country going into Russia to rescue...

Country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison dies in Texas at age 59

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Charlie Robison, the Texas singer-songwriter whose rootsy anthems made the country charts until he was forced to retire after complications...

In Toronto, Paul Simon takes a bow with a new career-spanning documentary

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TORONTO (AP) — After a three-and-a-half-hour documentary on his life, Paul Simon had only sympathy for the audience.“You're probably exhausted,” Simon told the crowd...

Lil Nas X documentary premiere delayed by bomb threat at Toronto International Film Festival

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TORONTO (AP) — The premiere of the documentary “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” was delayed after a bomb threat was called in at...