The youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history read “The Hill We Climb,” which she finished after the riot at the Capitol. “I’m not going to in any way gloss over what we’ve seen,” she says.

The fans who devote their time to interpreting lyrics, tweets and interviews for listeners who don’t speak Korean are hard-working, passionate and unpaid.

The BTS leader has been championing canonical artists from his native South Korea — studying their work, buying it and sometimes talking to it. “I feel like they’re watching me,” he said.

The 27-year-old musician focuses on lighthearted topics. But one of his latest songs has become an anthem of resistance.

The BTS leader has been championing canonical artists from his native South Korea — studying their work, buying it and sometimes talking to it. “I feel like they’re watching me,” he said.

Scenes of glorious excess make the screen hum with energy in S.S. Rajamouli’s action epic set in British colonial India.

Acts with growing profiles and unique personalities are taking increasingly different paths, as the genre’s globalization opens new doors.

The K-pop boy band reached the top of the Billboard 200 again with “Map of the Soul: Persona,” selling 196,000 full albums in addition to its 37 million streams.

The interest in Petty’s breezy “Love Is a Long Road” has surged after its appearance in the video game’s debut trailer.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the women say the school pressured them into uncomfortable activities and promised acting opportunities that did not materialize.

The platinum-selling country trio will be known as the Chicks, the latest example of sweeping cultural changes brought on by nationwide protests spotlighting racial inequality.

The singer and songwriter sued after an unreleased Minaj song, which borrowed heavily from Chapman’s “Baby Can I Hold You,” was played on a radio show.

Notable pop culture figures, including the actor LeVar Burton and the K-pop phenomenon BTS, helped people get through Covid — from a distance.

The studio’s latest remake, with Will Smith as the blue genie, beat expectations at the box office over the holiday weekend.

On her 30th birthday, examining the pop star’s style trajectory: from flank steak to Saint Laurent in six years.

Trevor Noah says the end of Donald Trump’s term is no reason not to impeach him: “If you get fired at Best Buy, they don’t just let you steal a TV on the way out.”

The six-episode show will be based on the athlete’s teenage years growing up Black with a white adoptive family.

The last album to reign this many consecutive weeks was Drake’s “Scorpion” in 2018.

The band, now known as Lady A, wrote in a letter to fans that its eyes had been “opened wide” to the injustices black people face.

For the first time in the city’s long history as a cultural wellspring, it is fertile ground for filmmakers like the writer-stars of “Blindspotting.” What took so long?

A 20-year-old New Jersey singer and her label, Astralwerks, release her first full album on Aug. 28, which may bring her half a million Twitter followers, some of them fans since Halsey was 14, to...

The “Star Wars” actress was “brainwashed into believing that my existence was limited to the boundaries of another person’s approval.” Now she’s taking a stand.

Mr. Noah said: “Trump is a problem solver the same way Godzilla is a city planner.”

The film, called “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,” will expand on the story of Jesse Pinkman, the excitable meth cook and former partner of Walter White.

Andrew Barth Feldman is to take over the role in “Dear Evan Hansen” on Jan. 30.

Stephen Colbert told his audience: “Children have reportedly been ripped from their families at the U.S. border. Now, if it sounds evil, then good news: Your ears are working.”

Season 5 of the pleasant, zany sitcom continues to showcase the show’s biggest asset: Its heart.

Schneider, a software engineering manager, is the fourth contestant in the game show’s history to reach the milestone.

The young actors discuss their Oscar-nominated roles, handling the pressure of awards season and #MeToo on the red carpet.

A 20-year-old New Jersey singer and her label, Astralwerks, release her first full album on Aug. 28, which may bring her half a million Twitter followers, some of them fans since Halsey was 14, to...

The two also plan to star as in the comedy about sisters.

“Map of the Soul: 7” demonstrates how the superstar K-pop group has grown into a musical monolith — and what it might have to leave behind.

“Meanwhile, these poor horses are like: ‘Hey, I have worms — I need that stuff. There are worms in my butt, do you understand?’” Kimmel said.

On this boy band’s new EP, “Love Yourself: ‘Her’,” the group steps back from the genre’s sometimes manic energy.

Listen to the songs that caught our critics' attention this week, from a track Chance the Rapper debuted on "Colbert" to the finale of Torres' new album.

The unusual decision to rerelease the film a few weeks after its initial run has drawn enthusiastic audiences even though it’s available on Netflix.

Lady Gaga will sing the national anthem at Joe Biden’s swearing-in ceremony, which will feature a performance by Jennifer Lopez.

Uganda has been under authoritarian rule for decades. Wine has doggedly challenged its leader, and this documentary shows the price he’s paid.

“Cheek to Cheek,” the forthcoming album by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, represents the latest pop dalliance with the Great American Songbook.

Stephen Colbert told Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the press secretary: “This is the White House, not an abandoned Walmart. You’re allowed to leave.”

Kimmel asked, “Do you really think these kids, these teenagers who spoke out after a shooting at their school, are actors?”

With “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran,” her first album in seven years, the Colombian superstar said she “transformed pain into productivity.”

This astutely acted revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s play presents conversation as an ongoing act of deception and betrayal.

For his first installation in Mexico, the artist JR has pasted an image of a child overlooking the United States from the Mexico border. It’s viewable only from the northern side.

This animated film distinguishes itself in the era of superhero supersaturation with bright, bold and surprisingly emotional filmmaking.

In a joint interview, Milly Alcock and Emily Carey discussed their now-completed stint in the HBO epic. “We were forced to hang on to each other for dear life,” Alcock said.

Monica Lewinsky will be a producer on the third season of Ryan Murphy’s popular television series.

In a freewheeling interview, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, stars of “Broad City,” explain why they ended the show and why they look forward to life without it.

Cameras follow Ikuta, an actor on popular Japanese teen dramas in the 2000s, as he learns Kabuki’s expressions and movements from a friend.

In his debut feature, starring Lakeith Stanfield, Boots Riley takes on race, class, technology and telemarketing.

He made his name during a 12-year creative and romantic partnership with Marina Abramovic.

Freddie Mercury’s set in July 1985 is often called one of the greatest live performances of all time. What made those 21 minutes so memorable?

The Oscar winner took a six-year break from acting. Now, she is steeling herself for the spotlight with her portrayal of Judy Garland in her final years.

“The only time there should be a seven-hour gap is when you’re trying to remember what happened on St. Patrick’s Day,” Jimmy Fallon said.

Mr. Pei, a committed modernist, was one of the few architects equally attractive to real estate developers, corporate chieftains and art museum boards.