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Mandisa Hundley, a gospel singer whose robust vocals have been applauded on “American Idol” and who later gained a Grammy Award for finest up to date Christian music album, was discovered dead at her dwelling in Nashville on Thursday. She was 47. The Media Collective, which represented Ms. Hundley, confirmed the demise and stated in […] More

The first mannequin of the usS. Enterprise, the starship that appeared within the opening credit of the unique “Star Trek” tv collection, has been returned to Eugene Roddenberry, the son of the creator of the collection, many years after it went lacking. “After an extended journey, she’s house,” Mr. Roddenberry wrote on social media on […] More

Just final 12 months, Brad Herman, a longtime behind-the-scenes aide to celebrities, drew reward from the household of Cindy Birdsong, an ailing former member of the Supremes. He was credited with serving to to rescue her from what they described as a pal’s undue affect over her care and funds. But now, Mr. Herman has […] More

Going from Princess Diana, a beautiful icon who generated waves of sympathy, to Vladimir Putin, an icy villain who generates waves of disdain, could be troublesome for some writers. Not Peter Morgan. After pulling again the curtain on the British royal household for six seasons of “The Crown,” Morgan was eager to maneuver on. He […] More

“We’ve been teenage ladies,” Lily Gladstone mentioned. Which signifies that Gladstone and her co-star, Riley Keough, know what teenage ladies can do. In “Under the Bridge,” a restricted collection now streaming on Hulu, Keough and Gladstone play a author and a cop investigating the 1997 beating and homicide of Reena Virk, a 14-year-old Indo-Canadian lady. […] More

Peering behind the mystique of rock ’n’ roll has plain voyeuristic enchantment. So there may be an instantaneous thrill to seeing the mahogany-paneled management room and glassed-in sound sales space that fill the Golden Theater stage, the place “Stereophonic” opened on Friday. But David Adjmi’s astonishing new play, with songs by the previous Arcade Fire […] More

When Taylor Swift launched “The Tortured Poets Department,” on Friday at midnight, her fan base rapidly set to work decoding the album, in search of layers of that means and perception into Ms. Swift’s life. Of course, that features the pop singer’s romantic historical past. Like a lot of her previous works, the songs on […] More

“I like you, it’s ruining my life,” Taylor Swift and a subdued Post Malone sing to one another, filled with breathy remorse, in “Fortnight,” the tune that opens Swift’s new double album, “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.” They’re each obsessing over a short however unforgettable affair, despite the fact that each of the tune’s […] More

Fans of Taylor Swift typically research up for a brand new album, revisiting the singer’s older works to arrange to research lyrics and track titles for secret messages and meanings. “The Tortured Poets Department” is getting a lot the identical therapy, and maybe no group of listeners was higher ready than the scholars at Harvard […] More

Dear listeners, Perhaps you might have heard that Taylor Swift has a brand new album out at this time — only a wild guess! — and that it’s referred to as “The Tortured Poets Department.” That title alone generated chatter earlier than anybody had heard a word, and it obtained me occupied with a few […] More

Swift doesn’t identify names, however she drops loads of boldfaced clues about exiting a long-term cross-cultural relationship that has grown chilly (the wrenching “So Long, London”), briefly taking over with a tattooed unhealthy boy who raises the hackles of the extra judgmental folks in her life (the wild-eyed “But Daddy I Love Him”) and beginning […] More

Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the British firm that helped kick-start the music business’s rush for catalog offers — buying tens of hundreds of songs by Justin Bieber, Neil Young, Shakira and others — however that has seen its share worth plummet has reached a tentative deal to promote itself to Concord, a serious impartial music firm, […] More