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Scottish director David Mackenzie ("Hell or High Water," "Relay") specializes in tough, tight genre films and his latest — a bomb plot plus a heist — doesn't disappoint.

Armenta, 25, once had plans to become a biomedical engineer. He's since helped propel the música mexicana genre to greater heights.

Battle rapper Dumbfoundead's memoir 'Spit' documents his rise from age 14 through the L.A. hip-hop underground, capturing the transformative experience that shaped his identity as an Asian-American artist.

'Summer House' star Ciara Miller and 'The Traitors' contestant Maura Higgins will be among the celebrities competing on 'Dancing With the Stars' this season.

British actor Russell Brand, who will stand trial this fall for charges of rape and sexual assault, tells Megyn Kelly that he had sex with a 16-year-old girl amid the peak of his fame in the early aughts.

A device belonging to David Anthony Burke, better known as the musician D4vd, contained "child pornography," a prosecutor said in court Thursday. The singer is charged with murder and sexual abuse of a child in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

In addition to the usual country acts, this weekend's festival will feature Stephan Jenkins and his band's '90s rock hits.

"The Simpsons Movie 2," "Phineas and Ferb" and an untitled DreamWorks Animation movie are among the films that received state tax incentives.

The massive merger still needs approval by regulators in the U.S. and abroad; industry opposition has been growing.

Michael Tilson Thomas, the L.A.-born celebrity conductor and 'bad boy' of classical music who led the San Francisco Symphony, dies

New media artist Refik Anadol announced the opening date for Dataland, which is dubbed the world's first museum of AI arts.

Creator Richard Gadd and his co-star Jamie Bell speak about their new HBO series that examines toxic masculinity and the destructive bond between two men.

There's a serious fandom growing around videocassettes, one that includes such directors as Jane Schoenbrun and Alex Ross Perry. Is it retro nostalgia or something deeper?

'Tales From '85' gives a new story that takes place between seasons of the original Netflix series, while Prime Video's 'Kevin' offers a New York-set series with humans and animals.