President Biden welcomed the honorees to the White House before the event, saying the performing arts ‘reflect who we are as Americans and as human beings.’
Arts & Entertainment
Arts, entertainment and books news from the Sun Journal.
Spotify axes 17% of workforce in third round of layoffs this year
A spokesperson confirmed that about 1,500 employees would lose their jobs as part of what the CEO called a ‘strategic reorientation.’
Kiss bids farewell to live touring, become first U.S. band to go virtual
The cutting-edge technology was used to tease a new chapter of the rock band: after 50 years of Kiss, the band is now interested in a kind of digital immortality.
Deaths at a Florida ‘reform’ school inspire a masterful horror novel
Tananarive Due’s latest novel, ‘The Reformatory,’ is based on the notorious Dozier School for Boys. The author’s great-uncle was among its victims.
Illinois appeals court upholds actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions, jail sentence
The actor was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying about it to Chicago police.
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ named best film of 2023 by New York film critics
‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ based on David Grann’s nonfiction bestseller, chronicles the Osage murders of the 1920s.
Judge extends pause on John Oates’ sale of stake in business with Daryl Hall as arbitration proceeds
A judge has sided with Daryl Hall in his request to keep temporarily blocking John Oates from selling his potentially lucrative share of the Hall & Oates duo’s joint venture without his longtime partner’s permission.
Judge extends pause on John Oates’ sale of stake in business with Daryl Hall as arbitration proceeds
A lawsuit by Daryl Hall over John Oates’ plan to sell his share of the Hall & Oates duo’s joint venture without the other’s permission has gone in front of a judge
Frances Sternhagen, Tony Award-winning actor who was familiar maternal face on TV, dies at 93
Sternhagen won a Tony for best-featured actress in a play in 1974 for her role in Neil Simon’s ‘The Good Doctor’ and a second one in 1995 for a revival of ‘The Heiress.’ Her last turn on Broadway was in ‘Seascape’ in 2005.
Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65
MacGowan’s songwriting and persona made him an iconic figure in contemporary Irish culture, and some of his compositions have become classics – most notably the bittersweet Christmas ballad ‘Fairytale of New York.’