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The Everything, Everywhere, All at Once star says the day after he won his Oscar for the role, he woke up thinking, “Was that all a dream?”

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Kendrick Lamar is headlining the halftime show with special guest SZA. Jon Batiste will sing the national anthem.

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Ozzy Osbourne and the original Black Sabbath lineup will reunite this summer for the first time in 20 years. It’s expected to be Osbourne’s final live show.

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President Trump blames a shortage of recruits on DEI programs, but The New Yorker writer Dexter Filkins says not enough people want to enlist, and many who do don’t pass the weight limit or aptitude test.

A new show from the late All in the Family producer centers on an Alabama widower and his trans daughter. Clean Slate delivers laughs and tenderness, courtesy of stars George Wallace and Laverne Cox.

We love your whole vibe, we really do, but there’s too much of a herd mentality here.

More than 30 artists, including Olivia Rodrigo, Rod Stewart, Dr. Dre and Joni Mitchell, performed at the benefit concert on Jan. 30.

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Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There’s a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better than modern ones.

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In the raunchy movie You’re Cordially Invited, Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon face a mortifying conundrum: Their families’ destination weddings have been double-booked for the same weekend. They reluctantly agree to share the venue, but, unsurprisingly, nothing goes smoothly as planned. Directed by Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Neighbors), the movie feels like a familiar throwback to the 2000s.

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Critics point out the apparent hypocrisy of a pro-Black rapper like Kendrick Lamar headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, since the NFL isn’t exactly an institution that’s known for its support of Black lives. So on this episode, we’re digging into the history of hip hop and how it’s been co-opted.