African music is dominating the global soundscape, with Afrobeats and other genres reshaping mainstream music worldwide. But Rick Ross says this moment was inevitable — and believes Africa’s global ...

After a nearly four-year hiatus, the world’s biggest boy band is back with a comeback that includes a new album, world tour and Netflix documentary. But first, it begins with a free, public concert in ...

The biggest mystery in the art world has apparently been solved: Banksy has been unmasked as a bespectacled middle-aged man from Bristol, England called Robin Gunningham.

Afroman joins The Lead.

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The musician had a lot to learn for his first ever movie role in what has become the most nominated film in Oscars history.

In the days after winning the Democratic nomination for Senate, Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton spoke to the two women with whom she could make history next year.

Harry Styles is among an increasing number of artists taking steps to turn back the clock and create phone-free audiences.

A review of social media posts, recovered camera footage, and interviews with more than a dozen sources reveal connections between budding celebrity d4vd and runaway Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the ...

Here we are, at the best three weeks of the sporting calendar. CNN Sports has everything you need to know to be ready for March Madness.

The 98th Academy Awards honored the best of film, with “One Battle After Another” taking top prize and “Sinners” also having a huge night.

Between Timothée Chalamet’s balletgate, Jessie Buckley’s cat hate and a wide-open and very late Oscars ceremony, the 2026 award season has been unprecedented, to say the least. Here’s how we got here.