It’s going to be a cruise to nowhere, but that will be just fine with die-hard “Star Wars” fans.Disney officials on Tuesday offered new details on its recently announced Star Wars-themed resort in Florida.”Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser” will be like a two-day cruise in that it drops visitors into a …

Move over Ken, Barbie is going to be hanging out with some much more interesting and accomplished friends.U.S. civil rights leader Rosa Parks and astronaut Sally Ride are the latest inspirations joining the Barbie Inspiring Women Series of dolls, which honors brave women throughout history.Toy company Mattel announced the addition …

In true Beyoncé fashion, when her music director learned he earned his first-ever Emmy nomination for his work on the pioneering project, “HOMECOMING: A Film by Beyoncé,” he was too busy to celebrate — because he was focused on producing the superstar’s next album.Derek Dixie has worked with Beyoncé for …

Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge on Tuesday and won’t serve additional time in prison after reaching a plea agreement in a case that’s kept him on probation for most of his adult life.The negotiated plea comes after an appeals court threw out the 2007 conviction …

Taylor Swift picked up two awards, including video of the year, in a girl-powered start to the MTV Video Music Awards show on Monday, while rapper Cardi B won best hip-hop video and newcomer Lizzo celebrated big women.Swift opened the show with a rainbow-themed performance of her pro-LGBTQ single “You …

Taylor Swift picked up two awards, including video of the year, in a girl-powered start to the MTV Video Music Awards show on Monday, while rapper Cardi B won best hip-hop video and newcomer Lizzo celebrated big women.Swift opened the show with a rainbow-themed performance of her pro-LGBTQ single “You …

Venezuela’s upcoming baseball season will go on “even if we have to play ourselves,” socialist party No. 2 Diosdado Cabello said Monday, criticizing a move by Major League Baseball (MLB) to restrict players from participating because of U.S. sanctions.MLB said last week it would suspend involvement in the Venezuelan league, …

A collection of 27 outfits worn by Hollywood legend Olivia de Havilland is going up for auction next month, some of which she  wore on screen during her acting career more than 50 years ago.The Sept. 17 online auction at Chicago-based Hindman also includes haute couture designs by Christian Dior …

There are growing concerns that the heat and humidity at the Tokyo Olympics next summer may pose a danger to athletes. The Japanese capital, one of the biggest and most densely populated cities in the world, regularly sees summer temperatures exceed 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), with humidity exceeding …

Latinos make up 18% of the U.S. population and 24% of its frequent moviegoers, yet they rarely see themselves on movie screens.A new study by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative finds that Latino representation in film lags significantly behind the U.S. population and that, over the last decade, the number …

Fallen movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to two new charges of sexual predatory assault Monday as a judge postponed his trial until next year.Weinstein, already indicted over two sexual assault allegations, was slapped with the additional counts in a new indictment put before a court in New York.Judge …

Opera legend Placido Domingo was greeted with a standing ovation in Salzburg, Austria, at his first appearance on stage since nine women accused him of sexual harassment dating back three decades.Even before he sang a single note, Domingo was greeted with a thunderous applause that grew to a crescendo until …

Placido Domingo returns to the stage at the Salzburg Festival on Sunday in his first appearance since nine women accused him of sexual harassment in a report by The Associated Press.   The case has divided the opera world. Two U.S. opera houses immediately canceled planned appearances. European opera houses …

The Rolling Stones have rocked stages around the world in their more than 50-year career. But now their influence has gone into space after NASA’s Mars InSight Mission named a rock on the planet after the band.Slightly larger than a golf ball, the “Rolling Stones Rock” is said to have …

The first Official Comic Book Convention or Comic Con for short, happened in New York in 1964. Since then, the world of comic books has moved to TV, the movies, and video games, and these conventions have become huge events. We visited one to get a feel for how they …

President Donald Trump presented 91-year-old basketball legend Bob Cousy with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday, praising the Boston Celtics star as “one of the all-time greats in the history of sports.”Cousy played for the Celtics from 1950 to 1963, winning six league championships and the 1957 MVP title. …

Spending time on the beach and dancing away pain, fear and despair is what Los Angeles dance movement therapist Julia Vishnepolsky helps her patients do to reduce stress and anxiety while learning how to be at peace with their lives. Angelina Bagdasaryan met with the therapist to learn more about …

Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, who once sparred with journalists, has decided to join them.Fox News said Thursday that Sanders has been hired to provide political commentary and analysis across all its properties, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network and the radio and podcast division. Sanders was press …

Spending time on the beach and dancing away pain, fear and despair is what Los Angeles dance movement therapist Julia Vishnepolsky helps her patients do to reduce stress and anxiety while learning how to be at peace with their lives. Angelina Bagdasaryan met with the therapist to learn more about …

Mexican musician Celso Pina, famed as “the rebel of the accordion” for mixing eclectic styles with traditional Colombian cumbia, died Wednesday of a heart attack in his hometown of Monterrey, his record label La Tuna Records said.He was 66 years old, according to local media.With an interest in genres ranging …

In the sprawling slum of Petare in the east of Venezuela’s capital of Caracas, 31-year-old Fabian Solymar begins sketching a mural of abstract figures on a wall filled with Socialist Party political propaganda.The mural will eventually cover up a campaign ad for a state governor and an image of the …

A group of activists is trying to persuade an international conservation conference to ban trophy hunting, which outrages some animal lovers but has long been tolerated by some environmentalists as a way of protecting wildlife.More than 50 members of the European Parliament and 50 environmental groups, led by the Campaign …

A 500-year-old mummy of an Incan girl has been returned to Bolivia some 129 years after it was donated to the Michigan State University Museum, marking what an official says is the first time human remains of archaeological importance have been repatriated to the Andean country.Known as Nusta, a Quechua …

The 25th James Bond movie has a title: “No Time to Die.”   Producers announced the moniker Tuesday for the film that has long been referred to simply as “Bond 25.”   “No Time to Die” returns Daniel Craig to the role of 007. Lea Seydoux, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw …

Growing up with albinism, 24-year-old Allan Herbert, a Kenyan journalism graduate, knew he was different. While he did not experience the same stigmatism and discrimination of his peers living with albinism, he had to be shielded from the sun by his peers.  It is this special treatment and media stories …