Garth Brooks is taking a long look back at his life and career in an autobiography that will span five books, the first of which will be released in November. The country music superstar announced Wednesday that The Anthology Part 1: The First Five Years goes on sale Nov. 14. …

Liam Neeson’s latest film takes viewers into the life of a key player in the Watergate scandal, and he says there are clear parallels between presidents then and now. Neeson plays the high-ranking FBI official who was a key source for Washington Post stories that helped lead to President Richard …

A new art exhibition that explores the little-known connections Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera had to Poland is bringing works inspired by Mexico’s indigenous cultures to a European audience which rarely has the chance to see them.   “Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera. Polish Context” features iconic Kahlo …

“Will & Grace” star Debra Messing says she regrets her appearance on Megyn Kelly’s new NBC daytime show.   Messing made her comments while responding to an Instagram follower who asked why the actress would appear on “Megyn Kelly TODAY.’” Kelly joined NBC from Fox News earlier this year.   …

A decades-old propaganda film has become a lightning rod again in Indonesia. The 1984 film called “The Treachery of the September 30th Movement/ Communist Party of Indonesia,” was sponsored by and became a propaganda tentpole of the Suharto military dictatorship.   It presents a revisionist account of an attempted coup …

It’s not PT-109, but President John Kennedy is said to have driven his former speedboat as if it were the small warship he famously commanded in World War II. Now the 17-foot mahogany boat acquired by the late president’s father, Joseph Kennedy, in 1961 leads a list of Kennedy memorabilia, …

The holiday of Diwali is starting to light up mainstream America. Diwali, a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and others in India and other countries, has long been observed in immigrant communities around the U.S. But now public celebrations of the holiday are starting to pop up …

Puerto Rican rapper Residente’s first solo album post-Calle 13 has received a leading nine nominations for this year’s Latin Grammys, including for record, song and album of the year. Colombian sensation Maluma follows him with seven, Shakira’s comeback gathered six, and Juanes, Mon Laferte and producer Kevin Jimenez ADG received …

Joe Walsh is known for his guitar skills as a member of The James Gang and later as a member of the rock super group, The Eagles.  He has received multiple Grammy awards, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and was a Kennedy Center honoree. But …

Robert Plant is going on tour in North America next year to support his upcoming album, “Carry Fire.” The former Led Zeppelin frontman announced Tuesday that his 2018 tour will begin Feb. 9 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He’ll also visit New York, Boston, Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles, among other …

More than ever, professional basketball in the U.S. is becoming a global game. Last season, the National Basketball Association had 113 international players from 41 countries and territories. All in all, a quarter of NBA players are international. The Washington Wizards alone have players from Poland and the Czech Republic, …

“Frozen” star Idina Menzel has married actor Aaron Lohr.   Menzel posted wedding pictures to her Facebook page on Monday, writing: “Wanted to let you know… married the love of my life Aaron Lohr this weekend at our home. Dad & son walked me down the aisle. It was magical.” …

Not a single American athlete has expressed security concerns about next year’s Winter Games in South Korea and it is business as usual for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as it pushes ahead with preparations, officials said on Monday. The USOC’s reaction to mounting tensions on the Korean peninsula …

Athletes should feel free to express their political opinions during next February’s Winter Games in Pyeongchang despite strict Olympic rules barring such demonstrations, the head of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) said on Monday. Referring to Sunday’s protest by over 100 NFL players, who went down on one knee …

Inside the Woodridge Neighborhood Library in the U.S. capital, a wall is plastered with ominous warning signs: “Reading This Book Display Is Banned” and “No Books to See Here.” Below the messages are shelves with books that have been banned, at one time or another, in parts of the United …

She has already captured hearts across Asia by taking on corrupt politicians and fighting bad guys who tried to shut girls’ schools — and now even the United Nations has been wowed by a superheroine whose only weapons are pens and books. Move over Superman and Batman. Here comes Pakistan’s …

Charles Bradley, known as the “Screaming Eagle of Soul” for a powerful, raspy style that evoked one of his musical heroes, James Brown, died Saturday at age 68. Bradley, who achieved success later in life with his 2011 debut album “No Time for Dreaming,” was diagnosed with stomach cancer in …

This is banned books week in the United States, an annual event that points out censorship and emphasizes the freedom to read. In Washington, the public library system has hidden around the city hundreds of copies of six books that may be banned or challenged in some libraries and schools …

An Egyptian ultraconservative Muslim preacher hears on his car radio news of the death of Michael Jackson, the pop singer he idolized in his teens, and he becomes so distraught he crashes his car.   The news of the passing of the King of Pop is the start of a …

Britain’s Prince Harry is in Toronto ahead of his Invictus Games for wounded veterans The founder of the games left the Royal York hotel and arrived at a Toronto office building for a symposium about veteran issues on Friday.   Harry wore a blue blazer as he greeted and posed …

Kayra Martinez took calligraphy paper and pens into refugee tents in Greece last year. “That was the first time I had actually seen the children really calm,” Martinez said. “And I realized that this is something that they really love to do.” As a flight attendant for United Airlines, Martinez …

This is the Top Five Countdown! We’re detonating the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Sept. 23, 2017. Sometimes the Top Five can lull you to sleep with its slowness … and then there are weeks like this. Number 5: …

More than 150 pieces of art made by refugees from Greece are part of the collection at Love Without Borders – For Refugees’ art show in Washington D.C. Many of the pieces sold are from children, as young as three years old. …

On April 13, 2015 the world watched as two homemade bombs exploded at the finish line of the iconic Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 264 others. Jeff Bauman was one of those badly hurt. Both his legs were blown off. Hours later, when he awoke from …

Showtime has won a bidding war to develop former President Bill Clinton and powerhouse author James Patterson’s upcoming thriller, “The President is Missing,” into a television series. The network announced the deal Friday, months away from the book’s publication next June. In the collaboration with Patterson, Clinton provides an insider’s …