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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé is full of surprises — and on Tuesday, dropped yet another one. Her forthcoming album has a name: ‘Act II: Cowboy Carter.

CHICAGO (AP) — Enrique Mazzola extended his contract as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago through 2030-31, the company said Tuesday as it announced a 2024-25 season that opens with him conducting Verdi’s “Rigoletto” on Sept. 24.

LONDON (AP) — An acclaimed revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard” and a play about the travails of England’s national soccer team lead the race for the Olivier Awards recognizing work on the London stage.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The shortened version of the international broadcast of the 96th Oscars faced harsh criticism in Ukraine for omitting the segment announcing the documentary feature award, which went to Mstyslav Chernov's “20 Days in Mariupol.

CALGARY — A Quebec-based electronic music artist hopes to get his career and life back on track after triumphing in an Alberta defamation lawsuit tied to social media posts accusing him of being a sexual predator. "It was terrible.

Just over a decade ago, Kacey Musgraves emerged as a fresh new voice in country music – a mid-tempo storyteller with an incredible acuity both in her lyrics and in her instrumentation, knowing just when to pick up the harmonica, whistle a tune or bre

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Anyone But You 2. Argylle 3. American Fiction 4. Anatomy of a Fall 5. Oppenheimer 6. Dune 7. The Holdovers 8. The Zone of Interest 9. The Beekeeper 10. The Boys In The Boat The Associated Press

Top New Shows (US): 1. Letters from an American , Heather Cox Richardson 2. Archetypes , Lemonada 3. WikiHole with D’Arcy Carden , Wondery 4. So True with Caleb Hearon , Caleb Hearon 5. Better Offline , Cool Zone Media 6.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 2. Dune by Frank Herbert (Penguin Publishing Group) 3. The Hunter by Tana French (Penguin Publishing Group) 4.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital on Tuesday granted a request by British authorities to extradite the divisive online influencer Andrew Tate, but only after legal proceedings against him in Romania have been concluded, his spoke