Dick Gregory, a comedian who lambasted racism and played a prominent role in the 1960s civil rights movement after becoming one of the first black comics to perform for white audiences, died on Saturday at age 84, his son said. "It is with enormous sadness ...

Jerry Lewis, the high prince of low-brow comedy on stage and in movies as well as a fund-raising powerhouse with his annual Labor Day telethon, died on Sunday of "natural causes" at the age of 91, his family said. "Famed comedian, actor and legendary entertainer ...

For all the words flowing since last weekend in Charlottesville, the most striking television reporting has been Vice Media's insider account of the white nationalist movement and what it has wrought. Correspondent Elle Reeve's initial story of the weekend violence took up the entirety of ...

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is trading screen time for the stage in a one-man show now on Broadway that is a call to action over the current state of U.S. politics. The show, "The Terms of My Surrender," uses Moore's satirical brand of humor to ...

Daniel Craig's 007-era will die another day. After months of gossip and denials, Craig on Tuesday night confirmed to Stephen Colbert on the "Late Show" that he will indeed return for another James Bond movie. The yet-titled film is due out in November 2019. "We've just ...

Production has shut down on "Mission: Impossible 6" due to star Tom Cruise's broken ankle. Paramount Pictures said Wednesday that production will go on hiatus while Cruise makes a full recovery. Cruise broke his ankle while performing a stunt for the film during its London-based ...

Yayoi Kusama, avant-garde artist world-renowned for her obsessive polka dot and net paintings, is opening a museum in the center of Tokyo this fall, the new museum said on its website. The planned five-story museum will open Oct. 1 in Shinjuku Ward where it will ...

Taylor Swift won $1 and long-awaited vindication after a jury decided that a radio host groped her during a pre-concert photo op four years ago. After a weeklong trial over dueling lawsuits, jurors determined that fired Denver DJ David Mueller assaulted the pop star by ...

A female stunt driver has died after a motorcycle crash on a set for the movie "Deadpool 2" in downtown Vancouver, police said Monday. The driver's name was not immediately released. Witness Sharmina Kermalli said she had just walked into a Starbucks next door to where ...

CNN cut ties Thursday with conservative commentator Jeffrey Lord after he tweeted a Nazi salute at a critic. A network representative confirmed that Lord was no longer with the network and said "Nazi salutes are indefensible." The statement came hours after Lord tweeted the Nazi ...

A historical film about the last Russian czar's affair with a ballerina has been cleared for release, the Culture Ministry said Thursday, a decision that follows months of disputes and angry calls for its ban. "Matilda," which describes Nicholas II's relationship with Matilda Kshesinskaya, has ...

A 10-year-old migrant from Afghanistan, who has been nicknamed "Little Picasso," is using his first-ever exhibition to help another boy in need. Farhad Nouri's drawings and photographs were put on display Wednesday in what was also his charity event to raise money for a Serbian ...