‘Let’s Fly,’ the latest exhibition from the Balloon Museum, awakens childlike wonder in all...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The first thought that comes to mind when you enter the Balloon Museum for the “Let’s Fly” exhibit is the...

Scholastic will drop policy that makes it easier for school fairs to exclude diverse...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works...

NBA gets help from ‘Sopranos’ actor to promote in-season tournament

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA enlisted an actor from “The Sopranos” and borrowed the central theme of the film “Ocean’s Eleven” — a...

A century after her birth, opera great Maria Callas is honored with a new...

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Finishing her class at The Julliard School of the arts in New York, Greek opera great Maria Callas gave her...

‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered the first Black action movie hero, has died at...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early...

Colorado coach Deion Sanders enjoys the spoof of Deion Sanders on ‘Saturday Night Live’

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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders certainly enjoyed the spoof of Deion Sanders in a recent skit on “ Saturday Night Live.”Actor Kenan Thompson’s...

City Girls’ uninhibited rap made them. On their third album, ‘RAW,’ the duo evolves...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — You’d be hard pressed to find a rap duo doing it like City Girls. They’ve been bringing life-affirming, pretty-girl scam...

Michelle Obama to narrate audio edition of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

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NEW YORK (AP) — A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak's “Where the Wild Things Are” will have a very well known narrator:...

Oprah Winfrey selects Jesmyn Ward’s ‘Let Us Descend’ for her book club

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NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick highlights an author she has long admired, Jesmyn Ward.On Tuesday, Winfrey announced she had...

Love it or hate it, feelings run high over candy corn come Halloween

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NEW YORK (AP) — Cruel joke for trick-or-treaters or coveted seasonal delight? The great Halloween debate over candy corn is on.In the pantheon of...