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La Scala announces fall season as cultural life resumes

La Scala announces fall season as cultural life resumes

MILAN — The famed La Scala opera house on Monday announced a fall program of concerts and ballets aimed as a signal of confidence that European cultural life can resume in full following the coronavirus lockdowns, and in support of artists who were l
NBC resets focus for Tokyo while looking ahead to Beijing

NBC resets focus for Tokyo while looking ahead to Beijing

When Molly Solomon took over as executive producer and president of NBC's Olympics production unit last November, she expected to be in Tokyo right now with the games in full swing.
Rift between royal brothers laid bare in new book extract

Rift between royal brothers laid bare in new book extract

LONDON — Prince William infuriated Prince Harry when he told his younger brother he should move slowly in his relationship with the former Meghan Markle, fearing that he was being “blindsided by lust,’’ a new book on the Windsors says.
Actress Spencer Grammer slashed outside Manhattan restaurant

Actress Spencer Grammer slashed outside Manhattan restaurant

NEW YORK — Actress Spencer Grammer says she was trying to calm an agitated man when he slashed her in the arm and stabbed her friend in the back Friday outside a New York City restaurant.
Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 104

Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 104

PARIS — Olivia de Havilland, the doe-eyed actress beloved to millions as the sainted Melanie Wilkes of “Gone With the Wind,” but also a two-time Oscar winner and an off-screen fighter who challenged and unchained Hollywood’s contract system, died Sun

Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 104

PARIS — Olivia de Havilland, the doe-eyed actress beloved to millions as the sainted Melanie Wilkes of “Gone With the Wind,” but also a two-time Oscar winner and an off-screen fighter who challenged and unchained Hollywood’s contract system, died Sun

Actor John Saxon dies; 'Enter the Dragon' among many roles

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.

Danish prince undergoes brain surgery in southern France

COPENHAGEN — Prince Joachim, the youngest son of Queen Margrethe of Denmark, has undergone emergency surgery for a blood clot in his brain, the royal palace said.
VIRUS DIARY: Keeping New York alive, one song at a time

VIRUS DIARY: Keeping New York alive, one song at a time

NEW YORK — Outside, the soundtrack of sirens wailed, each another death blow to the city that had nurtured my development as a musician for so long.

George Elroy Boyd, pioneering Black playwright and journalist, dies at 68

HALIFAX — Pioneering Black Nova Scotian playwright and journalist George Elroy Boyd has died at age 68.
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