National Entertainment

The stakes feel immensely low in “ The Marvels ,” and it’s not because this is a movie that spends a fair amount of time following cats or has an out-of-nowhere musical number.

ATLANTA (AP) — When rapper Young Thug goes to trial later this month on gang and racketeering charges , prosecutors will be allowed to use rap lyrics as evidence against him, a judge ruled Thursday.

Britney Spears' “The Woman in Me” remained the country's top-selling book in its second week of publication, although the pace of sales fell substantially.

NEW YORK (AP) — Omegle, a video chat service that connects users with strangers at random, is shutting down after 14 years following ample misuse of the platform — particularly the sexual abuse of minors.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A prominent Belarusian dissident author who lives abroad said Thursday that his father was arrested on unclear grounds after police broke into his parents' apartment.

NASHVILLE — Lainey Wilson took home five trophies including entertainer of the year Wednesday night at the Country Music Association Awards .

When “Chelsea Lately” aired its final episode on E! in 2014, Heather McDonald, a staff writer and regular panelist on the show, needed a new gig.

BEIJING (AP) — Fifty years after the Philadelphia Orchestra's history-making visit to China in 1973 that helped build then-fledgling U.S.-China ties, Davyd Booth hopes for a repeat performance.

MONTREAL — Guardian journalist Tania Branigan's debut book about China's deadly Cultural Revolution has won the US$75,000 Cundill History Prize.

NEW YORK (AP) — Putting together a collection of Bush's greatest hits was relatively easy. Convincing frontman Gavin Rossdale to do it was a bit harder.