Ella Langley’s song “Choosin’ Texas” is officially the longest-running No. 1 single in the U.S., spending 23 weeks at the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

The artist Peter Max has died at age 88.

Kenneth Walker III ran for 173 yards and scored two touchdowns in his Chiefs debut, and Kansas City exacted some revenge on the Denver Broncos for stealing their AFC West crown with a 31-10 victory.

The Emmy Awards featured big wins for “The Pitt” and “Widow's Bay,” but surprises included appearances by Taylor Swift and Sally Field celebrating Canada.

The MTV Video Music Awards are returning to the West Coast with Snoop Dogg as host.

Ella Langley leads the 2026 Country Music Association Awards nominations with nine nods, thanks to her hit “Choosin’ Texas.”.

Colleges around the country are seeking approval for a new federal grant program, Workforce Pell, to aid students enrolled for short-term job training.

Olivia Rodrigo is fundraising for women's well-being with a benefit show geared toward her young audience.

Dolly Parton, the beloved music and film star known for her vibrant personality and poignant songwriting, has died of cancer.

Madonna leads the 2026 MTV Video Music Award nominations.

Travis Kelce calls training camp with the Kansas City Chiefs his “sanctuary.”.

Taylor Swift and Lyle Lovett are set to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

A week after Taylor Swift’s star-studded wedding to Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, fans still have not seen verified photos of the ceremony, Swift’s dress or the celebration inside.

Suki Waterhouse started working on “Loveland,” her third record, immediately after she released her 2024 sophomore album, “Memoir of A Sparklemuffin.”.

Serena Williams could be up next in the Summer of New York.

Jonathan Anderson arrived at Paris couture week with the fashion world still waiting to see the Dior wedding dress he made for Taylor Swift.

In a stories published July 4 and July 5, 2026, about America 250 celebrations, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of Jennifer Koshko, who was in Washington for the holiday, as Koskho.

JuJu Smith-Schuster, Cooper Kupp and many other NFL players and other prominent sports figures made up part of the star-studded crowd for Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s wedding at Madison Square Garden.

LeBron James is at the center of NBA attention despite a wave of trades.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding has fans buzzing in New York City.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have donated $26 million to charities this week ahead of their Friday wedding at Madison Square Garden.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding is set to begin at New York's Madison Square Garden at 5 p.m. Friday.

It is a city bathed in the orange-and-blue afterglow of a Knicks championship.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will host their wedding at Madison Square Garden on Friday night.

The New York Police Department is bracing for a slew of massive Independence Day celebrations along with a World Cup match this weekend, scrambling thousands of officers on land, sea and air to handle security measures as an intense heat wave bears down on the region.

Reports are swirling about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce possibly getting married at New York's Madison Square Garden.

“Toy Story” still has a friend in moviegoers.

Rumors that Taylor Swift was planning to marry at her Rhode Island home this weekend have drawn fans, photographers and curious visitors to the seaside village of Watch Hill after a large tent appeared near her estate.

The World Cup has been delivering thrills on the pitch, but fans have flooded social media with complaints about tickets that never arrived, orders canceled at the last minute and hours spent trying to sort out problems between FIFA’s ticketing system and outside resale platforms.

Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36.

Taylor Swift saw a memorable Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden.

Taylor Swift has released a new song for Disney and Pixar's “Toy Story 5.”.

An Austrian court has convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago.

Travis Kelce is a three-time Super Bowl champion, four-time All-Pro and fiance of music superstar Taylor Swift.

The Knicks and their fans threatened to turn Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals into a Garden party.

Turns out, Taylor Swift likes basketball, too.

A teenage Buddhist lama recently blessed thousands at a monastery in the Himalayan foothills.

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Chaka Khan, and The Go-Go’s are joining America’s audio canon.

Vienna's coffeehouses have embraced the Eurovision Song Contest, but tensions over Israel’s participation have surfaced.

Neil deGrasse Tyson has turned his lifelong fascination with aliens into a new book, “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter.”.

The Eurovision Song Contest has kicked off, with 10 countries securing spots in the final after the first semifinal.

William Shakespeare's “Hamlet” is having a resurgence with various adaptations and performances worldwide.

French President Emmanuel Macron has stolen some of the spotlight from other world leaders in Armenia’s capital this week when he crooned classic ballads including “La Bohème” at a glitzy state dinner.

Taylor Swift filed three new trademark applications with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Friday.

A man accused of plotting to attack one of superstar singer Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna nearly two years ago has pleaded guilty as his trial began on Tuesday.

A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary engaged in an anticompetitive monopoly.

A real-life Las Vegas showgirl is suing Taylor Swift, saying the branding surrounding her album “The Life of a Showgirl.”.

A “Hannah Montana” anniversary special starring Miley Cyrus and fresh music from Robyn and Charlie Puth album are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

Live Nation Entertainment's longtime chief executive has testified at a New York antitrust trial, defending the dominant position his company has taken in the concert industry over the last two decades.

The Justice Department says it's reached a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, California-based Live Nation Entertainment that will benefit consumers by letting competitors play a role in ticket sales and force Live Nation to give up control of 13 amphitheaters.

A Justice Department lawyer has told a New York jury at the start of an antitrust trial that the concert ticket industry is broken because Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation Entertainment have monopolized the market, driving up prices for consumers.

Madonna has surprised U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn with a good luck video before Glenn skates to “Like a Prayer” at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Austrian prosecutors are charging a 21-year-old man who they say planned to attack Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts.

Travis Kelce is playing in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am, and there was a spike on ticket sales.

The Winter Olympics in Italy feel like an opera, with big emotions driving the story as much as the sport.

Actor Blake Lively and director Justin Baldoni came to a New York courthouse to see if her lawsuit alleging sexual harassment on the set of the 2024 romantic drama “It Ends With Us” could be settled before a May trial.

The 68th Grammys red carpet buzzed with bold fashion choices from stars like Addison Rae and FKA twigs.

A trove of Blake Lively's text messages and emails has been released in her legal battle against Justin Baldoni, including exchanges with her longtime friend Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins and Kiss founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley make up the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees.

As the Buffalo Bills bid farewell to their long-time home dubbed “The Ralph,” many cherished memories remain of the facility that opened in 1973.

Christian music is growing in popularity while other genres struggle to grow new listenership.

In a year of pop culture moments, some things were old and some things were very new.

In the past year, tens of thousands hostile to immigrants marched through London chanting “send them home!”.

The first two episodes of Taylor Swift's six-episode docuseries “The End of an Era” will premiere on Disney+ Friday.

The “Architects of AI” were named Time magazine’s person of the year for 2025.

Pollstar has ranked the top 25 “Most Popular Touring Artists of the Millennium” based on ticket sales from Jan. 1, 2001, to the end of 2025.

Spotify Wrapped is here.

Rosalía has won over millions of music lovers for her fusions of flamenco and urban Latin beats.

The Weeknd’s After Hours ’Til Dawn Tour has officially crossed the $1 billion mark according to Live Nation.

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The nonprofit CreatiVets is transforming a once-abandoned church in Nashville into a 24-hour arts center for veterans and a community hub.

Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammy Award nominations.

Deepfakes have become not only easier to make worldwide but also look or sound exponentially more realistic thanks to technological advances and the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence tools.

The NFL is partnering with media outlets like Betches and The Gist to attract young female fans.

Universal Music Group and AI platform Udio have settled a copyright lawsuit and will collaborate on a new music creation and streaming platform.

Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a crowdsourced online encyclopedia that the billionaire seeks to position as a rival to Wikipedia.

Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins, LL Cool J, Pink, Sarah McLachlan and Talking Heads’ David Byrne are among the impressive list of nominees for the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame class.

The all-time winningest World Cup ski racer and two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is launching a podcast next week.

The plot of the new Colleen Hoover adaptation “Regretting You” is a little wild.

A Northern California aquarium has raised more than $2 million for sea otter conservation in just two days.

Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear fallout thriller “A House of Dynamite” and albums from Brandi Carlile and Demi Lovato are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

That’s show business for you.

Barack Obama has helped Marc Maron close out his podcast, “WTF With Marc Maron,” after 16 years and over 1,600 episodes.

Patrick Mahomes threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns and led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 30-17 victory over the ailing Detroit Lions.

Taylor Swift did not turn down the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.

It’s the life of a saleswoman.

Taylor Swift's new film, “The Official Release Party of a Show Girl,” has topped the weekend box office with $33 million in North America.

Taylor’s a big cat lover, so this is the perfect crossover: new music + adorable pets!

Taylor Swift fans around the world are celebrating her latest album release, “The Life of a Showgirl.”.

Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," is packed with Easter eggs for fans to decode.

Lights, camera, action.

Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” and Matthew McConaughey playing the real-life bus driver who saved elementary school students during California’s deadliest wildfire are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

Switching music streaming services can be daunting, but there are ways to transfer your library.

The North American box office has slowed down after a strong September."

Taylor Swift is heading back to the big screen next month, and fans are already lining up for tickets.

The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general sued Ticketmaster and its parent company Thursday, saying they are forcing consumers to pay more to see live events through a variety of illegal tactics.

Sarah McLachlan thought her forthcoming album, “Better Broken,” would be her last.

A lawyer for Taylor Swift says the singer can answer questions in October — if she is forced — from attorneys involved in the litigation between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni stemming from their roles in the movie “It Ends With Us.”.

Cardi B releasing her long-awaited sophomore LP, “Am I the Drama.