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Microsoft said Sunday evening it will continue to pursue a takeover of TikTok in the U.S. as President Donald Trump backs off of threats to ban the service, a development...

Leon Fleisher, a leading American pianist in the 1950s and early ’60s who was forced by an injury to his right hand to channel his career into conducting, teaching and...

UPDATE, SATURDAY A.M.: TikTok has fired back at President Trump’s plan to shut it down: A TikTok statement addressed the President’s comments. “These are the facts: 100 million Americans come...

When Beyoncé took a speaking role as Nala — the eventual queen — in the 2019 remake of “The Lion King,” she decided to delve beyond Disney’s Hollywood version of...

Malik B., the elusive M.C. best known for his work with the Roots, died on Wednesday. He was 47. His death was confirmed by his cousin Don Champion. Members of...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify...

Beyoncé’s Black Is King film/visual album premiered on Disney+  Friday, July 31, and fans are obsessed. An official description for the music film, which uses songs from 2019’s live-action Lion...

When Beyoncé graces us with a new piece of art, the world takes notice and says, “Thank you, Queen Bey.”  For many of her most recent projects, she hasn’t given...

SALZBURG, Austria — A poster advertising this year’s Salzburg Festival bears a quotation from one of the festival’s founders, the poet and dramatist Hugo von Hofmannsthal: “Wo der Wille erwacht,...

The nominations for the 2020 MTV VMAs were revealed on Thursday, July 30, and Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande lead the pack. The two pop queens collaborated on “Rain on...