There he goes again: The director Peter Sellars has taken an obscure 19th century work by Robert Schumann based on dated Victorian Irish poetry, and he’s related it to the current incendiary Islamic hot spots of Kashmir, Egypt and Syria. There it goes again: The video-besotted Los Angeles Philharmo..

"In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art" at Los Angeles County Museum of Art covers centuries of ground, though you'll have to tease out some of the meaning on your own.

“The most beautiful thoughts are always besides the darkest,” Kanye West announces to begin his exasperating new album, “Ye.” So here, side by side, are two seemingly contradictory conclusions I’ve reached after listening to this thing pretty much nonstop since it came out Friday morning: 1. Kanye...

Few soul and R&B music aficionados ever doubted that singer Clarence Fountain, one of the three founding members of the long-running Blind Boys of Alabama gospel group, would have been one of the great secular singers of his time had he chosen that route. But to Fountain, that was not the way God....

Discovery Communications has snared the international TV and streaming rights for the PGA Tour through 2030, the company announced Monday. Discovery will pay the PGA $2 billion for the rights to air the golf tournament over 12 years starting in 2019. As part of the deal, Discovery will develop...

The first thing one expects in an exhibition devoted to Jim Henson is a kind-eyed, green amphibian made of felt. And, yes, Kermit the Frog welcomes visitors to a new Henson installation at the Skirball Cultural Center. Perhaps the last thing visitors might expect, though — even those well-versed...

Clarence Fountain, a founding member of the Grammy-winning gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama has died. He was 88. Fountain died Sunday in a hospital in Baton Rouge, La., where he had been taken Friday, manager Charles Driebe of Atlanta said in an email Monday. The group won four Grammys, a...

Nickelodeon’s longtime president Cyma Zarghami — who has worked at the children’s TV channel for more than 30 years — is stepping down as parent company Viacom continues to reshape its management ranks. Viacom Chief Executive Bob Bakish announced Zarghami’s departure on Monday. Viacom Media Network..