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Well, that just happened. The president held a cage fight on the White House South Lawn, complete with flyovers, fireworks, mini-skirted “octagon girls” and the surrealistic sight of mixed martial arts fighters striding through historic White House rooms flanked by National Medal of Honor winners. Despite wide public disapproval for Sunday’s event and much scathing…

There’s the Scottish soccer fan who marveled at our wildly varied landscape and welcoming communities as he walked from L.A. to Boston, arriving in time to see Scotland play Haiti on Saturday. There’s the German traveling in the opposite direction from Atlanta who could not get over the wonders of the hospitable South, from Stone…

Steven Spielberg’s latest sci-fi thriller, “Disclosure Day,” topped the box office this weekend, an encouraging sign for what could be a big summer for theaters. The film, which stars Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor, brought in $44 million in the U.S. and Canada for a worldwide total of $92.9 million, according to studio estimates. The…

Béla Guttmann may be the most consequential soccer coach you’ve never heard of. But if it weren’t for Guttmann, you may never have heard of Pelé. And Brazil may never have become the greatest soccer-playing country on Earth. That’s because Guttmann changed the shape of modern Brazilian soccer — and changed the sport forever —…

The stunning victory by the New York Knickerbockers over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday gave ABC the most-watched NBA Finals Game 4 since 1998, the year of Michael Jordan’s last championship with the Chicago Bulls. Nielsen data showed an average of 20.9 million viewers watched the Knicks overcome a 29-point halftime deficit to top…

The Washington National Opera filed a lawsuit on Thursday that demands more than $17 million from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The opera company claims it is owed millions in donations that have been withheld. The lawsuit claims that after the opera company and the Kennedy Center parted ways in January,…

The Directors Guild of America’s national board on Friday unanimously recommended its membership vote in favor of a four-year contract with the major studios that would increase wages, boost contributions to its health plan and establish guardrails surrounding AI technology. “We entered this negotiation with three main priorities: secure our Health Plan, protect jobs, and…

Gene Shalit, the fast-talking funnyman who reviewed films, plays and books for NBC’s “Today” show has died. He was 100. Shalit’s family confirmed the longtime critic’s death Friday, telling NBC that he “passed away peacefully after 100 years of an amazing life.” According to a 2010 interview with Guy Ludwig, Shalit’s producer for more than…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> David Hockney, the towering English artist who made Los Angeles his home, created many pieces that epitomized the city’s sun-drenched landscapes filled with glittering pools, rolling hills and lush foliage. Here are five of his best. “Mulholland Drive: The Road To The Studio,” 1980. At more than 7 feet tall and 20 feet…

What to do after writing some of this century’s most devastating songs about the torment of breaking up? Write some of this century’s most devastating songs about the ecstasy of getting together. With her first two albums — 2021’s Grammy-winning “Sour” and 2023’s triple-platinum “Guts” — Olivia Rodrigo proved herself to be perhaps the most…