National Entertainment

The Walt Disney Co. is laying off several hundred employees worldwide as the entertainment giant looks to trim some costs and adapt to evolving industry conditions. A Disney spokesperson confirmed the action on Tuesday.

TORONTO — Multidisciplinary artist Tarralik Duffy and textile artist Hangama Amiri are among the six finalists for the prestigious Sobey Art Award.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Near the end of “This House,” a heart-wrenching opera given its world premiere last weekend, the matriarch Ida poignantly intones messages to her family on stage and to the audience.

NEW YORK (AP) — MrBeast plans to turn the success of his Amazon Prime Video reality competition series into millions of dollars for charity.

Maggie Stiefvater has brought her magical prose with her to her first adult novel. “The Listeners” takes place at a luxury hotel in West Virginia as World War II begins. In need of a place to store their foreign nationals — i.e.

NEW YORK (AP) — The magic created by the vocal blend of Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, collectively known as Lucius, has opened many doors for them in the music industry.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — With a mic in hand, Bono belts out “Vertigo,” close enough to reach out and touch, as if you’re sharing the stage with him at the Beacon Theatre in New York.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers on Monday barred journalists from entering villages in the West Bank on a planned tour organized by the directors of the Oscar-winning movie “No Other Land.

Assigned to cover the Pentagon for the conservative outlet One America News Network, Gabrielle Cuccia didn't pretend to be an unbiased reporter.

NEW YORK (AP) — A former personal assistant who accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape testified Monday that she continued sending the hip-hop mogul loving messages for years after her job ended in 2017 because she was “brainwashed.