LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool cleaned up from the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, as Sweden celebrated victory and Ukraine remained defiant after a night of Russian bombardment, including a strike against the hometown of the country’s competitors. Electronic duo Tvorchi represented Ukraine at Saturday night’s pan-continental pop competition spectacular, finishing sixth out of 26 finalists… Read More »
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s coming to TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week. NEW MOVIES TO STREAM — Three decades after Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson mixed it up on the black top, a new “White Men Can’t Jump” is next. A remake… Read More »
LONDON — Last week Britain crowned a king. This week it will help give Europe’s pop crown. The Eurovision Song Contest is returning to the UK for the first time in 25 years, but the heart of the glittering music competition will be in Ukraine. Britain is hosting the event on behalf of the war-torn… Read More »
NEW YORK — Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany during a career spanning more than three decades on the world’s best stages, has died. She was 86. Bumbry died Sunday at the Evangelisches Krankenhaus, a hospital in Vienna, according to her publicist,… Read More »