LOS ANGELES – Actor David McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob on the hit 1960s TV series “The Man From UNCLE” and 40 years later as an eccentric medical doctor on the hit “NCIS,” has died. He was 90 years old. McCallum died of natural causes Monday at New York …

September 23 would still be a big day for jazz fans if it weren’t for the first day of the 17th Hyde Park Jazz Festival. During his set with poet Nikki Giovanni, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson talked about some of the important musical names born that day, receiving great applause …

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival is an event where musicians perform in many venues, from churches to concert halls and great outdoor venues.

The Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative agreement under a new contract with top entertainment companies, ending one of Hollywood’s longest labor disputes and moving the industry closer to a restart. The agreement may bring some relief to the industry, which has been thrown into turmoil due to …

More than three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, musicians are still releasing the work they created during this turbulent time. One such example is twin sister duo Maris and Bryce O’Tierney, who play the role of Maeve & Quinn. Making smart, interesting and serious pop music for …

The fall TV season is in shambles, a mix of reruns and reality that is the inevitable result of studios failing to negotiate acceptable contract terms with standout actors and writers early enough in the summer. Anticipating this outcome, NBC has withdrawn several of its originals already on the can, …

LOS ANGELES — Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic nearly five-month strike by screenwriters, but no deal has yet been reached for striking actors. The Writers Guild of America announced the deal in a joint statement with the Motion Picture and Television …

Martyna Majok, a Polish immigrant who graduated from the University of Chicago and wrote the last play at Steppenwolf Theatre, has devoted much of her writing career to plays about people who come to America from somewhere else and don’t make themselves felt. As if they belonged here. In “Sanctuary …

Go out of your own way and start publishing your work online. Mostly on Instagram. Replace thirst traps with jokes about thirst traps, hookups, and why all the Disney princes are gay. That’s what singer-turned-illustrator-turned-comedian Matteo Lane did as he emerged from the haze of COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. He’s currently …

LOS ANGELES — Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren’t enough to save “Expend4bles” from its first box office failure. The fourth film had the action-packed franchise’s worst opening weekend, while “The Nun 2” held the top spot for the third week in a row, Comscore reported Sunday. Lionsgate and Millennium’s …