Pop superstar Lady Gaga and the psychedelic rapper Childish Gambino will perform at the Grammy Awards on January 28, organizers of the music industry's biggest night announced Thursday.

Beyonce, Eminem and The Weeknd will headline Coachella, promoters announced Tuesday, marking the first time that no rock act will be among the main attractions at the leading festival.

More than 300 major actresses and female writers, directors, agents and other entertainment executives unveiled an initiative Monday to tackle pervasive sexual harassment in Hollywood and working class jobs across the United States.

The Vienna Philharmonic did its best to give a troubled world a soothing start to 2018 on Monday with its traditional New Year's Concert, broadcast live in over 90 countries.

Hardy thrillseekers plunged into Italy's Tiber river on Monday, continuing a decades-old New Year's tradition. 

Australia rang in the New Year Sunday with a spectacular display of rainbow-colored fireworks cascading from Sydney Harbor Bridge, as revellers marked the nation's legalisation of gay marriage amid tight security.

French public television has put a controversial film about the Bataclan massacre on ice "until all of the victims' groups are consulted".

Cable channel FX said on Wednesday it had green-lit "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy's "Pose," a dance-musical series featuring the largest transgender regular cast in U.S. television history.

Colombian pop star Shakira on Wednesday cancelled the remainder of her world tour because of a problem with her vocal cords and said she hoped to be back on stage in June of next year.

She started the year leading the chorus of opprobrium against President Donald Trump but 12 months on Meryl Streep, multiple Oscar-winner and doyenne of the liberal Hollywood elite, has become a target herself.