National Entertainment

NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera is cancelling the rest of its season and stopping the pay of the orchestra, chorus and other unionized employees at the end of March due to the new coronavirus.

NEW YORK — News organizations across the United States are lifting paywalls to share coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, a public service many hope will convince more readers to eventually become paying customers.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — They’re tired of the deaths and multiple rescues near a decrepit old bus whose legendary status continues to lure adventurers to one of Alaska’s most unforgiving hinterlands, and now officials in the nearest town want the it remov

NEW YORK — France's Cannes Film Festival, arguably the world’s most prestigious film festival and cinema’s largest annual gathering, has postponed its 73rd edition due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela, “Rejoice” (World Circuit Records) “Rejoice,” a long-dormant collaboration between legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen and the late South African horn player Hugh Masekela, is a swirling, restless album that wisely puts

Gordon Lightfoot, “Solo” (Rhino) Gordon Lightfoot's first studio album since 2004 finds him displaying the pillars of his songwriting on “Solo,” a brave and unvarnished work teeming with maps of roads taken and avoided.

Gordon Lightfoot, “Solo” (Rhino) Gordon Lightfoot's first studio album since 2004 finds him displaying the pillars of his songwriting on “Solo,” a brave and unvarnished work teeming with maps of roads taken and avoided.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum is planning to offer a recorded, one-hour television program in place of a live ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing due to concerns about the spread of the

LOS ANGELES — Sports are on hold, theatres are closed and so are amusement parks, a disaster-movie scenario that has Hollywood reeling.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Twelve video games were named Thursday as finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame. The hall received thousands of nominations from more than 100 countries for consideration for the Class of 2020.