A copy of Superman No 1 that was discovered in an attic in California last year has become the world’s most expensive comic book after selling for US$9.12m (£6.96m, A$14.14m).
Superman No 1 was published in 1939 and was the Man of Steel’s…

A copy of Superman No 1 that was discovered in an attic in California last year has become the world’s most expensive comic book after selling for US$9.12m (£6.96m, A$14.14m).
Superman No 1 was published in 1939 and was the Man of Steel’s…

Fátima Bosch of Mexico has been named Miss Universe 2025 in a scandal-hit competition where she emerged as a fan favorite after she was berated by a Thai pageant director during a live-streamed meeting, triggering a walk out by contestants.
The…

It’s Friday, and there’s a new De La Soul album in the world. Cabin In The Sky is the pioneering hip-hop group’s first full-length release since founding member Trugoy the Dove died in 2023. The rapper appears on several of the 20 songs,…

Invited artist: Gregg Bordowitz / Director: Annie Ratti / Associate Directors: Lorenzo Benedetti and Gregorio Magnani.
CSAV—Artists’ Research Laboratory is an experimental platform designed to stimulate formal and informal discussions and…

Harry Melling knows the secret to being a good boot-licker. “You want to give a decent, satisfying, sexy lick,” says the 36-year-old actor, who has the umlaut eyes and nasal tones of Nicholas Lyndhurst. “Once you get to the toe-cap, you…

Since its first performance in 1606, King Lear has earned its place as Shakespeare’s largest and most revered powerhouse tragedy.
The story follows an elderly King Lear (played in Belvoir’s new production by Colin Friels) who divides…

Much like the Thanksgiving turkey at the play’s center, the South Coast Repertory’s performance of “Heart Sellers” is a warm, fulfilling and tender 90 minutes of theater. And for Chapman alumni Nicole Javier, it has become so much…

A surrealist painting from the 1940s by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m (£41.8m) – shattering the auction record for an artwork by a female artist.
The painting went for more than 1,000 times its original auction price in 1980, after a tense…

Hollywood showed out in support of Michael B. Jordan on Thursday as he received the 39th American Cinematheque Award during a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton.
Ryan Coogler, Tessa Thompson, Mahershala Ali, Daniel Kaluuya, Delroy Lindo,…

A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million at a New York art auction and became the top sale price for a work by any female artist.
The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled “El sueño (La…