Guillermo del Toro's new film, Pinocchio, hovers between joy and sadness. So does the music by French composer Alexandre Desplat — performed, appropriately, entirely on wooden instruments.

"All I Want For Christmas Is You" is the first song to ever have four separate runs at No. 1 on the chart, beginning in 2019. It's become a holiday hallmark in the years since its 1994 release.

As the key witness for the prosecution, the Houston rapper spoke for the first time in explicit detail about the night Lanez allegedly shot her in 2020.

On the Tuesday Dec. 13 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia’s Secretary of State has been subpoenaed, the deadline for open market insurance enrollment nears, and AAA says people are going to do a lot of traveling this holiday season.

Ukraine's culture minister said his country's allies could stop Russia from weaponizing its culture by temporarily boycotting Russian artists, including The Nutcracker composer Tchaikovsky.

The trial comes after two years of back-and-forth and division in the hip-hop world. Lanez is charged with shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion.

The singer repeatedly postponed performances in the past year because of severe muscle spasms. In a tearful Instagram post, she revealed she has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder.

The lawsuit, filed Friday, alleges fraud and antitrust violations, among other claims. Nearly 400 more people have since shown interest in joining and will be added as plaintiffs, a lawyer tells NPR.

Like the Velvet Underground before them, Kilgour and The Clean inspired tons of musicians to embrace impulsive creativity.

The white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player co-founded the influential record label with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful "Memphis sound."

Amy Grant, George Clooney, Gladys Knight, U2 and Tania León attended a dinner at the U.S. State Department and a gala tribute event. The 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors airs on CBS later this month.

The Lady Gaga connection was a coincidence, authorities have said. The motive was the value of the French bulldogs, and detectives do not believe the thieves knew the dogs belonged to the musician.

Bats and death metal singers have more in common than a love of the dark. A new study has found that some of bats' lower frequency calls appear to use a technique similar to death metal growling.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with composer Miguel Atwood-Ferguson about Lincoln Center's orchestral tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.

Houston police announced Friday that Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, has been charged with murder in connection with Takeoff's fatal shooting outside a bowling alley last month.