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Neil Diamond performs during the 84th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 16, 2013 in New York. The singer announced his retirement from performing after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

Neil Diamond Announces Retirement From Touring Following Parkinson's Diagnosis

The sequined legend is giving up the road — doctor's orders. Diamond was on the cusp of finishing his 50th Anniversary World Tour.

Alex Trebek Takes A Break From 'Jeopardy!' Following Brain Surgery

Trebek had the operation last month to treat a subdural hematoma that developed after he fell. The longtime game show host said Thursday he expects to be back in the studio "very, very soon."

David Letterman accepts the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in November on PBS.

Obama, Clooney First Letterman Guests On Netflix

Former President Barak Obama will be David Letterman's guest on the premiere of Dave's comeback interview show premiering Friday Jan. 12 on Netflix.

Pat DiNizio, leader of The Smithereens, died on Tuesday. He's seen here singing during the band's 2003 performance at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

Smithereens Lead Singer Pat DiNizio Dies At Age 62

Pat DiNizio, a singer and songwriter who made popular rock songs as the leader of The Smithereens, died on Tuesday, his fellow band members say.

Author Sue Grafton, author of 25 mysteries featuring detective Kinsey Millhone, died Thursday at age 77. Grafton is seen here with a copy of her book <em>R is for Ricochet</em> in 2005.

Sue Grafton, Best-Selling Author Of Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries, Dies At 77

Grafton wrote 25 page turners following the spunky female detective. "The alphabet now ends at Y," her daughter wrote on Facebook.

Swans swim in Lake Eola as the sun sets in Orlando, Fla., in 2014. At the center of the lake is a decades-old green, multi-tiered fountain that is the official icon of the city. A man found himself stuck on that fountain on Friday.

Florida Man Rescued From Fountain After Swanning Around

The man marooned himself in Lake Eola in Orlando after hijacking a swan-shaped boat. He had "ingested a lot of Molly," and wanted to be with the swans because they "didn't judge him" police say.

For Gustavo Dudamel's Youth Orchestra, Politics and Art Like Oil and Water

For a number of years now, Venezuela's Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra has been a bright light of the country's cultural and artistic life. Its social value…

John Cage's 4'33" for Orchestra: The Sound of One Hand Clapping?

American composer, philosopher and artist John Cage wrote his most famous composition, 4'33" (pronounced Four minutes, thirty-three seconds) in 1952, and…

"Call Me Debbie": Deborah Voigt's New Autobiography

Soprano Deborah Voigt calls herself the "Anti-Diva." Not for her the rumored hissy fits indulged in by opera singers in days gone by. This is a blonde…

Alexei Venediktov in 2017 the office of Russian radio station Echo of Moscow, which the Russian authorities shut down earlier this month citing its coverage of Russia's military activities in Ukraine. Venediktov, who was an editor at the station, says someone left an antisemitic message at his door.

A top Russian journalist found a pig's head and antisemitic slur left at his door

It was the latest in a series of acts of intimidation in Russia aimed at journalists and critics of the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

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