Entertainment
Smith Entertainment releases details on Delta Center overhaul, including new interior, new entrance - Building Salt Lake
Iowa State Fair announces free stage lineups for 2025 - KCCI
'Andor' creator explains recasting major 'Star Wars' character with Benjamin Bratt - Entertainment Weekly
Freddie Mercury refused to work with Michael Jackson after King of Pop brought pet llama into studio - Yahoo
Salt Lake County sells portion of Salt Palace to Smith Entertainment Group for $55M - KSL News
Salt Lake County approves sale of 6.5 acres of Salt Palace for new entertainment district - KUTV
County to vote on sale of Salt Palace land to Smith Entertainment Group - FOX 13 News Utah
Iowa State Fair announces 2025 free concerts. When to see The Nadas, PetRock and more. - The Des Moines Register
Music
How Live Nation calls the tune for the live music industry - Financial Times
Ole Obermann and Rachel Newman named Co-Heads, Apple Music - Music Business Worldwide
Apple Reshuffles Government Affairs and Music Divisions in Latest Changes - Bloomberg.com
Ole Obermann and Rachel Newman Named Co-Heads of Apple Music - The Hollywood Reporter
Ye releases unreleased 'Donda 2' album on streaming platforms - USA Today
Some of the Best Americana Music Is Being Made by a Burly Canadian Songwriter - Rolling Stone
To father-daughter duo Martin and Eliza Carthy, folk music is full of soul - The Washington Post
A former Market Basket bagger is so obsessed with the music there, he released a Spotify playlist. And people love it. - The Boston Globe
Rhiannon Giddens' new music festival celebrates Black music, art, culture in N.C. - NPR
Movie
Summer Movie Guide 2025: Here’s what’s coming to theaters and streaming from May to August - AP News
This summer at the movies, superheroes, from ‘Superman’ to ‘Fantastic Four,’ return - AP News
Summer movie preview: 36 great flicks to catch - Newsday
Exterritorial : Everything You Need to Know About the Thriller - Netflix
Vote: Your Most Anticipated Movie of May - Rotten Tomatoes
THUNDERBOLTS*'s Domestic Box Office Opening Weekend Update Revealed Along With The MCU Movie's Budget - ComicBookMovie.com
How to watch ‘Conclave,’ movie inspired by process of choosing pope's successor - USA Today
Suburban movie theater opening new kind of movie screen — a first of its kind in Illinois - NBC Chicago
We’re Saying It: ‘Revenge of the Sith’ Is the Best ‘Star Wars’ Movie’ - IndieWire
Celebrities
“It’s Always Fat People": 28 Times Celebrities Said Some Really, Really Messed-Up Stuff That Just Flew Under The Radar - Yahoo
38 Celebrities Who Aren’t Related But Look So Much Alike - Bored Panda
Justin Sylvester Reflects on Dating a "Really Big Celebrity": "It's So Funny..." - Bravo
Oui, chef! ‘Carême’ introduces world’s first (sexy) celebrity chef, a Napoleonic-era kitchen god - ABC News
Famous birthdays list for today, April 30, 2025 includes celebrities Willie Nelson, Dianna Agron - Cleveland.com
26 Celebrities Who Became Synonymous With One Single Act — Whether They Liked It or Not - Cracked.com
Which celebrities will walk the red carpet at the 2025 KY Derby? See our picks - Lexington Herald Leader
Celebrities Can’t Get Enough of This Sexy, Freaky Shoe Brand - Vogue
Condiments Are the Celebrity Side Hustle of the Moment - instyle.com
The Horse Girl Aesthetic Was The Blueprint For Celebrities At NYLON’s Desert Disco - The Zoe Report
Literature
Premodern Chinese Literature Can Be Trendy Too - Los Angeles Review of Books
Here are the winners of the 2025 Oregon Book Awards - OregonLive.com
A peek inside Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s new book, Light and Thread - South China Morning Post
7 Books That Turn Social Media Into a Plot Twist - Electric Literature
The Limits of Fictional Empathy - Jacobin
Predicting the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (and How to Watch It Live!) - Electric Literature
I’ll Always Be Your Lemon Daddy - Electric Literature
What Does the Literature of the Working Class Look Like? - The Atlantic
I saw the rise and decline of YA literature from the inside. Here’s what it was like - Los Angeles Times