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Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other hits from the 1970s, died Sunday, according to a statement on his website.

Jenna Talackova, the 23-year-old woman who forced Donald Trump and his Miss Universe Canada pageant to end its ban on transgender contestants, is set to take the stage Saturday night and she says she's in it to win.

Mr. Gibb was the second member of this brother act, whose sound helped define the disco era, to die.

American Ballet Theater presented three celebrated Giselles, with Albrechts to match.

The roving annual dance festival, the Electric Daisy Carnival, made its Northeast debut at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

Last month we looked at two deals in which the opening lead made a large difference in the number of tricks won.

The choreographer Jack Ferver and the artist Marc Swanson collaborate in “Two Alike” at the Kitchen.

Jazz at Lincoln Center presented two major large-ensemble pieces by members of its orchestra last week: “God’s Trombones,” by the trombonist Chris Crenshaw, and “Inferno,” by the saxophonist Sherman Irby.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center ended its season on Friday with a program of French music at Alice Tully Hall.

Technology, metaphysics and the art and science of putting together a broken heart and a nonfunctioning machine are central to Peter Carey’s novel “The Chemistry of Tears.”

“Amour,” about a couple in their 80s, was warmly received at Cannes; “Beyond the Hills,” also at the festival, concerns two friends divided by religion.

“I Cloned My Pet 2” is about three dog owners contemplating the costly procedure to genetically recreate their beloved dead pets.

H J Lim, a young pianist recently signed to EMI Classics, performed two Beethoven sonatas at Le Poisson Rouge.

Charles Dutoit made his last Carnegie Hall appearance as chief conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra before its new music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, takes the reins in the fall.

The BBC is to dramatise the life of Vera Brittain, the First World War writer and pacifist campaigner, in a major feature film starring Saoirse Ronan.

Will Smith slapped a reporter at the Moscow premiere of Men in Black 3.

The BBC has so many female staff that it is "practically run by women", Julie Walters has claimed.

The "Saturday Night Live" season finale certainly felt like a swan song for at least a couple of longtime cast members, as rumors swirled that Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis were planning their departures this year.

A selection of cultural events.

In a monthly series of 16-millimeter films at the Seward Park Library, streetscapes and characters change, from pushcarts to punk rockers.