The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens.

Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT’s coverage of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously a medical devices reporter. You can reach Lizzy on Signal at lizzylaw.53. Last Friday, George Tidmarsh, the ...

Any production of Leoncavallo’s evergreen verismo masterwork I Pagliacci (The Clowns) — including the San Diego Opera’s (Oct. 31 – Nov. 2) — must grapple with the tension at the opera’s heart: its ...

Stephen King’s most infamous creation, Pennywise, never seems to go away—the dancing clown has been haunting dreams since 1986, when King’s horror novel It was released. It adaptations tend to avoid ...

A Seattle mom attempting to film her baby's laughter on camera wasn't prepared for what she captured instead. Sara Angulo (@saralynnangulo) set up her camera hoping to document a memory of her ...

A popular fashion influencer with millions of followers died just days after posting an eerie video of herself crying in clown makeup. Marian Izaguirre, 23, was confirmed dead on Sept. 12 after she ...

In his general audience on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV explained that cries of pain, like those of Jesus in his final moments on the cross, instead of a sign of weakness, can express desire, surrender, ...

Things, as always, are both vexing and boring for the recurring characters in “Clown Town.” It is the English author Mick Herron’s ninth novel to chronicle the doings of the misbegotten British secret ...

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Adult Swim has set Sunday, October 5 for the Season 3 premiere of adult animated series Smiling Friends and Sunday, October 19 for the debut of new comedy Haha You Clowns. Smiling Friends Season 3 ...

It’s been nearly a decade since an outbreak of clown sightings frightened people, first in the U.S. and then later across the globe. A clown in the right context isn’t necessarily scary, but a random ...