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Jim Thornton has served as the show's announcer since 2011.

The 1980 film kicked off a blood-splattered media franchise with nearly a dozen sequels. Mr. Miller worked on daytime television instead.

Plus, an ode to Sinéad O'Connor, the Washington Ballet celebrates 50 years and Dance Theatre of Harlem revives its Caribbean-set "Firebird."

Highlights include the National Symphony at Strathmore, the Berlin Philharmonic in New York and pianist Igor Levit in Baltimore.

The Chuck Brown Band, Janelle Gill and Corcoran Holt are on the docket as the five-day event returns for its 22nd year.

Tommy Davidson's "The Varnell Hill Show" follows a beloved character from a two-episode arc in the original show and was inspired by the lack of Black late-night talk show hosts.

It took longer than the rap icon's own lifetime to produce a murder conviction, even as his music kept shaping American culture.

As Abner Gaston Jr. nears the century mark, his son said, going to the library helps him get out of the house and meet other people.

Melissa Chiu has led the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden since 2014.

On Monday, Parton's estate announced that the country music legend wants to be remembered with a celebration to take place in Nashville and London next year.