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There's a Reason Dan 'Wardog' DaSilva Doesn't Use His Real Name on the Show

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Fans of Survivor have been watching the show since it first began nearly a decade ago, and Season 38 is offering even more twists. This season on Edge of Extinction, four returning players join a number of new contestants on the island, and those who are voted out can attempt to win their way back in by residing on Extinction Island and winning challenges. Extinction Island is bleak, but we’ve already seen one contestant, Rick Devens, make it back. Read More...

Yuri Temirkanov obituary | Classical music

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Classical musicObituaryYuri Temirkanov obituaryRussian conductor admired for his electrifying interpretations of his nation’s repertoire, especially Prokofiev and TchaikovskyAs head of two of Russia’s leading musical institutions, the Kirov (later, Mariinsky) Opera and Ballet Theatre (1976-88) and the Leningrad (later, St Petersburg) Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he was principal conductor for more than three decades from 1988, Yuri Temirkanov, who has died aged 84, was at the forefront of music in the Soviet Union for nearly half a century. Read More...

Grammys After-Parties Bring Out the Big Celebs Following Award Show

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Gallery Launch Gallery grammys after-parties Launch Gallery Gallery Backgrid Hollywood was in the mood to party after the 65th Grammy Awards -- and that's exactly what they did ... going out in spades and flooding the streets of L.A. with their boogie shoes. Several shindigs were being held all across town following the award show in downtown, with celebs kinda splitting their allegiances between Universal Music Group -- which was hosting its own bash -- and another blowout attended by just about everybody in hip-hop. Read More...