BTS member Suga begins alternative military service in South Korea

SEOUL – Suga, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, began fulfilling his mandatory military duty Friday as a social service agent, an alternative form of military service in the country. Suga, 30, became the group’s third member to start carrying out their military duties. The two others, Jin and J-Hope, are already performing active service … Read more

A rare Truman Capote story from the early 1950s is being published for the first time

NEW YORK – Along with such classics as “In Cold Blood” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” Truman Capote had a history of work left uncompleted and unpublished. Capote, who died in 1984 shortly before his 60th birthday, spent much of his latter years struggling to write his planned Proustian masterpiece “Answered Prayers,” of which only excerpts … Read more

Music Review: On ‘Scarlet,’ Doja Cat’s demons demand attention — as if it was possible to look away

LOS ANGELES – Before Doja Cat, the adventurous and often absurdist rap phenomenon born from internet celebrity, released her stellar fourth full-length album, the take-no-prisoners “Scarlet,” she bit the hand that feeds. Sort of. On social media, she told her followers, who call themselves “kittenz” to “get a job.” A few of her fan pages … Read more