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It’s based on a true-life WWE story.

Are they back together — again?

In her Providence show “Dirtypower,” painter Caitlin Cherry heroicizes women who are stereotypically easy to pigeonhole, objectify, or dismiss.

The 26-year-old performer, making her Boston recital debut in a sold-out Celebrity Series concert, has little interest in presenting herself as a prodigy trafficking in attention-grabbing fare.

Exhibitions look at prints from the school and postwar photography influenced by its aesthetic.

Her first solo album in a dozen years is a bundle of joyous tunes.

“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” is go-round number three.

Playwright Naomi Wallace has revised her adaptation of William Wharton’s novel for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s upcoming production.

Come prepared to dance. It’s going to be a party.

The Beninese singer last year released an African reimagining of “Remain in Light.” She’s bringing it to this year’s CRASHfest.

“The Invisibles” tells its story with a hybrid of documentary and dramatization.

“Rocky” meets World Wrestling Entertainment in this comedy-drama biopic.

On May 1, she will assume a post as curator and lecturer at the university.

Actress Kristen Bell, who is teaming up with Spindrift to address the issue, asks, “How could there possibly be two apple emojis and no lime?”

The Philadelphia 76ers guard/forward and the actor have known each other for years. However, Butler says his “best friend” isn’t Marky Mark himself, but a younger member of the Dorchester native’s family.

More boldface names get added to the lineup ahead of the Feb. 24 awards show.

Fun twists on classic drinks make for a festive evening.

Scott Edmiston directs a sizzling production driven by Anne Gottlieb and Remo Airaldi’s outstanding performances.

Tufts alum Joshua Seftel created the series.

The Knight Foundation says it will seed several programs designed to kick-start an industry decimated by layoffs and newspaper closures over the last 15 years.

Such was the enigma surrounding the German-born designer that even his age was a point of mystery for decades, with reports he had two birth certificates.

Shin Lim performed a dazzling card trick with the help of a TV actress on the finale of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent: The Champions.”

Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert’s guide to the week ahead in television.

Police said they received new information that ‘‘shifted’’ their investigation of a reported attack on the ‘‘Empire’’ actor.

Todd Gieg has mostly eschewed his day job to construct a hyper-realistic replica of a long-forgotten narrow-gauge passenger railroad and the seaside towns it rolled through.

Three hours of watching Hollywood celebrate itself — last year’s show was nearly four, not counting red-carpet coverage — seems to be most people’s limit.

The actor took the stage with Meghna Chakrabarti of WBUR, the host of the popular podcast about romance.

Attorneys for Smollett say there is no truth to reports that the ‘‘Empire’’ actor played a role in an assault on him last month by what he described as two men shouting homophobic and racial slurs.

The company launched its spring voyage with the Boston premiere of a Gluck rarity.

The artist’s estate is snared in allegations involving fraud, forgery, theft, and elder abuse.

The items can be previewed at the former restaurant Saturday and Sunday, and online bidding ends Wednesday.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had planned to present four awards during commercial breaks.

Chicago police released without charges two Nigerian brothers arrested on suspicion of assaulting “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett and said they have new evidence to investigate as a result of questioning them.

On Sunday at 9 p.m., NBC will air a two-hour show that re-creates Presley’s “ ’68 Comeback Special.”

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had planned to present four awards during commercial breaks.

Mrs. Ballantine was the younger half of a groundbreaking husband-and-wife publishing team which also helped vastly expand the market for science fiction and other genres.

The independent library has signed a long-term lease for additional space of nearly 20,000 square feet in a neighboring building on Beacon Street.

A review of the week online.

The Needham native known for the “Forbidden Broadway” series unleashes his satirical talent on Miranda’s blockbuster musical, “Hamilton.’’

Yuja Wang played Schumann’s piano concerto, with Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9 also on the program.

A police spokesman said the suspects were arrested for ‘‘probable cause’’ of committing assault and battery on the “Empire” actor.

Ellen DeGeneres has put the beard trimmings up for auction.

Earlier this month, Unicode announced 230 new entries to the emoji ecosystem. The majority of the new symbols represent the increased importance of representation.

Dushku revealed the news at a New York City screening of “Mapplethorpe,” the film Dushku produced about the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

It was first completed a few months ago. But after the artist, Insane51, posted a video of his work this week on Instagram, the mural gained renewed attention.

“Sometimes I actually find myself saying, ‘Where has she been all my life?’” Cook told Jimmy Kimmel. “And then I realize she wasn’t alive for the first 26 years of it.”