For most of the last three years, the most clever, artful and progressive act in K-pop has been NewJeans, a five-member girl group — Danielle, Haerin, Hanni, Hyein and Minji — with an almost preternatural musical and aesthetic sophistication.... NewJeans said that its differences with the company were irreconcilable, and that it would move on separately. Ador took exception, leading to back-and-forth legal fusillades.... We eagerly anticipate meeting with the artists for a heartfelt conversati

HOUSTON— Playwright ShaWanna Renee Rivon was speaking at her alma mater — the University of Houston — a few months ago when a student told her he wouldn’t be able to attend her upcoming writing workshop: He was going to Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival.“ He was expecting something historical.... He survived, she said, but was shaken.... But its memory loomed large for him and other Houstonians....