Photo Stephen Colbert, pictured during a taping of CBS’s “The Late Show.” He will be overseeing an animated series in the fall that will take on President Trump. Credit Chad Batka for The New York Times Stephen Colbert, not content with mocking President Trump only after dark, will now expand …

Pop acts have long invested lavishly in visuals and theatrics for live performances. The challenge to classical presenters is to find ways to widen the sensory experience of a concert without losing depth or quality of sound — a concern that takes on novel forms when cellists or clarinetists are …

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, Chairman and founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos’ wealth has been on a wild roller-coaster ride over the past 24 hours. Thursday morning, the Amazon CEO became the richest man in the world when Amazon’s stock soared on earnings expectations. By noon, when Amazon …

PRIESTS at Brooklyn Bazaar (July 29, 9 p.m.). Priests, a punk band based in Washington, D.C., has attracted a devoted national audience over the last five years with a series of sharply provocative singles and EPs (and wildly fun concerts). “Nothing Feels Natural,” Priests’ recent full-length debut, expands the musical …

Now playing on a quote screen near you: “The Divergent Series: Financials vs. Technology.” Financial and tech stocks – the two largest segments of the market – have been moving in opposition to one another lately to an unusual degree. On a day-by-day basis, when Big Tech has been rallying …

Amazon’s earnings missed Wall Street’s consensus estimate by the largest margin since at least 2001. History shows investors won’t be so quick to shake this one off, despite the faith in the free spending ways of CEO Jeff Bezos. Using hedge fund analytics tool Kensho, CNBC looked at what happened …

Photo Leon Botstein will conduct the American Symphony Orchestra in performances of the Dvorak opera “Dimitrij” at Bard College; see listing below. Credit Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera. ‘DIMITRIJ’ at Bard College (July 28, 7:30 p.m.; July 30 …

Photo The comedian Dave Chappelle will begin a three-week residency at Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday. Credit Rebecca Smeyne for The New York Times Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows. DAVE CHAPPELLE AND THE ROOTS at Radio City Music Hall (Aug. 1-4, 8 p.m.). For years withdrawn …

Mikhail Klimentyev | TASS via Getty Images Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) and US President Donald Trump talking during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg. Russia ordered the United States to cut its diplomatic staff by Sept. 1 and said it was seizing a …

Photo Seth Meyers took cracks at Anthony Scaramucci for his profanity-laced interview with The New Yorker — and his views on health care. Credit NBC Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you think …