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Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies

Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies

NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82...

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A sexy Alexa, Dan Levy’s M&M habit: Super Bowl ads to watch

A sexy Alexa, Dan Levy’s M&M habit: Super Bowl ads to watch

It might not have seemed likely early in the pandemic, but the 55th Super Bowl Sunday is upon us yet again. Each year advertisers pull...

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NASCAR to hold pre-race Daytona 500 concert with Luke Combs

NASCAR to hold pre-race Daytona 500 concert with Luke Combs

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR will attempt some normalcy at the season-opening Daytona 500 with a live pre-race concert — the first big performance at...

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New books with buzz? Dozens excerpted in free e-preview

New books with buzz? Dozens excerpted in free e-preview

NEW YORK (AP) — Excerpts from upcoming works by Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen and crime writer Lisa Scottoline are among 46 books previewed in...

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Students write inaugural poems for poetry academy contest

Students write inaugural poems for poetry academy contest

NEW YORK (AP) — Hallie Knight, a high school senior from Jacksonville, Florida, has some well formed ideas about where the country is and how...

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Jazmine Sullivan, Eric Church, H.E.R. to sing at Super Bowl

Jazmine Sullivan, Eric Church, H.E.R. to sing at Super Bowl

NEW YORK (AP) — R&B star Jazmine Sullivan and country singer Eric Church will join forces to sing the national anthem at the next month’s...

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Teeter-totters at U.S.-Mexico border win UK design prize

Teeter-totters at U.S.-Mexico border win UK design prize

LONDON (AP) — A collection of teeter-totters that briefly allowed children on both sides of the US-Mexico border wall to play together has won a...

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Meghan seeks court ruling over ‘serious breach’ of privacy

Meghan seeks court ruling over ‘serious breach’ of privacy

LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for the Duchess of Sussex asked a British judge on Tuesday to settle her lawsuit against a newspaper before it goes...

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New this week: ‘The White Tiger,’ Salt-N-Pepa movie & Rhye

New this week: ‘The White Tiger,’ Salt-N-Pepa movie & Rhye

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — Diane...

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New Queen Latifah drama gets post-Super Bowl debut showcase

New Queen Latifah drama gets post-Super Bowl debut showcase

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Queen Latifah’s upcoming drama series has scored a touchdown. CBS says “The Equalizer” will get the coveted post-Super Bowl slot next...

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Holiday movies, music specials arrive to light a bleak year

Holiday movies, music specials arrive to light a bleak year

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bring on the sentimental holiday rom-coms, the chorus of Christmas music specials and the nostalgia of last century’s animated charmers. We’ll...

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In seismic shift, Warner Bros. to stream all 2021 films

In seismic shift, Warner Bros. to stream all 2021 films

NEW YORK (AP) — In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all...

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Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage shows

Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage shows

NEW YORK (AP) — There’s theater on Broadway. You just have to adjust your sights. More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan’s shuttered theater...

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Rapper Casanova surrenders in federal racketeering case

Rapper Casanova surrenders in federal racketeering case

NEW YORK (AP) — The rapper Casanova remained in federal custody Thursday after surrendering to law enforcement in a gang-related federal racketeering case, authorities said....

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Alison Lurie, prize winning novelist, dead at 94

Alison Lurie, prize winning novelist, dead at 94

NEW YORK (AP) — Alison Lurie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist whose satirical and cerebral tales of love and academia included the marital saga “The War...

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James McBride among those honored by Center for Fiction

James McBride among those honored by Center for Fiction

NEW YORK (AP) — Author James McBride and editor Chris Jackson were among those honored Thursday night by the Center for Fiction. McBride and Showtime...

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Daddy Yankee achieves new balance, readies for his comeback

Daddy Yankee achieves new balance, readies for his comeback

NEW YORK (AP) — A year after a series of concerts in Puerto Rico that ended up being his last because of the pandemic, Daddy...

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Judge accepts Loughlin’s plea deal in college bribery scheme

Judge accepts Loughlin’s plea deal in college bribery scheme

BOSTON (AP) — “Full House” actor Lori Loughlin must serve two months in prison and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, must serve five months...

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Nigerian boy gains fame with dance video as stars pay homage

Nigerian boy gains fame with dance video as stars pay homage

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — When Anthony Mmesoma Madu was videoed practicing ballet barefoot in the drizzling rain in Nigeria earlier this year, the 11-year-old thought...

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Fire that tore through Rachel Ray’s house started in chimney

Fire that tore through Rachel Ray’s house started in chimney

LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. (AP) — A fire that tore through celebrity chef Rachel Ray’s upstate New York home started in a fireplace chimney, state officials...

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Fire that tore through Rachael Ray’s house began in chimney

Fire that tore through Rachael Ray’s house began in chimney

LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. (AP) — A fire that tore through celebrity chef Rachael Ray’s upstate New York home started in a fireplace chimney, state officials...

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Loughlin, Giannulli get prison time in college bribery plot

Loughlin, Giannulli get prison time in college bribery plot

BOSTON (AP) — Apologizing publicly for the first time for crimes their lawyers insisted for months they didn’t commit, “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and...

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Mural highlights Dolly Parton’s Black Lives Matter quote

Mural highlights Dolly Parton’s Black Lives Matter quote

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tourists are flocking to Nashville to see a new mural of Dolly Parton that celebrates her position on Black Lives Matter....

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Mormon choir Christmas concert cancelled due to pandemic

Mormon choir Christmas concert cancelled due to pandemic

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The annual Christmas concert by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ choir has been canceled because of lingering...

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West Virginia: Kanye West short on ballot signatures

West Virginia: Kanye West short on ballot signatures

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s secretary of state says rapper Kanye West’s bid to get on the ballot for president came up short on...

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Statue of lauded rocker Chris Cornell vandalized in Seattle

Statue of lauded rocker Chris Cornell vandalized in Seattle

SEATTLE (AP) — A life-sized statue of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has been vandalized outside the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. Museum officials told...

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How does coronavirus spread at a concert? Germans do a test

How does coronavirus spread at a concert? Germans do a test

BERLIN (AP) — Germany held a pop concert Saturday to see how those attending could spread coronavirus if they had it. German researchers studying COVID-19...

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“The Secret” author Rhonda Byrne has new release in November

“The Secret” author Rhonda Byrne has new release in November

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of the million-selling self-help book “The Secret” is aiming even higher with her next work. Rhonda Byrne’s “The Greatest...

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UK’s Princess Anne to mark 70th birthday in low-key fashion

UK’s Princess Anne to mark 70th birthday in low-key fashion

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II’s only daughter, Princess Anne, will be celebrating her 70th birthday on Saturday in a no-nonsense manner befitting her reputation...

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J Balvin says he is recovering from the coronavirus

J Balvin says he is recovering from the coronavirus

NEW YORK (AP) — Colombian superstar J Balvin says he is recovering after battling the coronavirus. In a pre-taped video that aired Thursday night as...

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Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges writes children’s book

Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges writes children’s book

NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges has written a children’s book with a candid telling of the past and positive message for...

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Dev Patel celebrates India from his Los Angeles front yard

Dev Patel celebrates India from his Los Angeles front yard

LONDON (AP) — Quarantine brought opportunities to Dev Patel’s front yard. From a safe distance, the British actor was able to enjoy both his birthday...

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Extradition hearing to send Weinstein to Los Angeles delayed

Extradition hearing to send Weinstein to Los Angeles delayed

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers and Los Angeles prosecutors have agreed to postpone extradition proceedings that would send the imprisoned former film producer...

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Sentencing date set for NY self-help guru in sex slave case

Sentencing date set for NY self-help guru in sex slave case

NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of a cult-like self-improvement group in upstate New York who was convicted last year on charges that he turned...

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R. Kelly’s manager charged with phone threats to theater

R. Kelly’s manager charged with phone threats to theater

NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s manager has been arrested in California on charges that he threatened a shooting at a Manhattan theater two years...

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More than 700 fans expected to attend pared-down Elvis vigil

More than 700 fans expected to attend pared-down Elvis vigil

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — More than 700 fans of Elvis Presley have reserved spots to attend the candlelight vigil marking the anniversary of rock ’n’...

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Marge Simpson uses her voice to call out Trump adviser

Marge Simpson uses her voice to call out Trump adviser

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marge Simpson has advice for a lawyer with the Trump campaign: Do not name call. In a clip posted Friday by...

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Coronavirus upends conventions, changes TV coverage

Coronavirus upends conventions, changes TV coverage

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Democratic and Republican conventions will lack for crowds but not television coverage. The standard political gatherings that were to unfold...

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Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103

Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103

Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in “Spartacus,” “Lust for Life” and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken...

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Prosecutors nearing finish as last Weinstein accuser returns

Prosecutors nearing finish as last Weinstein accuser returns

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial are on schedule to rest their case Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony,...

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Kirk Douglas rose from poverty to become a king of Hollywood

Kirk Douglas rose from poverty to become a king of Hollywood

NEW YORK (AP) — He was born Issur Danielovitch, a ragman’s son. He died Kirk Douglas, a Hollywood king. Douglas, the muscular, tempestuous actor with...

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Women vying for Oscars salute their progress, snubs aside

Women vying for Oscars salute their progress, snubs aside

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The mood at Diane von Furstenberg’s lunch honoring this year’s female Oscar contenders could have been downbeat, given the shutout...

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Rolling Stones returning to North America for 15-city tour

Rolling Stones returning to North America for 15-city tour

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rolling Stones are returning to some North American cities where they haven’t played in years. The band announced Thursday that...

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UK reconsiders plan to fly flags on Prince Andrew’s birthday

UK reconsiders plan to fly flags on Prince Andrew’s birthday

LONDON (AP) — The British government says it is reviewing the policy of raising Union Jacks atop town halls on royal birthdays, after some officials...

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Prosecutors rest case in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

Prosecutors rest case in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial rested their case on Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony punctuated by harrowing...

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Hillary Clinton to 2020 Democratic voters: pick a winner

Hillary Clinton to 2020 Democratic voters: pick a winner

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton has advice for Democratic voters faced with an unsettled field of presidential contenders: pick a winner. “This is...

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Portrait found in gallery’s walls verified as missing Klimt

Portrait found in gallery’s walls verified as missing Klimt

PIACENZA, Italy (AP) — Art experts have confirmed that a painting discovered hidden inside an Italian art gallery’s walls last month is Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait...

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Original member of The Wiggles recovering in hospital

Original member of The Wiggles recovering in hospital

SYDNEY (AP) — One of the original members of the popular Australian children’s band The Wiggles has been hospitalized after collapsing during a wildfire relief...

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Jury of 7 men, 5 women selected for Weinstein rape trial

Jury of 7 men, 5 women selected for Weinstein rape trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury of seven men and five women was selected Friday for Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial after an arduous, two-week process...

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Fox’s Bill Hemmer replaces, but won’t copy, Shepard Smith

Fox’s Bill Hemmer replaces, but won’t copy, Shepard Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Hemmer is not Shepard Smith, and no one should expect him to be. The 55-year-old news anchor is a familiar...

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