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By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Associated Press People use music to set moods, create a desired atmosphere and evoke memories of family and friends. The right song at the right time can have similar effects for some dogs. Pet owners, trainers and animal shelter workers sometimes use music as a training tool, a distraction from triggers and

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press The groundwork has been laid for a sunrise ceremony Monday when international woodchuck celebrity Punxsutawney Phil’s annual long-term weather forecast will be announced — six more weeks of winter or an early spring. Tens of thousands of revelers will be descending on Gobbler’s Knob in rural Pennsylvania to witness this

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Carey has blended pop, R&B, gospel and hip-hop into hit songs over five decades. But it was hearing a couple of cuts off her 1990s secret grunge album that had the superstar on her feet clapping. Foo Fighters blasted through “Someone’s Ugly Daughter” with Taylor

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Catherine O’Hara was never afraid to go big. The wild accent as Moira Rose on “Schitt’s Creek.” Delia Deetz’s possessed dance to “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” in “Beetlejuice.” The way she screamed “KEVIN!” in two “Home Alones” as Kate McCallister. But it wasn’t boldness alone that made her

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new documentary “Melania” opens on a close-up of the trademark stilettos of first lady Melania Trump as she walks the halls of Mar-a-Lago, her Palm Beach home, in early January 2025, following her as she climbs into a dark SUV for the short drive to the

By JESSICA HILL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury on Friday convicted “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse of sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls in a case that sent shock waves through Indian Country. The jurors in Las Vegas found Chasing Horse guilty of 13 of the 21 charges he

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Now is certainly not the time for pettifogging. But can we confabulate about the comic brilliance of Catherine O’Hara? These radically arcane words, like so many others, dripped off the gifted comedian’s tongue so silkily as Moira, her singularly eccentric matriarch in “Schitt’s Creek,” that you laughed well before

By LEANNE ITALIE and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press The death of Catherine O’Hara at 71 prompted an outpouring from the actor’s co-stars and friends over the decades. O’Hara, whose legendary comic skills were on display in “Home Alone,” “Schitt’s Creek,” “Beetlejuice” and much more, died Friday in Los Angeles after a brief illness. Macaulay Culkin

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man whose conviction was recently thrown out in the killing of hip-hop luminary Jam Master Jay is asking to go free on a $1 million bond while prosecutors appeal, and he continues facing unrelated drug charges. Since a judge scrapped Karl Jordan Jr.’s murder conviction

By ANDREW DALTON and JOCELYN NOVECK AP Entertainment Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin’s harried mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically ditzy wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek,” died Friday. She was 71.

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Farmers’ Almanac isn’t going out of business after all, but it is leaving Maine for the bright lights of New York City and a new owner. Beloved by farmers and gardeners, the almanac was first printed in 1818 and — like the arguably more famous

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The one thing that American figure skaters Madison Chock and Evan Bates insisted upon when they were approached about a behind-the-scenes documentary from Netflix chronicling their road to the Milan Cortina Olympics was authenticity. The three-time and reigning ice dance world champions were not about fabricating drama. They refused

By JAIMIE DING, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon was released from custody Friday after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church. Lemon was arrested overnight in

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Beth de Araújo’s potent family drama “Josephine,” about an 8-year-old girl who witnesses a sexual assault, won top prizes at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The juries announced the winners Friday in Park City, Utah. “Josephine,” starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan as the

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 years after the release of the multimillion-selling “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” author Audrey Niffenegger has completed her long-awaited sequel. Hanover Square Press announced Friday that “Life Out of Order” will come out Oct. 27. The protagonist this time is violinist Alba DeTamble,

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not for himself, but for U.S. leaders. “I want to pray for the leaders of this nation and the powers that be,” Williams

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leon Thomas and Olivia Dean brought soul, global girl group Katseye and Addison Rae performed electric pop and Lola Young made a triumphant return to the stage. Those acts, alongside The Marías, sombr and Alex Warren, make up the 2026 Grammys’ best new artist nominees

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — “I was strung out on Bach, and Beethoven was my thing. I dug jazz, I dug rock, anything with a swing” — or so goes Funkadelic’s 1978 groove “Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll!).” Now Parliament-Funkadelic is going orchestral. The Detroit Opera will showcase some of funk

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The last Sundance Film Festival in Utah is drawing to a close this weekend. The Park City gathering was a wistful farewell to the place Robert Redford’s brainchild has called home for over 40 years and launched so many careers. Although the festival isn’t

By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The third time may be the charm for Edgar Barrera, the Mexican composer and producer nominated for the third consecutive year for the Grammy in the category of songwriter of the year, non-classical. Barrera has competed in all but one of the years since this category

By STEVEN SLOAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of artistic programming at the Kennedy Center abruptly stepped away from his post less than two weeks after he was named to the job in the latest sign of turmoil at the iconic performing arts venue. The Kennedy Center announced in a Jan. 16 press

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Don’t worry if you didn’t make it to the last Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Many of the films will be available to stream online starting Thursday through the weekend, including the buzzy Channing Tatum drama “Josephine.” What started as a COVID-era

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood super-agent and power broker Ari Emanuel will have a memoir out this fall, a “fiery, furious” story by the man whose clients have included Martin Scorsese,Oprah Winfrey and a (pre-presidential) Donald Trump and who inspired the high-strung Ari Gold of HBO’s “Entourage.” Alfred A.

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cher, Tina Knowles and the late Rob Reiner are among the finalists for the 31st annual Audie Awards, which honor the audio editions of fiction and nonfiction books. Cher’s narration of “Cher: Part One” brought her a nomination for best biography/autobiography, the Audio Publishers Association

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer As if they’d leave “Clueless” off the list. Cher Horowitz fans, rejoice: Amy Heckerling’s 1995 teen comedy is one of 25 classic movies chosen this year by the Library of Congress for its National Film Registry. And if “Clueless” wasn’t your jam — whatever! — maybe this will send

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris couture this season did something unexpected: It got lighter and down to earth. Not just in fabric, but in attitude. Even with major couture debuts at Chanel, Dior and Armani Privé — and a week shadowed by Valentino Garavani’s death in Rome — the strongest