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By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Ricky Martin and Hudson Williams joined a star-studded front row Monday for the first Giorgio Armani menswear runway collection under the sole creative direction of Leo Dell’Orco following the iconic designer’s death in September. The collection previewed on the final day of Milan Fashion Week was

By JENNY BARCHFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Valentino Garavani, the jet-set Italian designer whose high-glamour gowns — often in his trademark shade of “Valentino red” — were fashion show staples for nearly half a century, died Monday. He was 93. “Valentino Garavani was not only a constant guide and inspiration for

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Sundance Film Festival may be a little bittersweet this year. It will be familiar in some ways as it kicks off on Thursday in Park City, Utah. There will be stars, from Natalie Portman to Charli XCX, and breakout discoveries, tearjerkers, comedies, thrillers, oddities that defy categorization and

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After her best friend died on the day Rachel Eliza Griffiths married Salman Rushdie and her husband was nearly stabbed to death a year later, the author and multimedia artist was left with no choice over what she would write about next. “I think there

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When you think IMAX, chances are your mind goes to those immersive documentaries that take you inside volcanoes, deep under oceans, atop mountains or to distant planets. Or to those widescreen films that bathe you in backstage experiences with iconic rockstars or Hollywood special effects.

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The third and final round in Prince Harry ‘s battle with the British tabloids began Monday with his lawyer alleging that the Daily Mail and its sister Sunday newspaper engaged in a “clear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering” for two decades. Attorney David Sherborne

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” may have scored well with critics, but slightly more moviegoing audiences chose to spend the holiday weekend catching up with “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” James Cameron’s epic topped the North American box office charts for the fifth straight weekend with $13.3 million in

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NFL is marking the 60th anniversary of the Super Bowl with a hometown opening act. Green Day will kick off the big game with an opening ceremony Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the league announced Sunday. The performance will

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of people gathered Saturday at San Francisco’s Civic Center to celebrate the life of Bob Weir, the legendary guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead who died last week at age 78. Musicians Joan Baez and John Mayer spoke on a makeshift stage in

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield’s attorneys told a court Friday he should be released while he awaits the outcome of child sex abuse charges against him because an independent investigation undermined the state’s allegations, the parents of his accusers have a history of fraud and dishonesty,

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Colman Domingo, Liam Hemsworth and Noah Schnapp were among the celebrities who packed the Ralph Lauren front row during Milan Fashion Week on Friday for the launch of a Milan-centric season that includes dressing Team USA for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics. Domingo was fresh off

By KAITLYN HUAMANI AP Technology Reporter YouTube is updating its guidelines for videos containing content that advertisers define as controversial, allowing more creators to earn full ad revenue when they tackle sensitive issues in a nongraphic way. With the update that went into effect Tuesday, YouTube videos that dramatize or cover issues including domestic abuse,

MADRID (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias on Friday denied allegations that he sexually assaulted two former employees, calling the accusations “absolutely untrue.” Media reports from earlier this week alleged Iglesias had sexually and physically assaulted two women who worked at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas between January and October 2021.

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer After more than 13 years at the helm of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down from the “Star Wars” factory founded by George Lucas. The Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday that it will now turn to Dave Filoni to steer “Star Wars,” as president and chief creative officer, into

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer The Pentagon said Thursday that it is changing the independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes so it concentrates on “reporting for our warfighters” and no longer includes “woke distractions.” That message, in a social media post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s spokesman, is short on specifics and does not

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer David Linde, the former chairman of Universal Pictures and CEO of Participant Media, has been named CEO of the Sundance Institute. The nonprofit organization said Thursday that Linde will assume the role on Feb. 17, after this year’s festival concludes. “I am honored to join Sundance Institute as CEO

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In this world, it’s just him: Harry Styles has announced that his long-awaited, fourth studio album will arrive this spring. Titled “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” and out March 6, the album is Styles’ first full-length project in four years. It follows the 2022,

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a nearly four-year musical hiatus, the K-pop giants BTS are back. Well, almost. On Thursday morning, the entertainment company BigHit Music shared on social media that the septet — RM, Jin, Jimin, V, Suga, Jung Kook and j-hope — will release a new album

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The publishing arm of Mattel Inc. is teaming with million-selling novelist Alex Aster on a Barbie young adult novel in which the iconic doll embarks on a journey across “treacherous, magical lands.” “Barbie: Dreamscape,” scheduled for July 28, is the first novel for young adults

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Goldberg-Polin, who has become known worldwide for her advocacy on behalf of her son and others abducted by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023, has a memoir coming out this spring. Random House, an imprint of Penguin Random House, announced Thursday that “When We

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer If the byproduct of a raid on a Washington Post journalist’s home is to deter probing reporting of government action, the Trump administration could hardly have chosen a more compelling target. Hannah Natanson, nicknamed the “federal government whisperer” at the Post for her reporting on President Donald Trump’s changes

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield was ordered held without bond at his first court appearance Wednesday, a day after turning himself in to face charges of child sex abuse stemming from allegations that he inappropriately touched a minor on the set of

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Actor Michael Keaton has been named 2026 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world’s third-oldest still operating, announced Wednesday that Keaton will receive his Pudding Pot award at a celebratory roast Feb. 6. Afterward, Keaton

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer An audience of 8.7 million viewers watched the Golden Globes on Sunday, according to Nielsen, a decline of almost 7% from the year prior. Sunday’s telecast on CBS, hosted by Nikki Glaser, didn’t quite reach the viewership levels of the two previous Globes on CBS. In the network’s first

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press LONDON (AP) — There’s a new generation this season at the Royal Opera in London, where Jakub Hrůša took over after Antonio Pappano’s 22-year reign as music director, and Speranza Scappucci became the first principal guest conductor in three decades. Hrůša led the company’s first new staging of Puccini’s “Tosca”

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Not every musician has the pull to announce a concert tour with a trailer that stars Sean Penn. John Mellencamp does. The 74-year-old rocker revealed Wednesday that he’ll embark on a 19-date run of U.S. amphitheaters this summer. The theme of “Dancing Words Tour — The Greatest Hits” is

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Min Jin Lee’s first novel since her million-selling “Pachinko” is a long book that grew out of a basic question: What do Koreans care most about? “We’re obsessed with education, and it became my obsession over why Koreans care so much,” says Lee, whose “American