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The new season of ‘Cross’ is about corrupt billionaires. Aldis Hodge sees some parallels

By HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Corrupt billionaires get their comeuppance in the new season of “Cross,” with Aldis Hodge returning as the detective and forensic psychologist working complex homicides in Washington, D.C. This series, which arrives Feb. 11 on Prime sees Cross investigating a violent vigilante targeting abusers who get away with

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How Brandi Carlile, Coco Jones and Charlie Puth are preparing for the Super Bowl pregame stage

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brandi Carlile isn’t hedging. When the multi-Grammy winner steps onto the field at Super Bowl to sing “America the Beautiful,” Carlile said she’ll perform fully live — with no prerecorded safety net, embracing the same risk she believes audiences take every day simply by

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The former Prince Andrew moves to King Charles III’s private estate after Epstein document uproar

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The former Prince Andrew has moved out of his longtime home on crown-owned land near Windsor Castle earlier than expected after the latest release of documents from the U.S. investigation of Jeffrey Epstein revived questions about his friendship with the convicted sex offender. The 65-year-old brother of

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Veteran Olympics broadcaster Mary Carillo to replace Savannah Guthrie as co-host

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer With the search for “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother continuing, NBC says that veteran Olympics broadcaster Mary Carillo will replace Guthrie as co-host on Friday’s telecast of the opening ceremonies for the Winter Games. The mystery of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearanc e — investigators believe she was taken

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How Super Bowl halftime moments became flashpoints from the ‘wardrobe malfunction’ to caged kids

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a show that lasts roughly 13 minutes, the Super Bowl halftime performance has fueled decades of conversation. Sometimes the spark comes from a single moment — as it did when Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” triggered a broadcast reckoning. Other

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‘Monster’s Paradise,’ lampooning US President Donald Trump, has world premiere at Hamburg Opera

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Tobias Kratzer spoke in disbelief ahead of the world premiere of “Monster’s Paradise” by Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek, which features a gluttonous, ravenous, insatiable President-King, lampooning U.S. President Donald Trump. “The metaphor has become a reality,” the Hamburg State Opera artistic director said in his

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