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Cardi B praises Bad Bunny’s upcoming Super Bowl halftime moment, opens up about tour and new music

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As Bad Bunny prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, Cardi B says she’s proud to see him step onto the world’s biggest stage, praising his cultural impact and willingness to speak out during heightened immigration arrests. “I’m proud of everything that he’s

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Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he’s stepping down, days after big layoffs at the paper

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, ending a troubled tenure three days after the newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff. Lewis announced his departure in a two-paragraph email to the newspaper’s staff, saying that after two years of transformation,

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Trump praises Nexstar-Tegna broadcast television deal he once opposed

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump endorsed Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion purchase of broadcast rival Tegna on Saturday, an apparent reversal from earlier criticism of the deal. “We need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks,” Trump wrote on social media. “Letting Good Deals

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Reporting on itself: ‘Today’ keeps it low-key in covering search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Savannah Guthrie gets top billing every weekday morning when the “Today” show introduces its cast. In an anguishing twist, the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother has made Guthrie herself the top story, too. NBC’s morning show is reporting news that it is part of, a journalistic challenge made more

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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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