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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

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,

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — E-40 turned NFL Honors into a hyphy detour, firing off Bay Area slang that helped shape a generation as actor Tiffany Haddish and Carolina Panthers rookie Tetairoa McMillan danced from their seats and Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce nodded along to the beat.

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

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The performance by pop star Mariah Carey at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony was the talk of the town — but it also raised a few questions. The rendition by the American singer of Italian classic “Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu” — better known as

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

MILTON, Ga. (AP) — A person believed to be the son of rapper Lil Jon has been found dead in a pond north of Atlanta, police said Friday. Nathan Smith, known professionally as D.J. Young Slade, left his home in Milton “under unusual circumstances” early Tuesday morning, police said. Lil Jon said in a statement

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — “West Wing” and “Field of Dreams” actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child under age 13, a New Mexico prosecutor announced Friday. The allegations are tied to Busfield’s work as a director

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

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The suburbs are anything but bland in the new Peacock series “The ‘Burbs,” where strange things are going on. Like how jokes mix with the dread. Inspired by the 1989 Tom Hanks-led movie of the same name, “The ‘Burbs” follows a new mom as she

By STEFANIE DAZIO and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Mittens versus gloves? Hats against headbands? Merino wool over Mongolian cashmere? Fashion is its own competitor in any Olympics, from team uniforms at the opening and closing ceremonies to individual looks in the stadiums and — during the Winter Games — on the slopes.

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There are stages, and then there is the Super Bowl halftime show. On Sunday, fresh off his historic win at the Grammys for his love letter to Puerto Rico, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” Bad Bunny will once again surprise audiences with a performance that is

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Bad Bunny look-alike contest at a San Francisco restaurant snowballed into a street party after hundreds of fans of the global superstar showed up to cheer his doppelgangers and sing along to his music ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show this weekend. More

By MICHAEL CASEY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Actor Michael Keaton jousted with an Oscar statue and made burgers Friday night as he was roasted before receiving the 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

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press Noah Winter brags he’s been to way more Super Bowls than Tom Brady. Brady competed in 10 — more than any other player. But Winter will be part of the Super Bowl spectacle for his 30th straight year this year, not in uniform but as the guy in charge

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

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2015, Woody Allen and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, went on a trip to Washington, D.C. With the help of their friend Jeffrey Epstein, they were able to tour the White House. Allen’s friendship with Epstein has been known for years, but emails in the

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck, who both dropped out of Kennedy Center appearances after President Donald Trump took over the venue, will give a joint concert at Carnegie Hall as part of a 2026-27 season that also will include a Philip Glass symphony he withdrew from

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The Tipping Point” author Malcolm Gladwell’s next book will focus on a long-running tragedy in the country’s culture, gun violence. “The American Way of Killing” will come out Sept. 29, Little, Brown and Company announced Thursday. “‘The American Way of Killing’ is an argument for

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Jon Hamm first attended the NFL Honors, the league’s annual awards show was still finding its footing. It was a relatively new addition to Super Bowl week that had yet to fully define what it would become. Now, the Emmy-winning actor will take

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bad Bunny says he’s approaching his highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime performance with a mix of excitement, gratitude and perspective. “To be honest, I don’t know how I’m feeling. There’s a lot. I’m still in the middle of my tour. I was just at

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

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer Singer LaMonte McLemore, a founding member of vocal group The 5th Dimension, whose smooth pop and soul sounds with a touch of psychedelia brought them big hits in the 1960s and ’70s, has died. He was 90. McLemore died Tuesday at his home in Las Vegas surrounded by family,

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump on Wednesday met with a freed American-Israeli hostage whose plight she featured in her new film, which includes footage from a meeting last year with the man’s wife. Keith and Aviva Siegel were among some 251 people taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, after Hamas

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

By The Associated Press Art museum curator and director David A. Ross has left his post at the School of Visual Arts in New York after the latest release of documents about Jeffrey Epstein revealed his friendship with the convicted sex offender. Ross, who was chair of the MFA art practice program, resigned Tuesday, the

By FERNANDA FIGUEROA Associated Press Bad Bunny is expected to perform the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday entirely in Spanish — which has inspired fans to quickly learn the language. In October, the Puerto Rican singer — born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — kicked off the 51st season of “Saturday Night Live” expressing pride