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By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press When the wife and son of prominent South Carolina attorney, Alex Murdaugh, were shot and killed in 2021, the news instantly captivated the public’s attention. Were they targets in an act of judicial revenge? Was the whole family in danger? Soon, the story went from tragic and shocking to bizarre

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, isn’t modest in his goals. “We want The Atlantic to be the greatest writer’s collective on the planet,” he said in a recent interview. To that end, he’s added nearly 50 new journalists to his staff this year,

NEW YORK (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama will be promoting her upcoming book on fashion, “The Look,” through a special, six-part companion series to the podcast “IMO” that she hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson. Guests will include Jane Fonda, model-activist Bethann Hardison and designer-former J. Crew executive Jenna Lyons. Higher Ground, the

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. The nation’s leadership called the new rules “common sense”

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young says that he was often responsible for “the dirty work” during his time fighting for civil rights with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. It seems an unsavory phrase. Grunt work is more like it — efforts that may not produce

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first time the filmmaker Rebecca Miller met Martin Scorsese was on the set of 2002’s “Gangs of New York.” Miller’s husband, Daniel Day-Lewis, was starring in it. There, Miller found an anxious Scorsese on the precipice of the film’s enormous fight scene, shot on

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donnie Wahlberg is finally getting his dream of shooting a TV series in his beloved hometown of Boston. There’s just one catch: He’s playing a New Yorker. The die-hard Red Sox fan is transplanting his Danny Reagan character from the Big Apple-based procedural “Blue Bloods”

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Richard Linklater likes to joke that if he and Ethan Hawke didn’t know each other so well, Hawke probably would have punched him during the making of “Blue Moon.” The two Texans have been friends and collaborators for over 30 years. They had made eight films together when they

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Reese Witherspoon’s first novel for adults began with the kind of inspiration veteran fiction writers know well — a character who wouldn’t leave her alone. A military doctor who ends up performing plastic surgery for mysterious clients. “I had never had an idea for a

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway is a tense place these days after two major labor unions authorized strike action amid ongoing contract negotiations with producers. Actors’ Equity Association — which represents over 51,000 members, including singers, actors, dancers and stage managers — and American Federation of Musicians Local 802

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer Angel Reese took her game from the court to the catwalk and made history along the way. The Chicago Sky forward became the first professional athlete to walk in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Wednesday, joining the brand’s high-profile “Wings Reveal” lineup in New York. “It was

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Few artists of his era blurred the lines between sacred and sensual quite like D’Angelo, who died Tuesday at 51. With his unmistakable voice, deep-rooted musicianship and devotion to craft over commerce, he helped define the sound of modern R&B. This playlist, a mix

By The Associated Press Notable reaction to the death of R&B and neo-soul icon D’Angelo , who died Tuesday at 51. Jamie Foxx “I remember hearing your music for the first time… I said to myself damn whoever this is they are anointed… Then when I finally got a chance to see you… Like everyone

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon. Fox signed on to a statement with ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN saying they would not agree to Hegseth’s new rules, saying

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” music video, has died. He was 51. The singer, whose real name was Michael Eugene Archer, died Tuesday after a long bout with

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Tamara Deverell, the production designer on Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” first strode across the nearly finished set of Victor Frankenstein’s lab, she couldn’t help herself. Deverell had by then spent countless hours toiling over the film’s central set, a massive laboratory perched atop an

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Alec Baldwin and his younger brother Stephen escaped injury when their vehicle struck a tree in New York. In a video posted to Instagram late Monday, Alec Baldwin said he was driving his wife’s Range Rover in East Hampton on Monday when he was cut off by a garbage truck

NEW YORK (AP) — She’s won a Grammy, collaborated with Barbra Streisand and performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Now Laufey is taking on a new challenge: creating a children’s story inspired by her mascot-alias, Mei Mei The Bunny. Penguin Workshop announced Tuesday that Laufey’s picture book, “Mei Mei The Bunny,” will be published April

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Megha Majumdar’s “ A Guardian and a Thief,” already a finalist for the National Book Award and Kirkus Prize, is now Oprah Winfrey’s book club pick. Set in the near future, “A Guardian and a Thief” depicts a world of drought, flooding, crime and food

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer News organizations including The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative Newsmax television network said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their reporters from the Pentagon. Those outlets say the policy

By OLEG CETINIC and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s Nobel economics laureate Philippe Aghion reflected Monday on the creative roots that shaped his award-winning ideas about innovation and growth. Aghion paid homage to his family lineage, particularly his mother, Gaby Aghion, who founded the fashion house Chloé, after he was awarded the

By AMER COHADZIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Tens of thousands of people from across the Balkans poured into the streets of Sarajevo on Monday to bid farewell to Halid Beslic, a Bosnian folk singer whose music and humanitarian work broke down barriers in a region riven by ethnic animosity. In his native Bosnia,

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — That’s show business for you! Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” has officially sold 4.002 million equivalent album units — which includes album sales and streaming activity — in its first week in the U.S. That is the biggest first week

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barack Obama helped Marc Maron lock the gates on his podcast Monday, returning to the show for the final episode after 16 years and more than 1,600 episodes. The former president gave new status to “WTF With Marc Maron” and to podcasts in general when

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Tron: Ares” powered up the box office grid in the top spot this weekend, but Disney’s third entry in the sci-fi franchise fell short of expectations. Despite some favorable reviews — including a three-out-of-four-star one from The Associated Press — the new “Tron” film

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — The NFL has been spicing up its international games with halftime performers, a bit like mini-Super Bowls. British rapper Giggs performed Sunday at halftime of the game between the New York Jets and Denver Broncos at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Broncos won 13-11. “It’s a huge

LONDON (AP) — British police have arrested two men on suspicion of murder after the former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was stabbed to death at a prison in northern England, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offenses. Emergency services were called to HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire on Saturday morning after

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Diane Keaton never really played the part of glamorous movie star. She was in iconic films and she dated some of the biggest stars of her generation, and yet she somehow remained other and defiantly herself despite so many years working in the Hollywood system. Eccentric and approachable, with

By The Associated Press Oscar winning actor Diane Keaton, who died at 79, was known for her performances and style that helped shaped some of the most indelible films of all time, including “The Godfather,” “Annie Hall,” “Father of the Bride” and “Something’s Gotta Give.” She was beloved by fans and fellow actors, many of