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Beyoncé, Kendrick, Sabrina and more: AP predicts who will win at the 2025 Grammys
By Maria Sherman And Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press on January 27th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Beyoncé leads the 2025 Grammys nominee pack, but Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli xcx are vying for their moment in the spotlight. Beyoncé is up for 11 awards thanks to “Cowboy Carter,” tying Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” record for most nominations for a single album.” She’s also the most awarded artist ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newbery medal for best children’s book is given to Erin Entrada Kelly’s ‘The First State of Being’
By The Associated Press on January 27th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) – Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s outstanding children’s book. The Randolph Caldecott Medal for best picture story went to “Chooch Helped,” a tale of Cherokee ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ musical with Jennifer Lopez dazzles at Sundance
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on January 27th, 2025
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – A lavish, MGM-style musical is not typical Sundance Film Festival fare. But Sunday night Bill Condon brought such a creation – well, part of one – to Park City, Utah, with his adaptation of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” starring Jennifer Lopez. Audiences broke out in spontaneous applause during the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sterling K. Brown finds ‘Paradise’ after a few years of focusing on film and an Oscar nomination
By Alicia Rancilio, The Associated Press on January 27th, 2025
As an executive producer and star of the new Hulu series “Paradise,” Sterling K. Brown put the hours of TV he watches to good use and cast actors he admires. “I got a chance to hire people that I am a fan of,” said Brown in a recent interview. “I remember meeting Julianne Nicholson at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bill Condon, Jennifer Lopez unveil musical ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ at Sundance
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on January 26th, 2025
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – A lavish, MGM-style musical is not typical Sundance Film Festival fare. But Sunday night Bill Condon brought such a creation – well, part of one – to Park City, Utah, with his adaptation of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” starring Jennifer Lopez. Audiences broke out in spontaneous applause during the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arya says he’s out of Liberal leadership race, as Carney gets more caucus support
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on January 26th, 2025
OTTAWA – One of the seven Liberal leadership hopefuls says the party is not allowing him to run, as another high-profile cabinet minister endorsed Mark Carney on Sunday. Ontario member of Parliament Chandra Arya said the Liberal party informed him he’s out of the running to be its next leader. Arya, who was the first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Sundance documentary called ‘The Stringer’ disputes who took AP’s ‘napalm girl’ photo in Vietnam
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on January 26th, 2025
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – After a half-century of public silence, a freelance photographer from Vietnam has asserted he took one of the most renowned and impactful photos of the 20th century – the image of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack in South Vietnam that has long been credited to a staff photographer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ is No. 1 at box office, ‘The Brutalist’ expands
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on January 26th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) – Critics lambasted it and audiences didn’t grade it much better. But despite the turbulence, Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk” managed to open No. 1 at the box office with a modest $12 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. On a quiet weekend, even for the typically frigid movie-going month of January, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At Paris Fashion Week, Hermes menswear has a dash of jockey-style boldness
By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press on January 25th, 2025
PARIS (AP) – Hermes illuminated a gloomy Paris afternoon with its fall men’s collection Saturday, as Veronique Nichanian turned to the racetrack for inspiration. Jockeys’ vibrant racing silks became her muse, a dynamic counterpoint to the French maison’s storied equestrian roots. “I wanted this collection to be strong and energetic,” Nichanian explained, her palette pivoting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At Sundance, the hottest ticket in town was a Rose Byrne and Conan O’Brien psychological thriller
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on January 25th, 2025
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – Rose Byrne plays a mother in the midst of a breakdown in the experiential psychological thriller “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.” Anticipation was high for the A24 film, which will be released sometime this year. Its premiere Friday at the Sundance Film Festival was easily the hottest ticket ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What does Mexico really think of ‘Emilia Pérez?’
By Berenice Bautista, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2025
MEXICO CITY (AP) – It may have been embraced by the Academy, but just a day after its debut in Mexico, the acclaimed “narco-musical” Emilia Pérez was already drawing rebukes for superficial portrayals of sensitive subjects. The movie by French director Jacques Audiard debuted in Mexico on Thursday on the heels of wins at Cannes ... Read More »
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