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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

May. 10, 2024 00:16 AM EDT

May 3-9, 2024 A rare snowfall blankets Chile's capital, Madonna’s biggest-ever concert turns Rio’s Copacabana beach into a dance floor, and floods continue to ravage Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state. This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images...

Madonna's biggest-ever concert transforms Rio's Copacabana beach into a massive dance floor

May. 05, 2024 11:37 AM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Madonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro's vast stretch of sand into an enormous dance floor teeming with a multitude of her fans. It was the last show of The Celebration Tour, her first retrospective, which...

AP PHOTOS: Young and old participate in Holy Week religious processions on Italy's Procida island

Mar. 30, 2024 01:28 AM EDT

PROCIDA, Italy (AP) — Italy is known for the religious processions that take over towns big and small throughout the year when Catholic feast days are celebrated. But even in a country where public displays of popular piety are a centuries-old tradition, Procida’s Holy Week commemorations stand...

Colin Firth's costume from famous 'Pride and Prejudice' wet-shirt scene nets a tidy sum at auction

Mar. 05, 2024 17:28 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — What's arguably the most famous wet shirt in television history sold for 20,000 pounds ($25,000) on Tuesday —water not included. The white linen garment worn by Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in the BBC’s 1995 TV adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” was the star item...

Do AI video-generators dream of San Pedro? Madonna among early adopters of AI's next wave

Mar. 04, 2024 14:35 PM EST

Whenever Madonna sings the 1980s hit “La Isla Bonita” on her concert tour, moving images of swirling, sunset-tinted clouds play on the giant arena screens behind her. To get that ethereal look, the pop legend embraced a still-uncharted branch of generative artificial...

Welcome to the 'Hotel California' case: The trial over handwritten lyrics to an Eagles classic

Feb. 20, 2024 00:14 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — In the mid-1970s, the Eagles were working on a spooky, cryptic new song. On a lined yellow pad, Don Henley, with input from band co-founder Glenn Frey, jotted thoughts about “a dark desert highway" and “a lovely place” with a luxurious surface and ominous...