AP's top music documentaries of 2024: Taylor Swift, ABBA, the Boss and more — and where to watch

NEW YORK (AP) — Once you've made your way through AP's list of 2024's best films and dried those tears after bingeing “I Am: Celine Dion” — we won't judge — it's time to hand over the remote. Here are 10 of The Associated Press’ favorite music documentaries of the year,...

Today in History: December 12, Supreme Court issues Bush v. Gore decision

Today is Thursday, Dec. 12, the 347th day of 2024. There are 19 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 12, 2000, George W. Bush became president-elect as a divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed a state court recount decision in Florida’s tightly contested...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 8-14

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 8-14: Dec. 8: Singer Jerry Butler is 85. Flute player James Galway is 85. Drummer Bobby Elliott of The Hollies is 83. Actor Mary Woronov (“Eating Raoul,” “The Munsters” films) is 81. Actor John Rubinstein (“Family,” ″Crazy Like...

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame turns up starpower to induct Cher, Foreigner, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy and more

CLEVELAND (AP) — Hollywood stars Julia Roberts and Zendaya bookended Saturday’s inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, giving a little stardust to an eclectic lineup that included pop icon Cher, heavy metal’s Ozzy Osbourne, hip-hop soul queen Mary J. Blige, soft rockers Foreigner...

Cissy Houston mourned by Dionne Warwick, politicians and more at longtime church

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Dionne Warwick, BeBe Winans, Darlene Love and a massive choir helped celebrate the life of gospel icon Cissy Houston during a music-filled memorial Thursday in the Duchess of Gospel’s hometown of Newark. The ceremony at New Hope Baptist Church — where...

Cissy Houston, gospel singer and Whitney's mother, celebrated by Dionne Warwick, New Jersey's governor, more at memorial

Anti-establishment the MC5 ironically get into the establishment with Rock & Roll Hall Fame invite

NEW YORK (AP) — Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5. “The MC5 was playing punk rock music before there was a name for it,” says Tom Morello, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist for bands like Rage Against the Machine and...

Cissy Houston, a Grammy-winning gospel singer and Whitney Houston's mother, dies at 91

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artist who sang with Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and other stars and knew triumph and heartbreak as the mother of Whitney Houston, has died. She was 91. Cissy Houston died Monday morning in her New...

Last original member of Kool & the Gang to represent group at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

NEW YORK (AP) — You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B, soulful or disco, pop or dance. What you cannot call it is partisan. When Iowa’s delegation at this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago announced its vote for the Harris-Walz ticket,...

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Nonfiction 1. Something Lost, Something Gained by Hillary Rodham Clinton, narrated by the author (Simon & Schuster Audio) 2. Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari, narrated by Vidish Athavale (Random House Audio) 3. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by...