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Liam Payne and his bandmates all sought solo success after One Direction fame
LONDON (AP) — One Direction was one of the last boy bands from the age of mass-audience linear television and one of the first of the social media era. That helped propel them to a level of fame comparable to Beatlemania, but with the constant scrutiny of a world of smartphones and...
Coldplay teaming with Barcelona for next clasico against Real Madrid
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona soccer team will wear special edition shirts with a logo of pop rock band Coldplay on their fronts for the upcoming clasico against Real Madrid. Hansi Flick’s team will wear the shirts when it visits Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Oct. 26....
Movie Review: 'Smile 2' nicely targets pop star fame with the terrific Naomi Scott
In an early scene in “Smile 2,” the fictional pop superstar Skye Riley is in her drug dealer's apartment. “Do you believe in weird stuff?” he asks her, between doing lines of coke. You certainly will after this horror romp — writer-director Parker Finn's second movie that...
How Jose Iglesias’ ‘OMG’ became the perfect anthem for the underdog Mets
NEW YORK (AP) — It's a pop hit like many others: An ascending chorus, an addictive hook, a warm rhythm. But “OMG,” performed by New York Mets infielder Jose Iglesias, has become the perfect anthem for the team's unlikely playoff run. Since its release on streaming platforms in...
Becky G says 'Encuentros,' her second album of regional Mexican music, is a celebration of culture
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Last year, Mexican American singer Becky G released her first album of regional Mexican music, “Esquinas.” Her newest album, “Encuentros,” makes it clear that this is not a temporary interest: She's dedicated to exploring the folk music in depth, and by adding modern...
Music Review: Charli XCX’s 'Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat' remixes, ranked
NEW YORK (AP) — This is the way Brat Summer ends, not with a bang, but a Twitch livestream. On Thursday afternoon, hours after her deluxe, remixed, double-album version of her culture-shifting album “Brat” leaked – this one called “Brat and it’s completely different but...
Music Review: 'Sex Education' star Dua Saleh's debut, 'I Should Call Them' is arty, experimental pop
Los Angeles (AP) — The Sudanese-American actor/artist Dua Saleh, best known for their work as Cal Bowman on Netflix's “Sex Education,” mesmerizes within the first few seconds of their experimental debut album, “I Should Call Them.” The opening track “Chi Girl” lays the...
Taylor Swift donates $5 million toward hurricane relief efforts
Taylor Swift has donated $5 million to Feeding America to support relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The nonprofit announced the pop star's donation Wednesday with a “Thank You” graphic resembling a friendship bracelet, a favorite accessory that...
Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize for literature. She's the first South Korean to do so
STOCKHOLM (AP) — South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that the Nobel committee said “confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” A slow-burning...
Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died at 63
Christopher Ciccone, a multihyphenate artist, dancer, designer and younger brother of Madonna, has died. He was 63. Ciccone died Friday in Michigan, his representative Brad Taylor told The Associated Press Sunday. He had cancer. Madonna posted a tribute to him on...
