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The best albums of 2024 so far: AP's picks include Beyoncé, Chief Keef, Kali Uchis, Waxahatchee

Jun. 25, 2024 14:23 PM EDT

The sun is hot, but the tunes are hotter. We're only halfway through 2024, and some of the biggest names in music have already released albums. That’s as good a reason as any to take stock of this year's releases. Here are The Associated Press' picks for the year’s best...so far....

Veronika Slowikowska worked toward making it as an actor for years. Then she went viral

Jun. 24, 2024 11:51 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Veronika Slowikowska graduated from college in 2015, she did what conventional wisdom says aspiring actors should do: Work odd jobs to pay the bills while auditioning for commercials and background roles, hoping you eventually make it. And although the...

Matty Healy's mom says The 1975 singer and model Gabbriette Bechtel are engaged

Jun. 12, 2024 13:01 PM EDT

The 1975's Matty Healy and model Gabbriette Bechtel are engaged, according to Healy's mother, the English actor Denise Welch. Welch, a regular panelist on the ITV talk show “Loose Women," confirmed the news Wednesday on the U.K. program. “I've obviously known for...

What to stream this weekend: 'Hit Man,' Tems, Dakota Johnson, Charli XCX and Star Wars: Hunters

Jun. 06, 2024 23:36 PM EDT

Idris Elba narrating a National Geographic series about the millions of soldiers erased from World War II history and the action-comedy-romance “Hit Man” landing on Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the...

Music Review: Charli XCX's 'Brat' swings between hedonism and anxiety, cult classic and pop party

Jun. 05, 2024 13:33 PM EDT

English pop singer-songwriter Charli XCX 's sixth album, “Brat,” oscillates between hedonism and anxiety — the euphoria of a late night on the dancefloor and the creeping disquietude of the morning after — as much as it does her in-between status as pop queen of the underground and...