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Taylor Swift donates $5 million toward hurricane relief efforts

Oct. 10, 2024 13:41 PM EDT

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...

Music Review: James Bay's 'Changes All the Time' is soulful folk-pop for the stomp and holler crowd

Oct. 02, 2024 16:44 PM EDT

“Talk,” like much of British troubadour James Bay 's latest album, “Changes All the Time,” ends with a rousing chorus sung above a guitar melody. To get there, he starts with a confession: “I don’t know how to talk to you/I gotta give you something true.” The truth is,...

She defended 'El Chapo.' Now this lawyer is using her narco-fame to launch a music career

Sep. 29, 2024 00:05 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colón rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion, strolling past a security guard side-by-side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Sporting suits and...

Zachary Quinto steps into some giant-sized doctor's shoes in NBC's 'Brilliant Minds'

Sep. 19, 2024 11:59 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — There's a great moment in the first episode of the new NBC medical drama “Brilliant Minds” when it becomes very clear that we're not dealing with a typical TV doctor. Zachary Quinto is behind the wheel of a car barreling down a New York City parkway, packed with...

After docs about Taylor Swift and Brooke Shields, filmmaker turns her camera to NYC psychics

Sep. 12, 2024 19:07 PM EDT

Filmmaker Lana Wilson had never thought much about psychics. But the morning after Election Day in 2016, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she found herself drawn towards a sign that promised “$5 psychic readings” and wandered in. Much to her surprise, she found it to be a rather...

Taylor Swift wins big at MTV Video Music Awards, ties Beyoncé’s record and thanks Travis Kelce

Sep. 12, 2024 09:26 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift 's dominance continued at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she took home seven awards — including the night's biggest, the trophy for video of the year. In her speech Wednesday night, Swift thanked her “boyfriend, Travis” for being on set of the...

Music Review: Suki Waterhouse's indie-pop shines and bares fangs on 'Memoir of a Sparklemuffin'

Sep. 10, 2024 11:38 AM EDT

Suki Waterhouse is everywhere at once. A year after the hit show “Daisy Jones and the Six” reintroduced her music talents to a new audience, the indie-pop singer-songwriter-model-actress-entrepreneur opened for Taylor Swift on her record-breaking Eras Tour at London's Wembley Stadium. Now,...

Megan Thee Stallion hosts, Taylor Swift rules, Eminem opens: What to know about the 2024 MTV VMAs

Sep. 09, 2024 12:45 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, hot girl summer purveyor and now... award show host? Megan Thee Stallion will both host and perform at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. It marks her first time hosting an award show, though she’s guest hosted “Saturday...

Slide over salsa: K-pop takes socialist Cuba by storm

Sep. 08, 2024 20:11 PM EDT

HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Socialist Cuba, the birthplace of salsa and other rhythms that have conquered the world, is now surrendering to the invasion of South Korean pop music. Thirteen thousand kilometers of distance separate the Asian nation and the communist-run island, as well as a...

Nashville's Mother Church of Country Music retains its roots as religious house of worship

Sep. 07, 2024 08:16 AM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium is known as the Mother Church of Country Music. And, indeed, it began as a church, built by a riverboat captain who was converted to religion by an evangelist. More than 130 years after it was built as the nondenominational...