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Taylor Swift is a good luck charm for soccer team hosting Travis Kelce’s 1st game in Brazil
SAO PAULO (AP) — Taylor Swift is very likely not aware of it, but she's considered a good luck charm for the Brazilian soccer team hosting Friday's game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers.
The unlikely connection…
A wildly popular 15-year-old computer whiz is becoming the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint
Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first canonization ceremony Sunday to create the first millennial saint. Carlo Acutis has shot to near rock star-like fame among many young Catholics. Much of that popularity is thanks to a concerted…
R&B singer Angie Stone’s children sue truck company for her death in highway crash
ATLANTA (AP) — Two children of R&B singer Angie Stone are suing a trucking company, truck manufacturer and others, seeking damages for an Alabama interstate crash that killed Stone.
The lawsuit says the driver lost control of the…
A John Candy documentary gives Toronto film fest a tender and appropriately Canadian opening night
TORONTO (AP) — “I wish I had more bad things to say about him,” Bill Murray says in the opening moments of the documentary “John Candy: I Like Me.”
It has always been hard to find a negative word about Candy. The great Canadian comedian and…
‘The Paper’ blends the absurdity of ‘The Office’ and the optimism of ‘Parks and Recreation’
The documentary crew that followed the employees at Dunder Mifflin paper company on “The Office” must sure love paper. In its new spinoff, the cameras are back up and filming the day-to-day at another paper company — a newspaper called the…
Movie Review: In audacious dark comedy ‘Twinless,’ grief and loneliness lead down disturbing paths
James Sweeney never had a twin, though he wanted one. The filmmaker grew up a military brat, and says he dreamed of a having a twin that would serve as a kind of built-in best friend. Alas, he was twinless.
Of course, not all twins remain…
Justin Bieber announces ‘Swag ll’ will arrive Friday
NEW YORK (AP) — Never say never... again? In July, Justin Bieber surprised fans by releasing his seventh studio album, “Swag,” hours after he teased it on billboards and social media posts. It turns out, he wasn't done yet. On Thursday…
Al Roker lends his voice and meteorology skills to the new PBS Kids animated show ‘Weather Hunters’
NEW YORK (AP) — Before he was a star on TV, Al Roker was a huge fan of watching it, especially animated shows.
“I spent a lot of Saturday mornings in front of the TV,” he says. “I was one of those kids who waited with bated breath because…
Kim Novak’s emotional return to the spotlight at Venice Film Festival
Kim Novak has made an emotional return to the spotlight at 92. She traveled from Oregon to Venice for the film festival, where she has received a lifetime achievement award and supported a documentary about her life. Earlier in the week,…
Giorgio Armani, who dressed the powerful and famous from boardroom to Hollywood, dies at 91
MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani, the iconic Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire, died Thursday, his fashion house confirmed. He was 91.
Armani died at home, "peacefully,…
Today in History: September 4, the 1949 Peekskill Riots
Today in History
Today is Thursday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2025. There are 118 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 4, 1949, more than 140 people were injured following a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill,…
Movie Review: In ‘The Baltimorons,’ emergency dental work prompts an unlikely rom-com
There are all kinds of movies that are either endangered or practically extinct. The big-studio comedy. The original musical. But the sweet and shaggy regular-people movie — more a province of the 1970s, always one that required a little…
Noteworthy and influential people who’ve died this year
August saw the death of Stella Rimington, the first female head of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency. Over the course of her time at MI5, Rimington overcame gender barriers and worked in each of the domestic security service’s operational…
BLM co-founder debuts homeless youth documentary as Trump sweeps encampments in DC
Artist and author Patrisse Cullors, best known for her role in co-founding the Black Lives Matter movement more than a decade ago, says she has written a love letter to a younger version of herself who knew what it was like to be homeless…
C-SPAN announces deal for its service to be carried on YouTube TV, Hulu
C-SPAN's three public affairs networks will be carried beginning this fall on YouTube TV and Hulu's live television package, according to a deal announced on Wednesday. Cord-cutting has reduced the number of homes with access to the…
