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'Saturday Night Live' plans a massive 50th anniversary special. Who's coming and how to watch

NEW YORK (AP) — The 50th anniversary celebration of “Saturday Night Live” is so big, it's not even on Saturday.

Feb 13, 2025 11:06 AM Read more >

New national tour of 'Beauty and the Beast' features Fergie L. Philippe and Kyra Belle Johnson

NEW YORK (AP) — Fergie L. Philippe first saw the stage musical “Beauty and the Beast” pretty late, as a freshman in college. Kyra Belle Johnson got to know it much earlier — in sixth grade she played a sugar cube in a middle school production.

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It's a publishing fairy tale. 'Hansel and Gretel' is reimagined by Stephen King and Maurice Sendak

An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak .

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Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrate the Lantern Festival with high hopes and rice dumplings

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, visiting light installations and snacking on glutinous rice dumplings.

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White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute

NEW YORK (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico were telling “lies” and insisted it would continue to bar Associated Press journalists from presidentia

Feb 12, 2025 6:40 PM Read more >

White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute

NEW YORK (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico were telling “lies” and insisted it would continue to bar Associated Press journalists from presidentia

Feb 12, 2025 5:43 PM Read more >

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sues NBC over new documentary as he awaits trial on sex trafficking charges

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is suing NBC Universal over a documentary that he says falsely accuses him of being a serial murderer who had sex with underage girls as he awaits trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

Feb 12, 2025 4:57 PM Read more >

The relationship between the White House and its press corps is time-tested - and can be contentious

This week, the White House barred Associated Press journalists from three media appearances by President Donald Trump — two of them in the Oval Office itself.

Feb 12, 2025 4:44 PM Read more >

The relationship between the White House and its press corps is time-tested - and can be contentious

This week, the White House barred Associated Press journalists from three media appearances by President Donald Trump — two of them in the Oval Office itself.

Feb 12, 2025 4:31 PM Read more >

Ian Hanomansing to host live CBC News Network prime-time show from Vancouver

CBC News Network is turning to Ian Hanomansing for live weekday prime-time coverage as an avalanche of breaking news shows no signs of abating.

Feb 12, 2025 4:13 PM Read more >