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Two Hollywood stars, Jonathan Majors, left, and Meagan Good, attend a private ceremony where they were awarded their Guinean citizenship in Conakry, Guinea, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/ Fode Toure)

Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors gain Guinean citizenship

Boubacar Diallo, The Associated Press 2 minute read 4:20 AM CST

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors received Guinean citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African country through DNA testing.

The couple was awarded citizenship in a private ceremony in the capital of Conakry on Friday. They are scheduled to tour the country's tourist sites on Sunday.

“We think that you are among the worthy sons and daughters of this Guinea. You represent our country, the red-yellow-green flag all over the world,” said Djiba Diakité, head of the president's cabinet.

Majors seemed destined for the ranks of Hollywood’s A-list before he was arrested following a 2023 altercation with his then-girlfriend. He had won critical accolades for his work in “Da 5 Bloods” and “Lovecraft Country” and secured years of future Marvel stardom with his role as Kang the Conqueror. However, after his conviction on assault and harassment charges, Marvel dropped him from future projects, and “Magazine Dreams,” a film once tipped to bring him an Oscar nomination, went on ice until last year.

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Actor Timothy Busfield accused of child sex abuse in New Mexico

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Actor Timothy Busfield accused of child sex abuse in New Mexico

Audrey Mcavoy, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 10:06 PM CST

Authorities in New Mexico issued an arrest warrant Friday for director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sex abuse charge.

An investigator with the Albuquerque Police Department filed a criminal complaint in support of the charge, which says a child reported that Busfield touched him inappropriately. The acts allegedly occurred on the set of “The Cleaning Lady,” a TV series Busfield directed and acted in.

The child said the first incident happened when he was 7 years old and Busfield touched him three or four times. Busfield allegedly touched him five or six times on another occasion when he was 8.

The child's mother reported to Child Protective Services that the abuse occurred between November 2022 and spring 2024, the complaint said.

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FILE - Actor Timothy Busfield smiles before an NFL football game in Detroit, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Hollywood stars gather for an all-winners celebration at the American Film Institute Awards

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Hollywood stars gather for an all-winners celebration at the American Film Institute Awards

Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press 3 minute read Yesterday at 9:35 PM CST

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — If the American Film Institute Awards stands for anything, it’s that everyone in the room — from Leonardo DiCaprio and Ryan Coogler to Timothée Chalamet and Ariana Grande — leaves feeling like a winner.

That spirit was on full display Friday as the AFI Awards gathered its 2026 honorees for an invitation-only luncheon in Beverly Hills, where the institute once again celebrated the collaborative nature of film and television by honoring creative teams — in front of and behind the camera.

Inside the ballroom, there were no acceptance speeches in the traditional sense and no suspense over envelopes. Instead, AFI’s ceremony unfolded as a series of thoughtfully written tributes: eloquent rationales for each honored film and television program, followed by brief clips designed to place the year’s work within a broader cultural and artistic context.

AFI President Bob Gazzale spoke in front of star-filled room, ensuring there were no losers with only shared recognition.

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Actors George Clooney, left, and Nick Offerman pose together at the AFI Awards at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Washington National Opera bows out of Kennedy Center

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Washington National Opera bows out of Kennedy Center

Lou Kesten And Jonathan J. Cooper, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: 10:52 AM CST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington National Opera announced Friday that it will move performances away from the Kennedy Center in another high-profile departure following President Donald Trump's takeover of the U.S. capital's leading performing arts venue.

The opera said it will seek to end its affiliation with the Kennedy Center through an “amicable transition” and will return to operating independently. It cited financial constraints imposed after Trump fired the Kennedy Center's board and installed allies to oversee it.

The opera will reduce its spring season and move performances to other venues “to ensure fiscal prudence and fulfill its obligations for a balanced budget," the opera said in a statement.

The statement did not mention Trump or the decision by the Kennedy Center's new board to add the president's name to the venue. Though Congress still formally calls it the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the building's exterior and website now refer to it as the Trump Kennedy Center.

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New signage, The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, is unveiled on the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Laura Dave’s sequel to ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ reveals all

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Laura Dave’s sequel to ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ reveals all

Alicia Rancilio, The Associated Press 4 minute read Yesterday at 1:52 PM CST

Those who read “The Last Thing He Told Me” and wondered what happens next for the characters will get their wish.

Writer Laura Dave has penned its sequel called “The First Time I Saw Him,” out now. A second season of the TV adaptation starring Jennifer Garner and Angourie Rice debuts on Apple TV next month.

“After the book came out, I started getting so many questions, people saying, ‘Well, what happens next?’ I had really imagined it as a standalone book, but I was surprised that I had an answer to what happened.”

“The Last Thing He Told Me” follows Hannah Hall, who has recently married Owen, a widowed man with a teen daughter named Bailey who is less than thrilled by this addition to her family. One day Owen disappears and leaves a note instructing Hannah to protect Bailey. The two are left to figure out what happened.

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Author Laura Dave poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman sells for $15 million

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Rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman sells for $15 million

Bruce Shipkowski, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 6:31 PM CST

A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold for a record $15 million.

The private deal for “Action Comics No. 1” was announced Friday. It eclipses the previous record price for a comic book, set last November when a copy of “Superman No. 1″ was at sold at auction for $9.12 million.

The Action Comics sale was negotiated by Manhattan-based Metropolis Collectibles/Comic Connect, which said the comic book's owner and the buyer wished to remain anonymous.

The comic — which sold for 10 cents when it came out in 1938 — was an anthology of tales about mostly now little-known characters. But over a few panels, it told the origin story of Superman's birth on a dying planet, his journey to Earth and his decision as an adult to “turn his titanic strength into channels that would benefit mankind.”

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This photo shows Action Comics #1, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in New York, a copy of a rare comic book that introduced the world to Superman which has been sold for a record $15 million. (Andrew Wilson/Metropolis Collectibles Inc. via AP)

Producers Guild nominees include ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ and ‘Weapons’

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Producers Guild nominees include ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ and ‘Weapons’

Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press 2 minute read Yesterday at 12:58 PM CST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “One Battle After Another,”“Sinners” and “Marty Supreme” scored another pivotal nomination from the Producers Guild.

The Producers Guild of America on Friday named 10 nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award, their top prize and a reliable Oscar best picture bellwether, including awards season mainstays like “Frankenstein,” “Hamnet” and “Sentimental Value.”

“Bugonia” and “Train Dreams” were also among the nominees, as well as two more unexpected choices: The Formula One racing movie “F1” and the horror hit “Weapons.” Notably, four of the films on the list, “F1,” “Weapons,” “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners” were Warner Bros. theatrical releases.

Not included, however, were “Avatar: Fire and Ash” or “Wicked: For Good,” two big budget, studio spectacles that might have been considered shoo-ins for a producing honor.

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Judge dismisses Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit to reclaim master recordings from Universal Music Group

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Judge dismisses Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit to reclaim master recordings from Universal Music Group

Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 12:30 PM CST

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the pioneering hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group.

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote on Thursday sided with the recording giant, arguing that the Grammy-winning group never owned the copyrights to their sound recordings and didn't transfer them to anyone else.

“Plaintiffs can only terminate copyright transfers that they executed,” the judge wrote. “None of the contracts identified by Plaintiffs indicate that they ever owned the Master Tapes.”

UMG argued that the recordings were “works made for hire,” which would not allow for the reclaiming of rights. Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit said their agreements with the label made it clear that they were not.

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FILE - Missy Elliott, from left, and Sandra Denton with Cheryl James, right of Salt-N-Pepa, react during the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Nov. 8, 2025, at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Rapper Fetty Wap released from prison early in drug trafficking case

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Rapper Fetty Wap released from prison early in drug trafficking case

The Associated Press 2 minute read Yesterday at 11:13 AM CST

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Fetty Wap has been released from a federal prison to home confinement after serving just over half a six-year sentence for his role in a New York-based drug trafficking scheme.

The federal Bureau of Prisons said the “Trap Queen” rapper, whose legal name is Willie Maxwell, was discharged from Federal Correctional Institution Sandstone in Minnesota on Wednesday and transferred to community confinement overseen by a bureau office in Philadelphia. The agency did not say why he was released early or if he participated in an early release program.

The New Jersey-born rapper thanked his family, friends and fans for their support in a statement released by his publicist, Abesi Manyando. She said he's now in New Jersey, but did not say exactly where.

He had been detained since August 2022, when a judge revoked the $500,000 bail he posted after prosecutors said he threatened to kill a man, violating the terms of his pretrial release. He was initially arrested in October 2021, pleaded guilty in August 2022 to a conspiracy drug charge and sentenced in May 2023 by a federal judge on Long Island, New York.

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FILE - Fetty Wap arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center on Aug. 26, 2019, in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Associated Press 1 minute read Yesterday at 11:06 AM CST

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

TOP 20 GLOBAL CONCERT TOURS

1 Bad Bunny $8,395,572 58,116 $144.46

2 Paul McCartney $5,300,058 19,521 $271.49

K-pop might win at the Grammys for the first time

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K-pop might win at the Grammys for the first time

Maria Sherman, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 12:56 AM CST

NEW YORK (AP) — Two things can be true at once. K-pop is an inextricable force in global pop culture, and it has long been undercelebrated at institutions like the Grammys — where K-pop artists have performed but have never taken home a trophy.

That could change at next month's 2026 Grammy Awards ceremony. Songs released by K-pop artists — or K-pop-adjacent artists, more on that later — have received nominations in the big four categories for the first time. Rosé, perhaps best known as one-fourth of the juggernaut girl group Blackpink, is the first K-pop artist to ever receive a nomination in the record of the year field for “APT.,” her megahit with Grammys' favorite Bruno Mars.

The song of the year category also features K-pop nominees for the first time. “APT.” will go head-to-head with the fictional girl group HUNTR/X's “Golden,” performed by Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack.

And the girl group Katseye, the brain child of HYBE — the entertainment company behind K-pop sensation BTS and countless other international acts — fashioned in the image of the K-pop idol system, has been nominated for best new artist.

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This combination of photos show Rosé performing at the Global Citizen Festival in New York on Sept. 27, 2025, left, Ejae, from

Sarah Jessica Parker gets Golden Globes’ Carol Burnett Award and Helen Mirren gets DeMille prize

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Sarah Jessica Parker gets Golden Globes’ Carol Burnett Award and Helen Mirren gets DeMille prize

Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press 5 minute read Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Broderick presented his wife of nearly 30 years Sarah Jessica Parker with the Golden Globes’Carol Burnett Award for a life of achievement in television at Golden Eve, a ceremony that also added Helen Mirren to the list of legends that have won the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

Broderick suggested if she’d listened to him, it might not have happened.

“Do you really want to do TV?” the actor recalled asking Parker when she was first presented with the script for her career-making role as Carrie Bradshaw on “Sex and the City” in the 1990s. She would go on to win six Golden Globes and two Emmys.

Accepting the award, Parker said, “It has been a privilege and a dream to call myself an actor.”

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Matthew Broderick, left, and Sarah Jessica Parker arrive at the Golden Globes Golden Eve on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Sonia De Los Santos cancels Kennedy Center shows, citing unwelcoming climate

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Sonia De Los Santos cancels Kennedy Center shows, citing unwelcoming climate

Hillel Italie, The Associated Press 3 minute read Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Sonia De Los Santos is the latest performer to cancel an appearance at the Kennedy Center in Washington. She had been scheduled to give two concerts for young people on Feb. 7, followed by a “creative conversation” with the audience.

De Los Santos, a Mexican American whose 2018 release “¡Alegría!” received a Latin Grammy nomination for best children's album, cited her background as a reason for calling off the shows.

"As an artist, I treasure the freedom to create and share my music, and for many years I have used this privilege to uplift the stories of immigrants in this country," she wrote Thursday on Instagram. “Unfortunately, I do not feel that the current climate at this beloved venue represents a welcoming space for myself, my band, or our audience.”

In an email to The Associated Press, De Los Santos shared her Instagram statement and said she would have no additional comment. Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi challenged De Los Santos' citing of immigration policy.

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Demonstrators protest a Trump-appointed board's decision to add President Donald Trump's name to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Movie Review: ‘Greenland 2: Migration’ is an unmemorable sequel with a memorably newsy title

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Movie Review: ‘Greenland 2: Migration’ is an unmemorable sequel with a memorably newsy title

Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press 5 minute read Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026

Let’s get the obvious thing out of the way first, shall we? There may never have been a better week in the history of the modern world — or at least recent cinema — to release a movie with “Greenland” in the title.

Just in case you’re reading this from another era or galaxy, you’ll see what we mean if you Google “United States” and “Greenland.” Otherwise, not much more needs to be said.

Except that “Greenland 2: Migration,” a serviceable but rather low-key, even grim affair starring a sturdy, understandably melancholy Gerard Butler, would make anyone want to get the heck out of Greenland — not find a way to own it. That’s because the movie, Ric Roman Waugh's sequel to his comet-disaster film of 2020, presents a Greenland that, like most of the world, has been reduced to an unlivable mess of radioactive ash, with life only possible in a dank underground bunker.

And that’s before things get even worse, forcing everyone to flee before a tidal wave flattens them. Hence the truly important word in the title: “Migration.”

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This image released by Lionsgate shows Gerard Butler, from left, Morena Baccarin, and Roman Griffin Davis in a scene from

Directors Guild nominates Anderson, Coogler, del Toro, Safdie and Zhao for its top prize

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Directors Guild nominates Anderson, Coogler, del Toro, Safdie and Zhao for its top prize

Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press 2 minute read Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026

Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Guillermo del Toro, Chloé Zhao and Josh Safdie have been nominated for the Directors Guild’s top prize. The organization announced feature film and first-time director nominees Thursday for the 78th annual Directors Guild Awards.

The five films singled out for the top prize, “One Battle After Another,” “Sinners,” “Frankenstein,” “Hamnet” and “Marty Supreme,” exactly mirrored Wednesday's ensemble Actor Award nominees, further narrowing the field of this season’s top contenders days before the Golden Globe Awards.

Directors Guild nominees often closely align with those of the Academy Awards. Over the past two decades, the winner of the DGA award has almost always also triumphed at the Oscars, including last year when Sean Baker won for “Anora.” Oscar nominations are still a few weeks away, however, set for Jan. 22.

Both Zhao and del Toro have won the award before, for “Nomadland” and “The Shape of Water.” It’s the first time Safdie and Coogler have been nominated for the prize. Although Anderson, previously nominated for “There Will Be Blood” and “Licorice Pizza,” is seemingly the front-runner, if Coogler wins it would be a first for a Black filmmaker.

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Paul Thomas Anderson accepts the award for best director for

How an Ontario family home became Shane Hollander’s love nest in ‘Heated Rivalry’

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How an Ontario family home became Shane Hollander’s love nest in ‘Heated Rivalry’

Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026

The Montreal apartment where some of the steamiest moments in “Heated Rivalry” happen isn’t a Montreal apartment at all.

It’s a two-storey house in Hamilton belonging to bridal makeup artist Monika Rejnowicz, who says Crave’s wildly popular gay hockey drama transformed her family home into protagonist Shane Hollander’s love nest.

The space is instantly recognizable to fans: the now-famous orange sectional couch, the wraparound staircase and a bed that has seen more action on TV than its owners ever expected.

“My house has always been sexy,” laughs Rejnowicz, whose social media videos highlighting the show’s filming spots throughout her abode have gone viral.

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