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Photos show the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest in California
SANTA ROSA, Calif. | The World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Friday. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Read more Hayden Panettiere, who starred in ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36
Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in a Sicilian museum heist during an Italian holiday
MILAN | Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily while crowds gathered across town for the traditional Assumption holiday celebrations, cultural officials and Italian media said Sunday. The thieves bypassed alarm and security systems on Saturday […]
Mark Rydell, the Oscar-nominated director of ‘On Golden Pond,’ dies at 97
LOS ANGELES | Mark Rydell, the Oscar-nominated director of the sentimental blockbuster “On Golden Pond” who worked with such Hollywood heavyweights as Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Steve McQueen and John Wayne, has died. He was 97. His daughter, Amy Rydell, told The Hollywood Reporter that her father died Thursday of natural causes at a retirement […]
Hayden Panettiere, who starred in ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36
Hayden Panettiere, who soared to fame two decades ago as a cheerleader with superpowers in the TV show “Heroes” and won country music success playing a singer on “Nashville,” has died. She was 36. Police said Panettiere was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina, shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday. Lifesaving measures were […]
‘Coyote vs. Acme’ was canned by Warner Bros. But 3 years later, that’s not all folks
NEW YORK | Before it was dubbed “the funeral screening,” it was just when Will Forte was going to see the movie. “Coyote vs. Acme” was finished. Director Dave Green, inspired by “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” had completed the editing on the Looney Tunes blend of cartoon and live action. The whole project, which takes […]
The hidden politics of time: How clocks, calendars — and now-contentious time zones — came to be
NEW YORK | It flies. It heals all wounds. It can be of the essence, and it can be money. We thrill in the best of it, lament the worst. We’re warned not to waste it, since we can’t turn it back — even as we try to make up for when it’s lost. And […]
The livin’ is no longer so easy: How carefree dreams of ‘summertime’ are fading in 2026’s swelter
LONDON | Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to consider the death of the summertime state of mind. The season itself is in no danger; climate change, mainly caused by the burning of oil, gas and coal, is warming the weather year-round. Viewed this way, summer-like weather is ascendant. It’s setting records across the […]
‘Coyote vs. Acme’ was canned by Warner Bros. But 3 years later, that’s not all folks
NEW YORK | Before it was dubbed “the funeral screening,” it was just when Will Forte was going to see the movie. “Coyote vs. Acme” was finished. Director Dave Green, inspired by “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” had completed the editing on the Looney Tunes blend of cartoon and live action. The whole project, which takes […]
Ellen Greene revisits Audrey from ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ for the film’s 40th anniversary
Ellen Greene can still do a killer Audrey. In conversation, she seamlessly slips in and out of that singular voice — a little breathy, a little squeaky, a little lispy, a little New York — that made her “Little Shop of Horrors” heroine an instant icon. It wasn’t a register she’d planned on hitting at […]
3 big questions to ask your aging parents
One of the toughest things to go through as an adult is helping your parents as they get older. Life is finite, and both you and your parents might be reluctant to talk about what type of support they might need. But as difficult as these conversations can be, it’s important to make time for […]