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From child actor to star: Lea Michele's return to Broadway's Imperial Theatre

NEW YORK (AP) — Lea Michele returns to Broadway's Imperial Theatre, where she first heard a song from “Chess” as a child. Now, decades later, she's performing in the same musical at the same venue. Michele, known for “Glee” and her start in “Les Misérables” at age 8, reflects on her journey. She describes the theater as having a soul, with memories of her early days still vivid. “Chess,” set during the Cold War, features music by ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. Michele acknowledges the show's challenging history but is excited for audiences to see the new production.

K-pop, The Weeknd, Timothée Chalamet, Billie Eilish: All the 2026 Grammy nom snubs and surprises

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2026 Grammy Award nominees are here. Who else but Kendrick Lamar leads this year’s crop with nine nods on the strength of 2024’s “GNX.” But who didn't make the cut? And what is most surprising? Hip-hop occupies a big space in the album of the year category. Billie Eilish has an unexpected nomination and Jack Antonoff returns to the top. Despite making nice with the Grammys last year, The Weeknd did not receive a nod. K-pop appears in some of the major categories and Bad Bunny holds it down for Spanish-language artists.

Partial list of 2026 Grammy Awards nominees

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards have been announced. Kendrick Lamar is the leading nominee with nine. Lamar, Bad Bunny and Justin Bieber are among the nominees for album of the year. Sabrina Carpenter and Lady Gaga also receive nods in major categories. Olivia Dean and Addison Rae are up for best new artist. In the pop categories, Justin Bieber and Sabrina Carpenter are recognized for best pop solo performance. Kendrick Lamar and SZA are nominated for best pop duo/group performance. The awards also highlight a diverse range of genres, including jazz, country and Latin music.

Movie Review: Jennifer Lawrence goes for broke in 'Die, My Love'

A primal punk spirit rages through Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love,” a jagged, go-for-broke psychodrama starring Jennifer Lawrence as an increasingly unhinged new mother and Robert Pattinson as her husband. The shorthand description of Ramsay’s film is that it’s about a woman with postpartum depression. But that’s not quite right. It’s more about the power and urges of a woman who, like a beautiful, feral creature, is not taking to domestication. That’s the appealing through line of “Die, My Love,” though it can be difficult to firmly grasp it in Ramsay’s piercing but tediously overamplified character study, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review.

France mourns its stolen crown jewels as their uncomfortable colonial past returns to view

PARIS (AP) — The theft of the Louvre's crown jewels has increased calls for the museum to be more transparent about the colonial origins of the treasures it displays. The stolen artifacts were French, but the gems were not. Their exotic routes to Paris run through the shadows of empire. It is an uncomfortable history that France, like other Western nations with treasure-filled museums, has only begun to confront. Experts say the attention from the heist is an opportunity to pressure the Louvre and Europe’s great museums to explain their collections’ origins more honestly, and it could trigger a broader reckoning over restitutions.

Salman Rushdie's new book is his first fiction since a brutal attack. He tells us why

NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie's new book, “The Eleventh Hour,” marks a creative reset for the author. It's his first fiction work since being attacked on a New York stage in 2022. The book includes two short stories and three novellas, exploring themes of age, mortality, and memory. Rushdie's recovery has been both physical and creative, with fiction being the last step. He describes the process as a door opening in his mind. Despite the attack, Rushdie has reemerged in public life. Speaking to the AP, he also reflects on the enduring impact of his work.

Prince Harry apologizes to Canada over 'Hat Gate.' Duke sorry for wearing Dodgers cap

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has apologized to Canadians for wearing an LA Dodgers cap at a World Series game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Speaking to a military charity on Thursday, Harry addressed the perceived snub in Canada, where his father, King Charles III, is head of state. Harry apologized and humorously referred to the “blue-hatted elephant in the room.” He explained he wore the hat under duress because he was given the seats to game four by the Dodgers owner. He donned a Blue Jays cap during an interview about the incident. Harry was in Canada for events marking Remembrance Day that marks the end of World War I.

On the set of the first Agatha Christie show where mysteries are solved with the internet

LONDON (AP) — The first contemporary Agatha Christie English-speaking TV series is being shot in the U.K. Over a hundred years since they first appeared in a Christie novel, Tommy and Tuppence have been modernized. The six-part BritBox drama of the same name is currently being shot outside London and has the usual big country houses and puzzling mysteries. This time, the characters can use the internet to find clues. Starring Antonia Thomas and Josh Dylan as Christie’s amateur sleuths, Thomas says it should appeal to viewers who are normally put off by the period setting of the author’s whodunits. “Agatha Christie's Tommy & Tuppence” is due to air on BritBox next year.

Movie Review: A fierce Sydney Sweeney pulls no punches in harrowing boxing biopic 'Christy'

Sydney Sweeney digs deep, bulks up and transforms her appearance radically in "Christy," the story of trailblazing boxer Christy Martin. A sports biopic that morphs into a harrowing abuse drama, the movie may feel tonally rough, but succeeds largely due to Sweeney's fiercely committed performance, Associated Press critic Jocelyn Noveck writes in her review. The film explores Martin's journey from a hot-tempered teen in West Virginia struggling to be accepted as a gay woman, to a trailblazer in women's sports. Director David Michôd excels at depicting the tense and heady atmosphere inside the ring. Opens Friday in theaters.