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Saturday, December 6, 2025

What to Stream: Brad Pitt, ‘Spinal Tap II,’ Percy Jackson and lots and lots of Taylor Swift by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press A six-episode, behind-the-scenes Disney+ docuseries about Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour and Rian Johnson’s third “Knives Out” movie, “Wake Up Dead Man,” are so…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

How to find Spotify Wrapped, YouTube Recap and more as 2025 comes to a close by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The end of 2025 is near. And the season of unwrapping our online lives — or at least a glimpse of what they looked like over the past year — is well underway. Music str…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:00PM

10 notable books of 2025: A posthumous memoir about Epstein, ‘Hunger Games’ and reliving 2024 by The Associated Press

By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — The year in publishing saw such notable releases as the latest “Hunger Games” novel and the first book in years from Thomas Pynchon. Readers also sough…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Saturday, November 29, 2025

What to Stream: George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Zac Brown Band, Michelle Pfeiffer and Metroid Prime 4 by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press George Clooney playing a dashing movie star with nagging midlife regrets in “Jay Kelly” and Zac Brown Band returning with fresh tunes are some of the new televisi…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Friday, November 28, 2025

Former AP photographer’s vintage images of Ireland capture a world before it disappeared by The Associated Press

By CIARÁN FAHEY BERLIN (AP) — Rare photographs of Ireland from 1963 show a world about to disappear, a country before it took its first steps toward modernity. Black and white images capt…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AM

A crystal Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty is expected to sell for more than $26 million by The Associated Press

By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before it was toppled by revolution is going up for auction, valued at more than …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Robert A.M. Stern, noted American architect, dies at 86 by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Acclaimed architect Robert A.M. Stern, a prominent figure in American architecture who designed notable museums, libraries and residences, died Thursday, according to…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:06PM
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

PEN America launches digital site to support incarcerated writers by The Associated Press

By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — Writers in U.S. prisons will have a new path to getting their work seen through a website managed by PEN America that includes information on publishers, a…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Celebrate the holidays with new albums from Brad Paisley, the ‘Peanuts’ gang and more by The Associated Press

By MARIA SHERMAN NEW YORK (AP) — ‘Tis the season to put on some brand-new holiday music. The best way to get festive is to sing along to Christmas classics new and old. But don’t know …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Saturday, November 22, 2025

What to Stream: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Mickey 17,’ Kevin Hart and ‘A Grand Ole Opry Christmas’ by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17,” a new batch of “Stranger Things’” final season and Kevin Hart debuting a new comedy special on Netflix are some of the new tel…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AM
Friday, November 21, 2025

Holiday tree featuring thousands of origami works opens at NYC’s American Museum of Natural History by The Associated Press

By JOSEPH B. FREDERICK and PHILIP MARCELO NEW YORK (AP) — A beloved Christmas tree tradition is returning to Manhattan for the holiday season next week. No, it’s not the towering spruce …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Frida Kahlo self-portrait poised to shatter auction records by The Associated Press

The painting shows Kahlo asleep in a bed with a skeleton above her.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:12PM

Gary Mounfield, former Stone Roses bassist, has died at 63 by The Associated Press

By PAN PYLAS LONDON (AP) — Gary Mounfield, the former bass player of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, two of the most influential British rock bands of the past four decades, has died. H…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:59PM

Prada heir Lorenzo Bertelli will have strategic role at Versace as executive chairman by The Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Prada heir Lorenzo Bertelli will have a major strategic role as executive chairman of Versace after the Prada Group completes its 1.25 billion-euro ($1.4 bill…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:10AM

All eyes in publishing are turned to the 76th annual National Book Awards by The Associated Press

By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — The 76th National Book Awards will unveil this year’s winners Wednesday night, with novels by Megha Majumdar and Karen Russell, and a memoir by Yiyun Li …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Saturday, November 15, 2025

What to Stream: ‘Wicked: For Good’ soundtrack, Ted Danson, ‘The Bad Guys 2’ and Black cowboys by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Ted Danson’s “A Man on the Inside” returning to Netflix for its second season and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo belting out the “Wicked: For Good” soundtr…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Friday, November 14, 2025

How the funny and feminist fashion in ‘Palm Royale’ further the storytelling by The Associated Press

By BROOKE LEFFERTS NEW YORK (AP) — When Kristen Wiig steps out of a vintage Rolls-Royce in the opening scene of Season 2 of “Palm Royale,” she’s sporting a tall, yellow, fringed hat,…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:46AM
Thursday, November 13, 2025

These children’s books from 2025 make great holiday gifts for every age group by The Associated Press

By DONNA EDWARDS Look no further for great gift ideas for your kiddos. The Associated Press scoured the bookshelves for standout 2025 releases to share the love of reading with your child, s…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AM

This gift guide for movie lovers ranges from candles and pj’s to books for babies and adults by The Associated Press

By LINDSEY BAHR If you think gifts for movie lovers begin and end with Blu-Rays and cineplex gift cards, think again. There’s lots of ways to get creative (and impress) the film fan in you…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Theft of Roman statues from Syria’s main museum believed to be the work of an individual by The Associated Press

By GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Investigators believe that the theft of several ancient statues dating back to the Roman era from Syria’s national museum was li…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:05AM
Monday, November 10, 2025

Mexican art historians weigh in on upcoming Kahlo’s auction that could fetch up to $60 million by The Associated Press

An auction of a Frida Kahlo painting could set records, but some historians have concerns.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:27PM
Saturday, November 8, 2025

Colombian artists transform Pablo Escobar’s hippos and excesses into art by The Associated Press

By ASTRID SUÁREZ BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian photographer Édgar Jiménez walks around a room exhibiting “Adam and Eve,” his portrait of two of the first hippopotamuses that wer…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM

What to Stream: ‘Freakier Friday,’ NF, ‘Landman,’ ‘Palm Royale’ and Black Ops 7 by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan re-teaming as the body-swapping mother and daughter duo in “Freakier Friday” and albums from 5 Seconds of Summer and the rapper…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Thursday, November 6, 2025

Shout-out for yodeling? Swiss seek recognition from UN cultural agency as tradition turns modern by The Associated Press

By JAMEY KEATEN LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — Yodel-ay-hee … what?! Those famed yodeling calls that for centuries have echoed through the Alps, and more recently have morphed into popular …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Designer Olivier Rousteing leaves Balmain after 14 years fusing couture craft with pop-era bravado by The Associated Press

By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — Designer Olivier Rousteing is stepping down as creative director of the Balmain fashion house after 14 hugely visible years in which he fused the rigor of Pa…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:37AM

Fashion trailblazers A$AP Rocky and Rihanna now have matching CFDA fashion icon awards by The Associated Press

By BEATRICE DUPUY NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion powerhouse couple A$AP Rocky and Rihanna have another fashion icon award to take home after Rocky was awarded the Council of Fashion Designers of …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:20AM
Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Underwater sculpture park brings coral reef art to Miami Beach by The Associated Press

By DAVID FISCHER MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — South Florida is seeing a wave of new cars, but they won’t add to traffic or lengthen anyone’s commute. That’s because the cars are made of …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM
Monday, November 3, 2025

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead singer, dies at 78 by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as “Suspicious Minds” and “When a Man Loves a Woman” and was …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:33PM

‘Regretting You’ and ‘Black Phone 2’ neck-in-neck on slow Halloween box office weekend by The Associated Press

By LINDSEY BAHR The movie exhibition business is closing out one of its slowest Octobers in over 25 years with a sluggish Halloween weekend. Studios avoided opening any major new films with …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM
Saturday, November 1, 2025

What to Stream: ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps,’ Tracy Morgan, Kim Kardashian and ‘Downton Abbey’ by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press The earnest superhero team-up tale “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” and Tracy Morgan returning to TV with a new comedy called “Crutch” are some of the new te…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM

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