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Sunday, May 11, 2025

Miami museum opens a new exhibit that examines a century of swimwear and its connection to Florida by The Associated Press

By DAVID FISCHER MIAMI (AP) — Just in time for bathing suit season, the HistoryMiami Museum is opening a new exhibit that examines the relationship between the evolution of swimwear and th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:30AM
Saturday, May 10, 2025

What to Stream: ‘Paddington in Peru,’ Prince Royce, ‘Mormon Wives’ and Doom: The Dark Ages by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Paddington bear going on an Indiana Jones-style adventure in “Paddington in Peru” and Alexander Skarsgard playing a robot with free will in Appl…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:45AM
Friday, May 9, 2025

Varroooom! It’s back on the bikes for Ewan and Charley for Europe trek in ‘Long Way Home.’ by The Associated Press

By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — The last time Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman went on a motorcycle adventure, they rode cutting-edge, electric Harley-Davidsons. For their latest trip, th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Theater producer Jeffrey Seller, behind ‘Rent’ and ‘Hamilton,’ shines a light on his own journey by The Associated Press

By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Seller, the Broadway producer behind such landmark hits as “Rent,” “Avenue Q” and “Hamilton,” didn’t initially write a memoir for us. …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM
Monday, May 5, 2025

Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts by The Associated Press

Everett and another winner were fellows of the NEA, which is cutting back funding.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:07PM
Sunday, May 4, 2025

Here’s why May the 4th is celebrated as Star Wars Day across the galaxy by The Associated Press

It didn’t begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every May 4 it feels like images, memes and promotional deals involving “Star Wars” have an inescapable gravity. May 4 …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM
Saturday, May 3, 2025

What to Stream: ‘Poker Face,’ Blake Shelton, the spy thriller ‘Black Bag’ and Vince Vaughn by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The popular whodunit series “Poker Face” starring Natasha Lyonne returning for its second season and Steven Soderbergh’s sleek and lean spy th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM

Artists in this former pasta factory are preserving Italian opera traditions by The Associated Press

By FRANCESCA PRIMAVILLA and TRISHA THOMAS ROME (AP) — Behind a rusty gate near Rome’s Circus Maximus is a building passed daily by hordes of tourists. They’re oblivious to the fact tha…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM

Smurfs, dragons and aliens: Family movies lean into magic and wonder this summer by The Associated Press

By LINDSEY BAHR “How to Train Your Dragon” filmmaker Dean DeBlois has heard the “remake fatigue” concerns. In Hollywood’s quest to get family audiences to movie theaters, the indus…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Friday, May 2, 2025

Banksy’s ‘Broken Heart’ painting defaced on a Brooklyn wall is up for sale by The Associated Press

The “Battle to Survive a Broken Heart” is set to be auctioned off May 21.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:02PM

For Black men, fashion has been a tool of self-expression — and a way they’ve been judged by The Associated Press

By DEEPTI HAJELA NEW YORK (AP) — Growing up on the south side of Chicago, the Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley was given the message early on: What one wore as a Black man mattered. Wesley’s …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM

AP PHOTOS: Pakistani truck art elevates heavy transport into mobile masterpieces by The Associated Press

By ANJUM NAVEED RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Trucks thunder along Pakistan’s dusty highways and through bustling city streets, like rolling canvases ablaze with color and poetry, transfor…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Thursday, May 1, 2025

‘Buena Vista Social Club,’ ‘Death Becomes Her’ and ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ lead Tony Award nominations by The Associated Press

Nominators gave nods to George Clooney, Sarah Snook and Bob Odenkirk in their debuts.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:36PM

Oui, chef! ‘Carême’ introduces world’s first (sexy) celebrity chef, a Napoleonic-era kitchen god by The Associated Press

By JOCELYN NOVECK He’s a dream in the kitchen — and elsewhere in the house. He makes a mean cream-puff tower. And he’s got moves like Jagger. Alas, Antonin Carême has been dead since …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AM

AP PHOTOS: LGBTQ+ models showcase Lady Gaga-inspired outfits at Rio de Janeiro train station by The Associated Press

By SILVIA IZQUIERDO RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Members of the LGBTQ+ community on Tuesday modeled creations inspired by Lady Gaga’s iconic style at a fashion show in Brazil featuring …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM

A look at dandyism, the Black fashion style powering the Met Gala by The Associated Press

By BEATRICE DUPUY NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion icons like Dapper Dan, Janelle Monáe and the late André Leon Talley are known for their distinctive approaches to sartorial style — bold splas…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM

Late photographers. Surly photographers. Here’s how to make sure wedding memories are made by The Associated Press

By LEANNE ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — Like all brides, Elana Goldin had high hopes for her wedding photos and video. “I loved their images,” she said of the company picked by her dad and fu…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Summer Movie Guide 2025: Here’s what’s coming to theaters and streaming from May to August by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Ethan Hunt’s last mission? A new Superman? Happy Gilmore as a dad? Three genre-spanning Pedro Pascal movies, including a romance, a superhero movie and an A24 Ari A…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Sunday, April 27, 2025

Farmstand chic? Décor is awash in fruit and vegetable motifs by The Associated Press

By KIM COOK Interior designer and stylist Jonny Carmack has a “fruit room” in his Danbury, Connecticut, home. Colorful faux produce bedecks every inch, from the cherry-shaped ceiling fix…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM

Student gospel singers take stage at New Orleans festival known for celebrity acts by The Associated Press

By SHARON LURYE NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival each spring is known for hosting some of the world’s most famous jazz, funk and rock acts. Yet it’s also b…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Saturday, April 26, 2025

What to Stream: Tina Fey and Steve Carell, Martha Stewart and José Andrés, and Maddie & Tae by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick going to Italy for a wedding and some mafia intrigue in the movie “Another Simple Favor” and Tina Fey and Steve Carell reuniting for the …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM

A Mexican musician uses a contentious genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers by The Associated Press

By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two days before her new album was launched, musical icon Vivir Quintana was behind barbed wire at a women’s prison in Mexico. The …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM
Friday, April 25, 2025

No burgers but plenty of crawfish at this iconic New Orleans music festival by The Associated Press

By JACK BROOK NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicks off on Thursday, bringing together a smorgasbord of the city’s most iconic homegrown artists for the nex…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Monday, April 21, 2025

Zimbabwe’s stone carvers seek a revival as an Oxford exhibition confronts a British colonial legacy by The Associated Press

By FARAI MUTSAKA CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (AP) — A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming native with his boot. Chained…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Superman’s religious and ethical undertones add to his mystique by The Associated Press

By DEEPA BHARATH of The Associated Press and BOB SMIETANA of Religion News Service Superman was born Kryptonian, raised Methodist and sketched into existence by two Jewish teens in 1930s Cle…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM

Takeaways from AP’s report on the religious and moral undercurrents in Superman comics by The Associated Press

By DEEPA BHARATH of The Associated Press and BOB SMIETANA of Religion News Service Superman comics are not overtly religious. Yet faith and morality have been baked into this superhero chara…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM

What to Stream: ‘Andor,’ ‘Babygirl’ and new Wu Tang Clan music by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The second season of the Star Wars series “Andor” and the streaming release of the Wu Tang Clan’s latest album are some of the new television, films, music and games …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Japanese Star Wars fan convention by The Associated Press

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Friday, April 18, 2025

Maine’s hidden ‘Sistine Chapel’ inspires artists with 70-year-old frescoes by The Associated Press

The murals were painted by artists in the 1950s and have been appreciated by visitors for decades.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:01PM

AP PHOTOS: Trump tariffs threaten the survival of the centuries-old Kashmiri carpet industry by The Associated Press

By DAR YASIN SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Mohammad Yousuf Dar and his wife, Shameema, sit cross-legged before their loom, deftly tying consecutive knots to create the floral patterns of the fame…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

600 kinds of dogs? Pet illustrator Lili Chin aims to capture them all in whimsical drawings by The Associated Press

By ANITA SNOW Illustrator Lili Chin became fascinated with dog behavior in 2008 after her Boston terrier, Boogie, bit their landlord and they almost got evicted. Ordered by her landlord to g…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM

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