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Super Bowl week: Stars and athletes bring buzz into New Orleans before big game in the Big Easy

Super Bowl week: Stars and athletes bring buzz into New Orleans before big game in the Big Easy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Super Bowl isn't just a game on Sunday. It'll involve a nearly week-long spectacle taking over New Orleans with non-stop entertainment leading up to the big showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles .
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Percival Everett's 'James' among nominees on the long list for the PEN/Faulkner fiction prize

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James” is up for another literary award — the PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction. Other nominees include Louise Erdrich's “The Mighty Red,” Rachel Kushner's “Creation Lake” and Garth Greenwell's “Small Rain.
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Super Bowl week: Stars and athletes bring buzz into in New Orleans before big game in the Big Easy

Super Bowl week: Stars and athletes bring buzz into in New Orleans before big game in the Big Easy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Super Bowl isn't just a game on Sunday. It'll involve a nearly week-long spectacle taking over New Orleans with non-stop entertainment leading up to the big showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles .
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Beyoncé announces 2025 'Cowboy Carter' stadium tour, fresh off Grammy wins

Beyoncé announces 2025 'Cowboy Carter' stadium tour, fresh off Grammy wins

LOS ANGELES (AP) — This ain't just Texas — it's also the U.S. and Europe. Starting this spring, Beyoncé will bring her Grammy-winning “Cowboy Carter” to stadiums on both continents.
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Book Review: Chris Hayes' 'Sirens' Call' is a thorough look at the fight for attention in modern age

Book Review: Chris Hayes' 'Sirens' Call' is a thorough look at the fight for attention in modern age

It's no new big news that we're living in an era of distraction. States are trying to clamp down on cell phones in schools , social media has been called a health risk for kids and some are trying undergo various “digital detox” practices.
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Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, handlers say, predicting 6 more weeks of wintry weather

Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, handlers say, predicting 6 more weeks of wintry weather

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday and predicted six more weeks of wintry weather, his top-hatted handlers announced to a raucus, record-sized crowd at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania.
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Book Review: ‘Hold Strong’ sets a love story amid the greatest maritime horror of World War II

Book Review: ‘Hold Strong’ sets a love story amid the greatest maritime horror of World War II

This year the world will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when Japan formally surrendered to the Allies and ended the horrors of World War II.
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Book Review: Fast-paced crime thriller 'A Long Time Gone' concludes Moehling's 3-book-long mystery

Book Review: Fast-paced crime thriller 'A Long Time Gone' concludes Moehling's 3-book-long mystery

Ben Packard was 12 when he saw his brother Nick sneak out the door of their grandparents’ lake house in the middle of a frigid Minnesota winter night. Nick never returned and Ben was the last person to see him.
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Beyoncé wins album of the year at the 2025 Grammys for 'Cowboy Carter'

Beyoncé wins album of the year at the 2025 Grammys for 'Cowboy Carter'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé won album of the year for “Cowboy Carter” at Sunday's Grammys, delivering her — at last — the show’s elusive top award.
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 9-15

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 9-15

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 9-15: Feb. 9: Actor Janet Suzman is 86. Actor-turned-politician Sheila James Kuehl (“The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”) is 84. Singer Carole King is 83. Singer Barbara Lewis is 82. Actor Joe Pesci is 82.
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