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NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly's onetime manager was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison for calling in a shooting threat that halted a screening of a damning documentary about the R&B star.

NEW YORK (AP) — To get a sense of Janelle Monáe’s powers of transformation, look no further than her Instagram photos of past Halloweens . Monáe doesn’t just throw something on.

Naomi Ackie, who plays Whitney Houston in the new biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” is the first to admit that she is not a doppelganger for the pop star. In fact, she’ll go so far as to say she doesn’t look like her at all.

LONDON (AP) — British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson said Monday he is “horrified to have caused so much hurt” with a scathing column about Prince Harry's wife, Meghan, that attracted a flood of complaints.

“Herbert” by Ab-Soul (Top Dawg Entertainment) Ab-Soul’s “Herbert" is peppered with messages — a voicemail from his praying grandma, snippets of encouragement from his inner circle and so on.

LONDON (AP) — A second person has died after a crush at a London concert venue last week, British police said Monday.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — At long last, “Top Gun: Maverick” is coming to a streaming hub.

“The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest 1800-1900” by Jon K. Lauck (The University of Oklahoma Press) Dismissed as Flyover Country. Romanticized as the Heartland. Now, historian Jon K.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 25-31: Dec. 25: Actor Hanna Schygulla (“Barnum,” ″Casanova”) is 79. Singer John Edwards of The Spinners is 78. Actor Gary Sandy (“WKRP In Cincinnati”) is 77. Singer Jimmy Buffett is 76.

BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a longtime opera fan, is offering her thoughts on Richard Wagner's Ring cycle — the latest in a series of sporadic and sometimes idiosyncratic appearances since she left office a year ago.