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Netflix and Chat: How streaming watch parties are boosting new viewing platforms

Netflix and Chat: How streaming watch parties are boosting new viewing platforms

TORONTO — Few things have lifted Rojhan Paydar’s spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic quite like a Netflix watch party. Isolated inside her home, the Toronto resident is too often short on social opportunities and long on streaming options.
New this week: 'The White Tiger,' Salt-N-Pepa movie & Rhye

New this week: 'The White Tiger,' Salt-N-Pepa movie & Rhye

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2021 pushed back to October

New Orleans Jazz Fest 2021 pushed back to October

NEW ORLEANS — The coronavirus pandemic, which forced cancellation of last year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, is forcing postponement of the festival this year.
Jazmine Sullivan, Eric Church, H.E.R. to sing at Super Bowl

Jazmine Sullivan, Eric Church, H.E.R. to sing at Super Bowl

NEW YORK — R&B star Jazmine Sullivan and country singer Eric Church will join forces to sing the national anthem at the next month’s Super Bowl, where Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. will perform “America the Beautiful.
Meghan seeks court ruling over 'serious breach' of privacy

Meghan seeks court ruling over 'serious breach' of privacy

LONDON — Lawyers for the Duchess of Sussex asked a British judge on Tuesday to settle her lawsuit against a newspaper before it goes to trial by ruling that its publication of a “deeply personal” letter to her estranged father was “a plain and a seri
Apple Books-Top-10

Apple Books-Top-10

Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher 1. Bridgerton Collection Volume 1 by Julia Quinn - 9780063045118 - (Avon) 2. Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn - 9780062424105 - (Avon) 3. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn - 9780062424037 - (Avon) 4.
The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store

The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store

Apple TV app - Movies US charts: 1. Tenet 2. News of the World 3. Promising Young Woman 4. The War with Grandpa 5. Honest Thief 6. The Croods: A New Age 7. American Skin 8. Redemption Day 9. Greenland 10.
The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Nonfiction 1. A Promised Land by Barack Obama, narrated by the author (Random House Audio) 2. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, narrated by the author (Random House Audio) 3. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 4.
Students write inaugural poems for poetry academy contest

Students write inaugural poems for poetry academy contest

NEW YORK — Hallie Knight, a high school senior from Jacksonville, Florida, has some well formed ideas about where the country is and how she'd like to see it change.
In open letter to Dr. King, Stevie Wonder calls for equality

In open letter to Dr. King, Stevie Wonder calls for equality

NEW YORK — Stevie Wonder, whose advocacy helped make the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday, is urging the incoming Biden administration to form a national commission on equality.