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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine judge confirmed charges against five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne , a former member of musical group One Direction, and ordered preventive prison for two of them for having supplied him

NEW YORK (AP) — If you think your Spotify playlist is getting a little too long, consider the one shared by the members of Khruangbin. It's got 51 hours of songs.

NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine judge confirmed charges against five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne , a former member of musical group One Direction, and ordered preventive prison for two of them for having supplied him

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 5-11: Jan. 5: Actor Robert Duvall is 94. Singer-bassist Athol Guy of The Seekers is 85. Former talk show host Charlie Rose is 83. Actor Diane Keaton is 79. Actor Ted Lange (“The Love Boat”) is 77.

NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actress who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian-made dramas rarely last long in local cinemas.

Two family films dominated the holiday box office this week, with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” winning the three-day weekend over “Mufasa” by a blue hair. Paramount's Sonic movie earned $38 million, while “Mufasa” brought in $37.

Charles Shyer, the Oscar-nominated writer and filmmaker known for classic comedies like “Private Benjamin,” “Baby Boom” and “Father of the Bride” that he made alongside Nancy Meyers, has died. He was 83.

NEW YORK (AP) — No ex-president had a more prolific and diverse publishing career than Jimmy Carter . His more than two dozen books included nonfiction, poetry, fiction, religious meditations and a children’s story.