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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Bowers embraced a new challenge with his first animated film, turning his signature storytelling through music into an Oscar-nominated masterpiece.

Top New Shows (US): 1. How Elon Musk Is Infiltrating Washington , The Daily 2. Where Are the Democrats? , The Daily 3. North America Averted a Trade War — for Now , The Daily 4. China Challenges Silicon Valley for A.I. Dominance , The Daily 5.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Moana 2 2. Wicked 3. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera 4. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 5. Anora 6. Babygirl 7. September 5 8. The Substance 9. Gladiator II 10. Nosferatu (2024) The Associated Press

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Bonded in Death by J. D. Robb - (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 2. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros - (Entangled Publishing, LLC) 3. Open Season by Jonathan Kellerman - (Random House Publishing Group) 4.

TORONTO — Margaret Atwood’s next book will be an autobiography. Her Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart says it will peel back the curtain on Atwood’s writing and "the sparkling inner workings" of her imagination.

MILAN (AP) — Photographer Gérard Uféras was granted full access to the La Scala ballet corps' backstage over six years to produce a series of emotional, candid portraits at the heart of a new exhibition at the theater’s museum and a soon-to-be publis

Nonfiction 1. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Audible Studios) 2. The Unusual Suspects with Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell by Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell, narrated by the authors (Audible Originals) 3.

LONDON (AP) — When Malcolm Weale saw the tiny, dirt-covered object he’d unearthed in an English field, he knew it was something special.

LONDON (AP) — Get ready to check into “The White Lotus” in Thailand for Season 3 — this time, sadly, there’s no room for Jennifer Coolidge, who went overboard in the second season.

As “Saturday Night Live” marks its 50th anniversary, The Canadian Press is looking back at some of the sketch comedy show’s most notable Canadian musical performances.