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The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest is taking place Saturday in Liverpool

Vatican Museum restorers are working to remove centuries of grime from the largest known bronze statue of the ancient world: the gilded Hercules Mastai Righetti

The Eurovision Song Contest field has been narrowed to the 26 acts who will sing their hearts out Saturday for a chance at glory and national bragging rights. The contest, now in its 67th year, is as much a visual spectacle as it is about the music. During Eurovision, the brighter, flashier, more elaborate the staging, the better. Some examples: France's contender La Zarra performed this week atop a towering pedestal made to look like an extension of her sparkly dress. German band Lord of the Lost's frontman performed in leopard print pants with underwear — imprinted with a cat's face — on the outside. Croatia's Let 3 skipped the cat motif but performed pantless on a stage with a pair of rockets shooting out sparks. Some contestants opt for more understated approaches, like Alika Milova of Estonia who skipped screens and fireworks and performed in an elegant gown with a piano onstage. Britain’s Mae Muller cut a striking silhouette performing in front of a massive screen with her...

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Renowned Associated Press photojournalist Elise Amendola — a determined, joyous and patient journalist who masterfully photographed pivotal global news and sporting events spanning decades — has died

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The 67th Eurovision Song Contest will soon reach its climax with a grand final broadcast live from Liverpool

This weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest is taking place in a city brimming with Ukrainian flags, Ukrainian food, Ukrainian musicians and Ukrainian fans: Liverpool

Greece's prime minister says his government is exploring a “win-win” solution to one of the world’s most intractable cultural heritage disputes: The fate of the Parthenon Sculptures currently in the British Museum

May 5-11, 2023 From the war in Ukraine and Russia's celebration of Victory Day, to people fleeing fighting in Sudan and the coronation of U.K. King Charles III in London, this gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Europe and Africa. The selection was curated by AP photographer Gregorio Borgia in Rome. Follow AP visual journalism: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews AP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_Images AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com

Aaron Rodgers nearly upended the NFL schedule two years ago when he told some within the Green Bay Packers organization that he didn’t want to return to the team

May 5-11, 2023 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was curated by AP photo editor Leslie Mazoch in Mexico City. Follow AP visual journalism: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews AP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_Images AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com

Jennifer Lopez plays an assassin and a mother in the new Netflix film “The Mother,” directed by Niki Caro off a story idea by Misha Green

The swagger of Eilen Jewell’s ninth studio album offers no hint it came together after she thought her career might be over amid a succession of personal setbacks

Tourism officials say more than 74 million visitors came to the Orlando, Florida, area last year, a benchmark just short of pre-pandemic levels

The speculation over a certain untitled book can end, and it's BTS fans, not followers of Taylor Swift, who can rejoice

CNN is facing a backlash over its town hall featuring former President Donald Trump, an event that swiftly turned chaotic in a stark display of the tightrope facing journalists covering a leading 2024 Republican candidate who refuses to play by the rules

Adidas says it will try to sell a portion of its remaining Yeezy shoe inventory and donate the proceeds to charitable organizations

Loreen’s favorite moment of Eurovision comes as she’s rolled onstage, lying flat between two horizontal screens, waiting for the music to start

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Last summer’s surprise set by Joni Mitchell at the Newport Folk Festival has been turned into a live album

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Sunderland is within reach of a return to the Premier League after a chaotic and often farcical six years during which the club has been the subject of a Netflix documentary

Hundreds of rare photos and other images from the archives of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will be featured in “Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,” coming out this fall

British police say a woman in her 80s is in critical condition after being hit by a police motorcycle that was escorting Prince Edward's wife Sophie

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Chris Stapleton has won entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards on a night where Lainey Wilson was a dominant force

Citing the current Hollywood writers strike, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos will not be attending next week’s PEN America Gala in Manhattan, when he was to accept a Business Visionary Award

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Tens of thousands of fans have descended upon the Swedish capital of Stockholm to celebrate the opening show of Beyoncé’s new world tour

Multiple celebrities are in the mix for a minority ownership stake in the NHL’s Ottawa Senators

Ongoing strength at its theme parks and an improving streaming business propelled The Walt Disney Co. to higher profits and revenue in its fiscal second quarter

Candice Bergen hatched the idea for a sequel to “Book Club” before the first had even come out

The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, known as Dooce to fans, has died at home in Salt Lake City

When Martin Scorsese premieres his latest film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20th, it will return Scorsese to a festival where he remains a part of its fabled history

Appropriate for an album called “Kismet,” the reunion of songwriter Diane Warren and singer Belinda Carlisle happened by chance

Thousands of fans have joined Rita Lee Jones’ family at her wake in Sao Paulo to mourn the death of Brazil’s “Queen of Rock”

Fiction from such prize-winning authors as Jonathan Lethem, Lauren Groff, and Sigrid Nunez as well as a biography of the late Rep. John Lewis are among the upcoming works excerpted in a free e-book compilation published Wednesday

Almost everyone knows the backstory of the iPhone, a breakthrough that continues to reshape culture 16 years after late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs introduced the device to the world

An MTV special on mental health that was expected to feature Vice President Kamala Harris next week has been postponed