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ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind “Spirited Away” and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet memes or personal photos into th

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The woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole

HOUSTON (AP) — The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995, the state’s parole board announced Th

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Betty White, TV's Golden Girl, celebrated at stamp ceremony in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty White is making her mark on the nation's snail mail. The beloved actor of “The Golden Girls” fame was celebrated with a new U.S. Postal Service stamp at a first-day-of-issue ceremony at the Los Angeles Zoo on Thursday.

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The Associated Press, banned from White House press pool, renews request to court for reinstatement

WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for The Associated Press asked a federal judge Thursday to reinstate the agency’s access to the White House press pool and other official events, saying the Trump administration’s ban is a fundamental attack on freedom of s

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ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlights AI copyright concerns

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind “Spirited Away” and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet memes or personal photos into th

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So long, Park City. Sundance Film Festival to relocate to Boulder, Colorado, in 2027

After a yearlong search, the Sundance Film Festival announced Thursday that its new home will be Boulder, Colorado, keeping Sundance in the mountains but moving it out of Park City, the Utah ski town that had for decades provided the premier independ

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Word on the beat: Junos mark a milestone with language diversity in album of the year

TORONTO — When Inuk singer Elisapie set out to record her pop covers album “Inuktitut,” she wasn’t planning to be a part of history at the Juno Awards.

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New York rapper who joined Trump in campaign rally pleads guilty to attempted murder

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City rapper who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges after prosecutors say he used earnings from his music career to fuel gang violenc

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Reaction to the Sundance Film Festival's announcement it's leaving Park City, Utah

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival announced Thursday that its new home will be Boulder, Colorado, starting in 2027, after spending 40 years in Park City, Utah. The decision ends a yearlong process in which numerous U.S.

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Prosecutor asks for 18-month suspended sentence for Gérard Depardieu if convicted of sexual assault

PARIS (AP) — Paris' public prosecutor on Thursday requested that French actor Gérard Depardieu be found guilty and given a 18-month suspended prison sentence on the last day of a trial over accusations that he sexually assaulted two women who were wo

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