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NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Erin Entrada Kelly's 鈥淭he First State of Being,鈥� a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's outstanding children's book.

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) 鈥� A lavish, MGM-style musical is not typical Sundance Film Festival fare.

As an executive producer and star of the new Hulu series 鈥淧aradise,鈥� Sterling K. Brown put the hours of TV he watches to good use and cast actors he admires. 鈥淚 got a chance to hire people that I am a fan of,鈥� said Brown in a recent interview.

PARIS (AP) 鈥� Under the gilded ceilings of the Petit Palais, Schiaparelli opened Paris Couture Week with a dazzling spectacle titled 鈥淚carus.

A year after the launch of the short-lived Coca-Cola Spiced , Coke is adding another new flavor to its lineup. Coca-Cola Orange Cream is scheduled to go on sale Feb. 10 in the U.S. and Canada. It will be sold in regular and zero sugar varieties.

With the rise of Artificial Intelligence and the uncertainty of the geopolitical moment, it seems appropriate to start 2025 with some surreal fiction.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 2-8: Feb. 2: Singer Graham Nash is 83. Singer Howard Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers is 79. TV chef Ina Garten (鈥淏arefoot Contessa鈥�) is 77. Actor Jack McGee (鈥淭he McCarthys鈥�) is 76.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing a Department of Education announcement that called bans a 鈥渉oax鈥� and dismissed 11 complaints that had been filed during the Biden administration.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Expect some mayhem this spring, courtesy of Lady Gaga. The Grammy-winning songwriter and actor will release her seventh studio album March 7, which press materials say will explore 鈥渢hemes of chaos and transformation.