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Timothée Chalamet has surprising wish for a perfect 2026 following Golden Globe win

AP News After winning his first Golden Globe, Timothée Chalamet said it was a good start to the new year.

But making 2026 a perfect year would require more than the French-American movie star's acting skills.

Asked by French magazine Paris-Match during the ceremony whether it could be “the year of Chalamet,” he was quoted as saying that “for 2026 to be truly perfect, Saint-Etienne will have to be promoted back to Ligue 1 next season.”

Chalamet was referring to the soccer team he supports, a storied name in France that has lost much of its former luster and...
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Venus Williams loses in 1st round of Australian Open tuneup event in Hobart

AP News HOBART, Australia (AP) — Venus Williams lost 6-4, 6-3 to Tatjana Maria in the first round at the Hobart International on Tuesday, less than a week before her appearance at the Australian Open.

The 45-year-old Williams received a wild-card entry for the first Grand Slam event of the year. She also had a wild card to play in Hobart, where she lost to sixth-seeded Maria in a match lasting almost 1 1/2 hours.

Williams also lost her first-round match at Auckland, New Zealand last week.

The seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, who is 576th in the world...
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Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer

AP News WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after more than 180 writers and speakers withdrew over the scrapping of an appearance by an Australian-Palestinian writer and academic.

The uproar began when the board of the Adelaide Festival, which runs Adelaide Writers Week, announced on Jan. 8 that they had disinvited Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the event “given her previous statements” and citing cultural sensitivities “at this unprecedented time so soon after” an antisemitic mass shooting at...
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The Latest: Iran eases some restrictions, allows calls abroad as death toll spikes

AP News Iran eased some restrictions on its people and for the first time in days allowed them to make phone calls abroad via their mobile phones on Tuesday. It did not ease restrictions on the internet or allow texting services to be restored as the toll from days of bloody protests against the state rose to at least 646 people killed.

Although Iranians were able to call abroad, people outside the country could not call them, several people in the capital told The Associated Press.

The witnesses, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, said SMS text messaging...
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Consumer prices likely stayed elevated in December as data recovers from shutdown

AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation likely remained elevated last month as the cost of electricity, groceries, and clothing may have jumped and continued to pressure consumers' wallets.

The Labor Department is expected to report that consumer prices rose 2.6% in December compared with a year earlier, according to economists' estimates compiled by data provider FactSet. The yearly rate would be down from 2.7% in November. Monthly prices, however, are expected to rise 0.3% in December, faster than is consistent with the Federal Reserve's 2% inflation goal.

The figures are...
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  • Timothée Chalamet has surprising wish for a perfect 2026 following Golden Globe win
  • Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer
  • PBS weekend newscasts shut down due to funding cuts, replaced by single-topic programs

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