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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is almost here. Here’s what to know

NEW YORK (AP) — Lights, camera, action. Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” arrives Friday. Are you ready for it? Swift announced her latest era back in August, when she began teasing the release. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of its drop date: how to stream, which variants exist, and, of course, how the album came together. Enjoy the show! How to listen to Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” “The Life of a Showgirl” will be available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. Fans can ...

Beloved ‘Reading Rainbow’ returns after nearly 20 years with new host Mychal Threets

After nearly 20 years, the beloved, long-running children’s series “Reading Rainbow” is back, this time on the KidZuko YouTube channel. The first of four episodes hosted by Mychal Threets, a librarian and literacy advocate, will be released Saturday at 10 a.m. Eastern. The others will drop on subsequent Saturdays at the same time. Adam DeVine, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Gabrielle Union and Jamie Chung will appear, along with Rylee Arnold and Ezra Sosa from “Dancing with the Stars.” Threets, who goes by Mychal the Librarian on social media, steps into the shoes of original ...

Liberty Classic Community Band Festival set for Oct. 12

WILLIAMSPORT — On the weekend of Oct. 10-12, the Liberty Classic Community Band Festival will continue its tradition of gathering musicians from all across America to play a free concert in Williamsport. Initiated in 2010, the festival is sponsored by Williamsport’s world-famous Repasz ...

Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, PEN report says

NEW YORK (AP) — A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored and the country divided between states actively restricting works and those attempting to limit or eliminate bans. PEN America’s “Banned in the USA,” released ...

Snoop Dogg returns to NBC’s Olympic coverage team this winter at the Milan-Cortina Games

Snoop Dogg is headed back to the Olympics. NBCUniversal announced Sunday night that the global megastar — who was a roving correspondent for its coverage of the Paris Games in 2024 — will be part of the coverage for the Milan-Cortina Games coming in February. “Guess who’s back?” Snoop — dressed in full Team USA red, white and blue regalia, as snow swirled around him and the Olympic anthem played — asked in a 15-second video that was released Sunday night by NBC. Much in the same way that he did in Paris, Snoop will speak with NBC host Mike Tirico at times to give his ...