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With the “Transformers” franchise clearly at a crossroads, its latest protectors have turned to their deep bench of characters. But just adding more robots won't transform this tired series.

HONG KONG (AP) — Two giant inflatable ducks made a splash in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor on Friday, marking the return of a pop-art project that sparked a frenzy in the city a decade ago.

NEW YORK (AP) — There are a lot of questions surrounding this year's Tony Awards — and not just about who might win. The Hollywood writers' strike has left much of Sunday's telecast with unknowns.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drake could make an impactful mark at the BET Awards later this month. The chart-topping performer scored seven nominations at the show airing live on June 25 in Los Angeles.

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a weekday afternoon and Anna Sorokin is on house arrest in a New York apartment building that has been condemned as imminently perilous to life.

NEW YORK (AP) — David Sedaris is publishing his first children's book, a collaboration with Ian Falconer conceived decades ago and finished shortly before the “Olivia” creator died in March.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday condemned a wave of “cruel” and “callous” state laws curbing the rights, visibility and health care access of LGBTQ+ people, especially children, leaving them feeling under attack like never before an

OTTAWA — A new exhibition at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa explores the connections between conflict and games throughout history.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The family of the murder victim whose case is chronicled by the hit podcast “Serial” asked Maryland’s highest court on Thursday to give crime victims a right to be heard and challenge evidence at hearings.

NEW YORK (AP) — Celine Song was 12 when she moved from South Korean to Ontario. Her parents gave her the chance to pick a new first name. There are differing theories among her family about how she (then Ha Young) settled on Celine.