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NEW/DEVELOPING

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TRUMP HOTEL-FIRE-LAS VEGAS; NEW-ORLEANS-CAR INTO CROWD-VICTIMS; MONTENEGRO-SHOOTING; NEW ORLEANS-CAR INTO CROWD; CAR INTO CROWD-BARRIERS; PUERTO RICO-POWER OUTAGE; SUGAR BOWL-SECURITY; FIREWORKS DEATHS-HAWAII; YE-BOX OFFICE; DUCHESS OF SUSSEX-INSTAGRAM; DUCHESS OF SUSSEX-INSTAGRAM; CFP-PEACH BOWL.

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TOP STORIES

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NEW ORLEANS-CAR INTO CROWD — An Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on New Orleans’ raucous New Year’s celebration, killing 15 people as he steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before being shot dead by police. By Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Kevin McGill and Jack Brook. SENT: 1,110 words, photos, videos, audio. With CAR INTO CROWD-BARRIERS — New Orleans barriers to prevent vehicle attacks were in the process of being replaced; NEW-ORLEANS-CAR INTO CROWD-VICTIMS — An aspiring nurse, football star and father of two among the dead in New Orleans attack; NEW-ORLEANS-CAR INTO CROWD-VEHICLE ATTACKS — New Orleans ramming is the latest attack to use a vehicle as a deadly weapon; NEW ORLEANS-CAR INTO CROWD-THE LATEST; NEW ORLEANS-CAR INTO CROWD-WHAT TO KNOW. Click here for AP's all-formats coverage plans.

TRUMP HOTEL-FIRE-LAS VEGAS — One person died and seven others were injured when a Tesla Cybertruck that appeared to be carrying fireworks caught fire and exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, authorities said. By Ty O’Neil. SENT: 490 words, photos, audio. UPCOMING: video.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR — Ukraine halted Russian gas supplies to European customers through its pipeline network after a prewar transit deal expired at the end of 2024 and almost three years into Moscow’s all-out invasion of its neighbor. By Hanna Arhirova and Joanna Kozlowska. SENT: 1,050 words, photos, video, audio.

MIDEAST-WARS — Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, officials said, as the nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year. By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy. SENT: 910 words, photos, videos, audio. With MIDEAST WARS-NEW YEAR — A new year dawns on a Middle East torn by conflict and change.

JIMMY CARTER-FAITH — Former President Jimmy Carter was widely known as a man of faith, a born-again Christian who defined himself as a progressive evangelical. He felt called to help others, teaching Baptist Sunday school, building homes with Habitat for Humanity and eradicating diseases across the developing world. By Bill Barrow. SENT: 1,600 words, photos, video. For more on Jimmy Carter, visit the AP's Carter obit page in Newsroom. With TRUMP-CARTER — President-elect Donald Trump says he is planning to attend Carter’s funeral.

NEW YEAR’S EVE — From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. The New Year’s Eve ball dropped in soggy Times Square, where thousands of revelers stuck it out in heavy rain to celebrate the start of 2025 in New York City. By Melissa Goldin, Cedar Attanasio and Charlotte Graham-McLay. SENT: 970 words, photos, videos, audio. Find a selection of New Year’s Eve related photos in AP Newsroom.

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DUCHESS OF SUSSEX-INSTAGRAM — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, returns to Instagram and posts a New Year’s video. SENT: 220 words, photo.

SUGAR BOWL-SECURITY — Sugar Bowl CFP quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame postponed after deadly truck attack. SENT: 770 words, photos.

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YEAR END STORIES

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YE-BOX OFFICE — Movie ticket sales took a bit of a hit in 2024. The annual domestic box office is expected to end up at around $8.75 billion, down more than 3% from 2023, according to estimates from Comscore. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT: 1,150 words, photos.

Find all of the AP’s year-end content in the 2024 Year In Review hub on AP Newsroom.

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WASHINGTON/ POLITICS

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SUPREME COURT-ANNUAL REPORT — Chief Justice John Roberts issued a defense of judicial independence, which he said is under threat from intimidation, disinformation and the prospect of public officials defying court orders. SENT: 540 words, photo, audio.

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NATIONAL

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PUERTO RICO-POWER OUTAGE — Power was restored to nearly all electrical customers across Puerto Rico after a sweeping blackout plunged the U.S. territory into darkness on New Year’s Eve. SENT: 430 words, photo.

FIREWORKS DEATHS-HAWAII — A New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighborhood killed at least three people and critically injured 20 others, authorities said. SENT: 270 words.

COLORADO-PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY — As Colorado becomes the second state to legalize psychedelic therapy this week, a clash is playing out in Colorado Springs, where conservative leaders are restricting the treatment over objections from some of the city’s 90,000 veterans, who’ve become flagbearers for psychedelic therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. SENT: 960 words, photos, video, audio.

VIRGINIA EXPLOSIVES ARREST — Federal agents found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they have ever seized when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge last month, according to a court filing by federal prosecutors. SENT: 540 words, photo.

FLORIDA SCHOOL-PAYOUT — Hundreds of people who say they suffered physical or sexual abuse at two state-run reform schools in Florida are in line to receive tens of thousands of dollars in restitution from the state, after Florida lawmakers formally apologized for the horrors they endured as children more than 50 years ago. SENT: 520 words, photo.

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INTERNATIONAL

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MONTENEGRO-SHOOTING — At least 10 people, including two children, were killed and four others were seriously wounded in a shooting rampage that followed a bar brawl in a western Montenegrin city, officials said. The shooter was on the run. SENT: 410 words, photos, video.

SYRIA-DISAPPEARED ACTIVISTS — Protesters in Syria held a sit-in demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013 and whose fate remains one of the most haunting mysteries of the country’s 13-year civil war. SENT: 830 words, photos.

SOUTH KOREA-PLANE FIRE — Grieving relatives of the victims of the South Korea plane crash gathered at the site to pay respects to their loved ones on New Year’s Day, as officials said they’ve extracted data from one of the retrieved black boxes to find the exact cause of the crash. SENT: 410 words, photos, video, audio.

POPE-VATICAN-ABORTION — Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with a renewed appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death. SENT: 410 words, photos, videos, audio.

BRITAIN-WEATHER PROBLEMS — Parts of the United Kingdom were flooded as heavy rains and powerful winds continued to disrupt New Year’s celebrations. SENT: 380 words, photos, video.

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HEALTH & SCIENCE

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STARGAZING CALENDAR — The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses, but don’t expect any sun-disappearing acts like the one that mesmerized North America last spring. By Aerospace Writer Marcia Dunn. SENT: 510 words, photos.

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SPORTS

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PEACH BOWL — Texas avoided the first big upset of the College Football Playoff, hitting a fourth-and-long touchdown pass to keep the game going and beating Cam Skattebo and Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime when an interception by Andrew Mukuba finally ended a Peach Bowl quarterfinal classic. By National Writer Paul Newberry. SENT: 460 words, photos. UPCOMING: Will be updated.

ROSE BOWL — Dillon Gabriel leads No. 1 Oregon (13-0) into the College Football Playoff quarterfinals against Will Howard and No. 6 Ohio State (10-2) in the Rose Bowl. By Sports Writer Greg Beacham. UPCOMING: 750 words, photos after the game ends around 8 p.m.

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Police block the area after a vehicle caught fire and exploded outside the lobby of President-elect Donald Trump's hotel Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up behind a pickup truck that a man drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, early Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, 2025. The FBI said they recovered an Islamic State group flag, which is black with white lettering, from the vehicle. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Pope Francis kisses a wooden statuette of the infant Jesus at the end of a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican on New Year's Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The northern lights appear over homes in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Revelers in costumes enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Security personnel investigate the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Penn State safety Zakee Wheatley (6) intercepts a pass intended for Boise State wide receiver Cameron Camper (9) during the second half of the Fiesta Bowl College Football Playoff game, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

People observe the first sunrise on New Year's Day from a pedestrian bridge, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Yokohama near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Nuns read prayer books as they attend New Year's Eve Vespers and Te Deum celebrations with Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Revelers celebrate after the ball drops in New York's Times Square, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

A couple kiss after the ball drops in New York's Times Square, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

A light show is projected on the Arc de Triomphe as fireworks explode during New Year's celebrations on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Brothers Belal, 5, and Mohammed Hamad, 7, collect water from their flooded family tent after overnight rainfall at the refugee tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A young girl walks barefoot, carrying empty jerrycans to collect water, after overnight rainfall at the refugee tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip,, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

People celebrate the New Year in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Syrians celebrate the new year after the ousting of Assad regime, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

The Golden Globes bill themselves as Hollywood’s booziest bash. This year, is anyone ready to party?

Political tension and industrywide uncertainty are the prevailing moods heading into Sunday night's 83rd Golden Globes. Hollywood is coming off a disappointing box-office year and now anxiously awaits the fate of one of its most storied studios, Warner Bros.

A celebratory mood might be even more elusive given that the wide majority of the performers and filmmakers congregating at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, oppose the policies of President Donald Trump. Likely to be on the minds of many attendees: the recent U.S. involvement in Venezuela and the fatal shooting of 37-year-old mother Renee Good in Minneapolis by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

But through their ups and downs, the Globes have always tried to put pomp over politics. Host Nikki Glaser has vowed as much.

“You’d be surprised that half the room had no clue why I was saying ‘Venezuela,’” Glaser told The Associated Press earlier in the week, referring to her comedy-club warm-ups. “People aren’t getting the news like we all are.”

Glaser, a comic known for her roast appearances, has promised to go after A-listers in her second time hosting.

“We’re going to hit Leo,” Glaser said. “The icebergs are coming.”

Here’s what to look for at this year’s Globes:

The Golden Globes kick off at 8 p.m. EST on CBS while streaming live for Paramount+ premium subscribers. E!’s red carpet coverage begins at 6 p.m. EST.

The Associated Press will be have a livestream show beginning at 4:30 p.m. Eastern with a mix of stars' arrivals, fashion shots and celebrity interviews. It will be available on YouTube and APNews.

The overwhelming Oscar favorite “One Battle After Another” comes in with a leading nine nominations. It’s competing in the Globes’ musical or comedy category, which means the drama side might be more competitive. There, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet” and Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” are all in the mix.

But thus far, “One Battle After Another” has cleaned up just about everywhere. Much of Paul Thomas Anderson’s cast is nominated, including DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti and Benicio Del Toro.

If it and “Sinners” take home the two biggest prizes, it will be a banner night for Warner Bros. even as its future hangs in the balance. The studio has agreed to be acquired by Netflix is a deal worth $82.7 billion. Movie theaters have warned such a result would be “a direct and irreversible negative impact on movie theaters around the world.”

The merger awaits regulatory approval, while Paramount Skydance is still trying to convince Warner shareholders to accept its rival offer.

After an audacious promotional tour for “Marty Supreme,” Timothée Chalamet is poised to win his first Globe in five nominations. In best actor, comedy or musical, he’ll have to beat DiCaprio, a three-time Globe winner, and Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”).

In best actress, comedy or musical, Rose Byrne is the favorite for her performance in the not especially funny A24 indie “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.” One prominent nominee in the category, Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked: For Good”), won’t be attending due to her schedule in the West End production “Dracula.”

Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”) is the clear front-runner in best actress, drama. In the star-studded best actor, drama, category, the Brazilian actor Wagner Moura (“The Secret Agent”) may win over Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”) and Joel Edgerton (“Train Dreams”).

In the supporting categories, Teyana Taylor and Stellan Skarsgård come in the favorites.

The Globes, formerly presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, have no overlap or direct correlation with the Academy Awards. After being sold in 2023 to Todd Boehly’s Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions, a part of Penske Media, the Globes are voted on by around 400 people. The Oscars are voted on by more than 10,500 professionals.

But in the fluctuating undulations of awards season, a good speech at the Globes can really boost an Oscar campaign. Last year, that seemed to be the case for Demi Moore, who won for “The Substance” and gave the night's most emotional speech. Mikey Madison (“Anora”), however, scored the upset win at the Oscars.

A few potentially good moments this year went instead in a Golden Eve ceremony earlier this week. There, the Cecil B. DeMille and Carol Burnett honorees, Helen Mirren and Sarah Jessica Parker, accepted their awards.

One to watch, if he wins, will be the Iranian director Jafar Panahi. His revenge drama “It Was Just an Accident” is up for four awards. Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country. Last month, he was sentenced to a year in prison, which would be only his latest stint behind bars if Panahi returns home to serve it. This week, protests over Iran’s ailing economy have spread throughout the country in a new test to Iran's leaders.

For the first time, the Globes are trotting out a new podcast category. The nominees are: “Armchair Expert,” “Call Her Daddy,” “Good Hang With Amy Poehler,” “The Mel Robbins Podcast,” “SmartLess” and “Up First.”

In TV, HBO Max’s “The White Lotus” — another potential big winner for Warner Bros. — leads with six nominations. Netflix’s “Adolescence” comes in with five nods.

But the most closely watched nominee might be “The Studio.” The first season of Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire memorably included an episode devoted to drama around a night at the Globes. (Sample line: “I remember when the red carpet of the Golden Globes actually stood for something.”) “The Studio” is up for three awards, giving three chances for life to imitate art.

For more coverage of this year’s Golden Globe Awards, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/golden-globe-awards

Timothee Chalamet arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Amy Poehler, left, and Joel Lovell arrive at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Owen Cooper arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Teyana Taylor arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Teyana Taylor arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Stellan Skarsgård, left, and Megan Everett-Skarsgard arrive at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Colman Domingo arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Selena Gomez arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Nikki Glaser arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Maura Higgins, from ledt, Gayle King, and Mona Kosar Abdi arrive at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Derek Hough arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Tessa Thompson arrives at the Golden Globes Golden Eve on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Nikki Glaser rolls out the red carpet during the 83rd Golden Globes press preview on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)