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2023 (Taylor’s Version): The year in pop culture

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Denny Laine, founding member of the Moody Blues and Paul …

FILE - Denny Laine performs, Thursday Jan, 17, 2019, at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Ill. Laine, a British singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed in an early, pop-oriented version of the Moody Blues and was later Paul McCartney’s longtime sideman in the ex-Beatle’s solo band Wings, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, his wife said in a social media post. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)

AP’s top songs of 2023: ‘On My Mama,’ ‘Flowers,’ ‘Monaco’ …

FILE - Miley Cyrus arrives at the LACMA Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles on Nov. 6, 2021. Cyrus' "Flowers" was named one of the top songs of the year by The Associated Press. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Streisand talks acting, music and destiny after release …

FILE - President Barack Obama, right, presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Barbra Streisand during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Washington. Published in early November, “My Name is Barbra” is a nearly 1,000 page memoir that covers one of the epic narratives in modern show business — her uncompromising rise from working class Brooklyn in the 1940s and '50s to global fame. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Alicia Keys’ semi-autobiographical stage musical ‘Hell’s …

FILE - Alicia Keys, left, and Maleah Joi Moon attend the "Hell's Kitchen" Off-Broadway opening night at The Public Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in New York. Keys semi-autobiographical stage musical is moving from off-Broadway to the Shubert Theatre this spring. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Kennedy Center Honors fetes new inductees, including Queen …

President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Doug Emhoff, the spouse of Vice President Kamala Harris, together with 2023 Kennedy Center Honorees, from left, British singer and member of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb; singer Dionne Warwick, soprano Renée Fleming, actor and comedian Billy Crystal and singer and actress Queen Latifah, attend the 46th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

AP’s top albums of 2023: Music from Olivia Rodrigo, Peso …

This cover image released by Dead Oceans shows “Rat Saw God” by Wednesday. (Dead Oceans via AP)