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Complex stories of migration are among finalists for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
By The Associated Press on April 24th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Two novels that tell complex and surprising stories of migration are among six finalists for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction. U.S.-French writer Aube Rey Lescure’s debut novel “River East, River West” depicts west to east immigration through the story of Americans in China, while British author Isabella Hammad’s “Enter Ghost” charts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photographer alleges he was forced to watch Megan Thee Stallion have sex and was unfairly fired
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A photographer who worked for Megan Thee Stallion said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that he was forced to watch her have sex, was unfairly fired soon after and was abused as her employee. In the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Emilio Garcia said that after a night out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crew members injured in crash on Georgia set of Eddie Murphy Amazon MGM movie ‘The Pickup’
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
Several crew members were injured and two were hospitalized when a car and truck collided during shooting of the Eddie Murphy film “The Pickup” from Amazon MGM Studios, the studio and a person close to the production said Tuesday. A studio spokesperson said in a statement to The Associated Press that the scene that led ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ashley Judd and Aloe Blacc help the White House unveil its national suicide prevention strategy
By Darlene Superville, The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Actor Ashley Judd and singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc, who both lost loved ones to suicide, on Tuesday helped the Biden administration promote its new national strategy to prevent suicide. Judd’s mother, country star Naomi Judd, died nearly two years ago. Blacc’s frequent collaborator, Tim Bergling, died in 2018. Both were on hand as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rom-com author Emily Henry knows the secret to having a healthy relationship with love
By Sophia Rosenbaum, The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – “Nothing forces you to face your demons like falling in love.” And it’s almost always worth it, Emily Henry says during a recent interview ahead of Tuesday’s release of her latest novel, “Funny Story.” She would know, having churned out a new bestselling romance read every year since 2020. “You find ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-gang leader’s account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer in Vegas says
By Ken Ritter, The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client’s accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key evidence to obtain a murder conviction. “He himself is giving different stories,” attorney Carl ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Phish fans are famously dedicated. What happens when they enter the Sphere?
By Josh Cornfield, The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Adele, Mariah Carey and Garth Brooks tower over the Las Vegas Strip, peering out from billboards advertising their various casino residencies. But the 20,000 fans marching toward the glowing Sphere last week were there for a band that many Strip visitors have no idea exists. Over the past 40 years, legions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. places online harms bill on hold after agreement with Meta, X, TikTok, Snapchat
By The Canadian Press on April 23rd, 2024
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is putting its proposed online harms legislation on hold after reaching an agreement with some of the largest social media platforms to make people safer online. Premier David Eby says in a joint statement with representatives of the firms Meta, TikTok, X and Snap that they will form an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian makes belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Madame Butterfly
By Mike Silverman, The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Asmik Grigorian laughs when she recalls that she had been singing professionally for more than a decade when the International Opera Awards proclaimed her the “best young female singer” of 2016. “So for 12 years I was nothing, and then I immediately became the best!” the Lithuanian soprano joked in an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After 4 decades in music and major vocal surgery, Jon Bon Jovi is optimistic and still rocking
By Alicia Rancilio, The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – When Jon Bon Jovi agreed to let director Gotham Chopra follow him with a documentary camera to delve into the history of his band, Bon Jovi, he didn’t anticipate it would catch him at a major low point in his career. The band was launching a tour, and despite doing all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newfoundland director found creeping terror of ‘The King Tide’ in a tiny coastal town
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on April 23rd, 2024
TORONTO – Newfoundlander Christian Sparkes has shot several films around his home province, but with his new psychological thriller “The King Tide” he saw an opportunity to wander into one unique town that had eluded him over the years. With about 50 residents, the once-bustling fishing community of Keels, N.L. held a particularly creepy cinematic ... Read More »
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