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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 »
Be the first to comment!From pop to politics, what to know as Sweden prepares for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
LONDON (AP) – It’s springtime in Europe – time for the annual blossoming of spectacle and sound known as the Eurovision Song Contest. Taking place in May in Malmö, Sweden, the 68th annual competition will see acts from 37 countries vie for the continent’s pop crown in a feelgood extravaganza that strives – not always ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective ‘alter ego’ solves gripping crimes
By Andrea RodrÃguez, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
HAVANA (AP) – His novels recount gruesome murders, thefts, scams, bribes and humiliating secrets. But those are not even the most important themes in the stories told by award-winning Cuban writer Leonardo Padura. For the last four decades, Padura, 68, has managed to turn his series of detective thrillers into a social and political chronicle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minnesota and other Democratic-led states lead pushback on censorship. They’re banning the book ban
By Steve Karnowski And Mike Catalini, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – As a queer and out youth, Shae Ross was alarmed when she heard that conservative groups were organizing in her community to ban books dealing with sexuality, gender and race. So she and her friends got organized themselves, and helped persuade their school board to make it much harder to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels
By Ken Ritter, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A $12 billion passenger bullet train linking Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area was dubbed the first true high-speed rail line in the nation on Monday, with the private company building it predicting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. “People have been dreaming of high-speed rail in ... Read More »
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