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Morgan Wallen and Post Malone headline a very collaborative Country Music Association Awards
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on November 19th, 2024
Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s collaboration “I Had Some Help” could make both men big winners at Wednesday’s night’s Country Music Association Awards. The huge hit from the rapper-singer and one of country’s biggest stars helped make Wallen the night’s top nominee and puts a spotlight on the crossover moment country is having – despite ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump’s casting call as he builds out his administration: TV experience preferred
By Colleen Long, The Associated Press on November 19th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – There’s a common trait that President-elect Donald Trump is clearly prizing as he selects those to serve in his new administration: experience on television. Trump loves that “central casting” look, as he likes to call it. Some, like his choices for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, are TV ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sheung-King wins Writers’ Trust fiction prize for ‘Batshit Seven’
By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
TORONTO – Richmond, B.C. author Sheung-King has won the $60,000 Writers’ Trust fiction prize for “Batshit Seven,” a novel about a detached millennial living through the Hong Kong protests. The jury praised the work as “darkly hilarious, and stunningly original.” Sheung-King is the pen name for Aaron Tang, who accepted the award at the Writers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Sheung-King wins Writers’ Trust fiction prize for ‘Batshit Seven’
By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
TORONTO – Richmond, B.C. author Sheung-King has won the $60,000 Writers’ Trust fiction prize for “Batshit Seven,” about a detached millennial living through the Hong Kong protests. Another big winner is Toronto writer Martha Baillie, who takes home the $75,000 non-fiction prize for her family memoir “There Is No Blue.&#... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on November 19th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Australian writer Richard Flanagan completed an unprecedented literary double on Tuesday, winning Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize a decade after being awarded the Booker Prize for fiction. Flanagan was awarded the 50,000 pound ($63,000) Baillie Gifford Prize for his genre-bending memoir “Question 7,” which combines autobiography, family history and the story of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutors ordered not to use papers taken from Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ jail cell for now
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on November 19th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A federal judge ordered prosecutors Tuesday not to use papers taken from the jail cell of Sean “Diddy” Combs until he rules on defense claims that they are trial preparation materials protected by attorney-client privilege. Judge Arun Subramanian made his ruling at a Manhattan federal court hearing after lawyers fiercely disputed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts worth $8.5 million bound for black market
By The Associated Press on November 19th, 2024
ROME (AP) – Italian authorities announced Tuesday the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in the central Umbria region and are investigating two people for suspected theft of urns, sarcophagi and other artifacts worth 8 million euros ($8.5 million) intended for sale on the black market. The illegal dig was adjacent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecution ends in case against 2 remaining defendants in Young Thug trial
By Charlotte Kramon And Jeff Amy, The Associated Press on November 19th, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) – After almost a year of testimony in a sweeping gang and racketeering indictment against Young Thug and an initial 27 defendants, prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the longest trial in Georgia’s history. Both Deamonte Kendrick, also known as Yak Gotti, and Shannon Stillwell told the judge Tuesday they would not testify ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘Sundown’ guitar sells for US$350,000 in auction
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
TORONTO – Gordon Lightfoot’s treasured “Sundown” guitar will remain in Canadian hands after it sold for US$350,000 in an estate auction over the weekend. Heritage Auctions says the legendary folk singer-songwriter’s 1967 Gibson B45-12 Sunburst acoustic guitar, which appeared beside him on the cover of his 1974 album “Sundown,” was the top-selling item at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts worth $8.5 billion bound for black market
By The Associated Press on November 19th, 2024
ROME (AP) – Italian authorities announced Tuesday the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in the central Umbria region and are investigating two people for suspected theft of urns, sarcophagi and other artifacts worth 8 million euros ($8.5 million) intended for sale on the black market. The illegal dig was adjacent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Harry Potter ride at Universal Orlando will have British Ministry of Magic as setting
By The Associated Press on November 19th, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Harry Potter fans eagerly anticipating the third attraction based on the popular book and movie franchise at Universal Orlando Resort found out Tuesday that the fictional setting for the ride will be the British Ministry of Magic. Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry is slated to debut May 22 ... Read More »
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