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NEW YORK — Gregory Maguire attributes the first grain of the idea for his new book “A Wild Winter Swan” to “Mary Poppins” author P.L. Travers.

NEW YORK — Lenny Kravitz is a man of extremes — as he readily admits.

Atlanta police announced Friday that they have made an arrest in the shooting death of actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd.

NEW YORK — When she learned that Ethan Hawke was working on a special audio edition of her acclaimed novel “Gilead,” Marilynne Robinson's response was to get a better idea of who he was.

TORONTO — Tatiana Maslany says she won’t be smashing her way through Marvel’s “She-Hulk” series. The Regina, Sask.

Eight pairs of skaters are set to hit the ice for "Battle of the Blades" next week after production was put on hold by a COVID-19 case.

NEW YORK — The sobering musical “Jagged Little Pill,” which plumbs Canadian singer Alanis Morissette's 1995 breakthrough album to tell a story of an American family spiraling out of control, earned a leading 15 Tony Award nominations Thursday, as the

DETROIT — When #MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke thinks about the group's future as the world celebrates its anniversary, her vision is clear.

TORONTO — COVID-19 and other hurdles stalled production on "Enslaved," which follows actor Samuel L. Jackson as he traces his roots and the tragedy of the sunken ships during the transatlantic slave trade.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A painting of two young, 19th-century skaters that was looted by Nazis from a Jewish family in 1933 and recently discovered at a small museum in upstate New York was returned Thursday after 87 years.