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NEW YORK — The image is haunting, depicting a gaunt-faced man with a familiar beard, staring ahead lifelessly. The right eye is bulging and appears disfigured from an unseen wound.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Book of Two Ways” by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine) 2. “The Coast-to-Coast Murders” by Patterson/Barker (Little, Brown) 3. “The Evening and the Morning” by Ken Follett (Viking) 4.

1. “Rage” by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster) 2. “Dog Man: Grime and Punishment” by Dav Pilkey (Graphix) 3. “The Book of Two Ways” by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine) 4. “Solutions and Other Problems” by Allie Brosh (Gallery Books) 5.

Among the pithy quips attributed to Gloria Steinem over the years is this reply to why she wasn't interested in getting married: “I can’t mate in captivity.” She did eventually marry, to her own surprise, at age 66.

LONDON — Prince Harry has spoken about his “awakening” to race issues as he and his wife, Meghan, launched an anti-racism campaign to mark Black History Month in the U.K.

Nearly eight years after his death, the final solo recording of late American jazz pianist legend Dave Brubeck is set for release next month.

TORONTO — Big changes are coming to the look of this year’s Polaris Music Prize due to the pandemic.

TORONTO — Filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg's new sci-fi thriller "Possessor Uncut," about a corporate assassin who takes over people's bodies, came out of what he calls a "strange period" in his life.

NEW YORK — The presidential debate commission says it will soon adopt changes to its format to avoid a repeat of the disjointed first meeting between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.

Few filmmakers can bring a rut to life like Sofia Coppola. When her characters are in a funk, whether it’s a Hollywood actor in between jobs, a few lost souls in a foreign place or a Queen, it’s never the stuff of melodrama.