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She bought a colorful vase at Goodwill for $3.99. The rare piece sold at auction for $107,000

Jessica Vincent had just started surveying the shelves of a Virginia thrift store when a vase caught her eye.

Dec 19, 2023 10:56 AM Read more >

Marvel kicked out Jonathan Majors after his conviction. It's thrown years of plans into disarray

NEW YORK (AP) — Marvel had more riding on Jonathan Majors than perhaps any other actor. Now it's parting ways with him, and throwing years of plans for its cinematic universe in disarray. Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Co.

Dec 19, 2023 8:47 AM Read more >

Publishers association struggled to find willing recipient of Freedom to Publish Award

NEW YORK (AP) — Book publishers are facing so much government pressure worldwide that one trade group was unable to find anyone willing to accept its annual International Freedom to Publish Award .

Dec 19, 2023 6:39 AM Read more >

Chris Christie's next book, coming in February, asks 'What Would Reagan Do?'

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie , a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, has a book coming out next year on the legacy of a GOP hero — former President Ronald Reagan .

Dec 19, 2023 6:06 AM Read more >

Thousands of lights at Chicago Botanic Garden illuminate tunnels, lilies and art

GLENCOE, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Botanic Garden is dazzling patrons and visitors from around the world with their fifth annual holiday display of light and music: Lightscape.

Dec 18, 2023 10:13 PM Read more >

'Max Payne' and 'Rescue Me' actor James McCaffrey dies at 65

NEW YORK (AP) — James McCaffrey, who voiced “Max Payne” in the popular video game franchise and also starred in television shows including “Rescue Me,” has died, according to his agent. He was 65.

Dec 18, 2023 5:49 PM Read more >

Marvel, Disney drop actor Jonathan Majors after he's convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a trial that he hoped would vindicate him and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star .

Dec 18, 2023 5:04 PM Read more >

Air Jordans made for Spike Lee and donated to Oregon shelter auctioned for nearly $51,000

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Dec 18, 2023 4:10 PM Read more >

Air Jordans made for filmmaker Spike Lee are up for auction after being donated to Oregon shelter

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The shiny, gold Nike sneakers were hard to miss in the donation pile at a shelter in Portland, Oregon, earlier this year.

Dec 18, 2023 3:40 PM Read more >

Jeffrey Wright, shape-shifter supreme, sees some of himself in 'American Fiction'

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Wright has played Jean-Michel Basquiat, Martin Luther King Jr. and Muddy Waters. He’s played Colin Powell, a Dominican drug kingpin, Batman's Commissioner Gordon and a longtime inmate nearing release.

Dec 18, 2023 2:03 PM Read more >