National Entertainment

Self-titled albums are the traditional way for a musical act to introduce themselves. Here I am, they say — here's where it starts.

NEW YORK (AP) — Alice McDermott's novel about military wives in Vietnam, “Absolution,” and the Jamel Brinkley story collection “Witness” are among the finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.

For her 10th novel , best-selling author Allison Winn Scotch was inspired by the idea of a popular female star whose career and image are threatened by a scandal and the lengths she'll go to restore her reputation.

TORONTO — Jeanne Beker, one of Canada's most authoritative fashion voices, will tell the story of her life through the clothes she's worn in a new memoir.

Top New Shows (US): 1. Letters from an American , Heather Cox Richardson 2. Raising Heights with Zach & Tori , Zach & Tori Roloff 3. Better Offline , Cool Zone Media 4.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Three-Inch Teeth by C. J. Box (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 3. Dune by Frank Herbert (Penguin Publishing Group) 4.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Anyone But You 2. The Beekeeper 3. Poor Things 4. Dune 5. The Boys In The Boat 6. Oppenheimer 7. Anatomy of a Fall 8. Wonka 9. The Holdovers 10. Trolls Band Together The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Edward Bond, a playwright who shocked the British theater world with his explosive 1965 drama “Saved,” has died, his agent said Tuesday. He was 89. Bond’s literary agency, Casarotto Ramsay and Associates, said that he died on Sunday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Omar Tyree, author of such urban lit narratives as “Flyy Girl” and “The Last Street Novel," recently went to see the Oscar-nominated movie “American Fiction.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Taylor Swift stole the show at an Asian summit Tuesday when Singapore’s leader was prompted to defend his tiny country's exclusive concert deal with the singer that risks bad blood in the region by preventing her from perf