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Fall books: Britney and Barbra's memoirs are among major releases, but political books are fewer

Fall books: Britney and Barbra's memoirs are among major releases, but political books are fewer

NEW YORK (AP) — One year ahead of the 2024 election, don't expect many new books about the presumed front-runners, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
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Five high school students, from all over the country, have been named National Student Poets

NEW YORK (AP) — Five high school students from Florida to Utah have been selected as this year's National Student Poets, a program founded more than a decade ago.
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Movie Review: 'Bottoms' is a gonzo gay high-school comedy that comes out on top

Movie Review: 'Bottoms' is a gonzo gay high-school comedy that comes out on top

The rites and rituals of the raunchy high-school comedy can be as prescribed as a class syllabus. But what makes Emma Seligman's “Bottoms” such an anarchic thrill is how much it couldn't care less.
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Woman pleads guilty to fatally shoving Broadway singing coach, age 87, avoiding a long prison stay

Woman pleads guilty to fatally shoving Broadway singing coach, age 87, avoiding a long prison stay

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who killed an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach by shoving her onto a Manhattan sidewalk has avoided a lengthy prison sentence by pleading guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday, and will instead serve eight years behind bars.
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Toronto screening room to be renamed after Canadian director Norman Jewison

Toronto screening room to be renamed after Canadian director Norman Jewison

TORONTO — Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison is getting his namesake on a private screening room in Toronto.
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Movie Review: Filmmakers behind biopic 'Golda,' starring Helen Mirren, get lost in a swirl of smoke

Movie Review: Filmmakers behind biopic 'Golda,' starring Helen Mirren, get lost in a swirl of smoke

Golda Meir was many things — modern Israel’s first and only female head of government and a wartime prime minister. And she now she's provided the vehicle for Helen Mirren to try to earn some more acting awards.
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Judge clears the way for a civil case to proceed against Alec Baldwin and 'Rust' producers

Judge clears the way for a civil case to proceed against Alec Baldwin and 'Rust' producers

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
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Workers in Disney World district criticize DeSantis appointees' decision to eliminate free passes

Workers in Disney World district criticize DeSantis appointees' decision to eliminate free passes

Employees of Walt Disney World’s governing district on Wednesday confronted new board members appointed by Gov.
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In his new book 'The Fall,' author Michael Wolff foresees the demise of Fox News

In his new book 'The Fall,' author Michael Wolff foresees the demise of Fox News

NEW YORK (AP) — The next book from “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff is both a recounting of the recent past and a prediction for the near future. Wolff's “The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty” will come out Sept.
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Business tycoon Carlos Ghosn's rise, fall and dramatic escape is subject of new Apple TV+ series

Business tycoon Carlos Ghosn's rise, fall and dramatic escape is subject of new Apple TV+ series

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Ghosn, the former rock star businessman who fell from grace and fled authorities smuggled in a music instrument box, is getting what his dramatic story deserves — a multi-part documentary series.
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