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'Super cool': Gabriel LaBelle on first Golden Globes nod for playing Lorne Michaels

'Super cool': Gabriel LaBelle on first Golden Globes nod for playing Lorne Michaels

Vancouver's Gabriel LaBelle says snagging his first Golden Globe nomination feels so "surreal" he hasn't wrapped his head around it yet — though that might be because he was among the last to hear the news.
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Publishing executive Bob Miller to head Phaidon Press. He's worked on dozens of bestsellers

NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime publishing executive who has worked on bestsellers by Oprah Winfrey, Matthew Perry and dozens of others will soon be CEO of Phaidon Press Inc., a leading maker of art and fashion books and numerous other genres.
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10 notable books of 2024, from Sarah J. Maas to Melania Trump

10 notable books of 2024, from Sarah J. Maas to Melania Trump

NEW YORK (AP) — Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, there was still time to read books. U.S.
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Book Review: Weike Wang’s 3rd novel 'Rental House' finds beauty and humor in a marriage of opposites

Book Review: Weike Wang’s 3rd novel 'Rental House' finds beauty and humor in a marriage of opposites

Vacation rental with the in-laws — for many, it’s a setup for disaster. In Weike Wang’s “Rental House,” it’s certainly that.
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Hundreds of bookstore staffers receive holiday bonuses from author James Patterson

Hundreds of bookstore staffers receive holiday bonuses from author James Patterson

NEW YORK (AP) — Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco's City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are among 600 booksellers receiving $500 holiday bonuses from James Patterson, t he bestselling novelist who has
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Canadian writer Nadim Roberts earns prestigious Whiting Creative Nonfiction grant

Canadian writer Nadim Roberts earns prestigious Whiting Creative Nonfiction grant

Canadian journalist Nadim Roberts has been selected for a US$40,000 grant to fund his book about a storied highway project in the Northwest Territories. The U.K.-based Canadian writer is one of 10 recipients of the Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant.
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Greyhound racing is increasingly rare worldwide. New Zealand now plans to outlaw the practice

Greyhound racing is increasingly rare worldwide. New Zealand now plans to outlaw the practice

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand plans to outlaw greyhound racing because too many dogs are hurt or killed, the government said Tuesday, spelling an end to the practice in one of the few countries where it still operates.
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The Onion's bid for Infowars is still in court as judge reviews auction

A bankruptcy judge scrutinizing The Onion’s bid for Alex Jones ’ Infowars platform was expected to hear a second day of testimony Tuesday after an auctioneer defended the satirical news outlet’s winning offer in November .
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Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81

Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81

NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who rose from borrowing money to release her first book to decades as a literary celebrity sharing her blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to
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Auctioneer defends The Onion's bid for Infowars as Alex Jones tries stopping sale

An auction company executive involved in the liquidation of Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory platform Infowars testified for nearly five hours Monday, as a bankruptcy judge in Texas began a hearing into whether The Onion satirical news outlet was proper
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