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C.J. Sansom, bestselling British author of Tudor crime thriller series, dies at 71

LONDON (AP) — British author C.J. Sansom, best known for his historical crime novels featuring the Tudor lawyer and investigator Matthew Shardlake, has died, his publisher said Monday. He was 71.
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Documentary focuses on man behind a cruelly bizarre 1990s Japanese reality show

Documentary focuses on man behind a cruelly bizarre 1990s Japanese reality show

TOKYO (AP) — Naked and frail, a shaggy-haired man films himself as he endures solitude in a tiny room for months, and months more.
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Revival of vinyl records in Brazil spares a 77-year-old singer – and others – from oblivion

Revival of vinyl records in Brazil spares a 77-year-old singer – and others – from oblivion

SAO PAULO (AP) — It took almost a half century for Brazilian singer Cátia de França to find her audience, but she finally has — with the help of a near-obsolete audio technology.
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Nicole Kidman, who 'makes movies better,' gets AFI Life Achievement Award

Nicole Kidman, who 'makes movies better,' gets AFI Life Achievement Award

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Morgan Freeman spoke the words, but pretty much everyone who took the stage at the presentation of the AFI Life Achievement Award agreed: “ Nicole Kidman . She makes movies better.
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Quebec unveils $603-million five-year plan to protect French language

Quebec unveils $603-million five-year plan to protect French language

MONTREAL — Quebec is "going on the offensive" to protect and promote French, Minister Jean-François Roberge said Sunday as he presented a $603-million plan to counter what he described as the language's decline.
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Zendaya tennis movie ‘Challengers’ scores at weekend box office

Zendaya tennis movie ‘Challengers’ scores at weekend box office

The sexy tennis drama “ Challengers ” won the box office this weekend with $15 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Sony’s ‘Kraven the Hunter’ release is delayed until December

Sony’s ‘Kraven the Hunter’ release is delayed until December

The summer movie season may kick off next weekend, but the release calendar is still a work in progress . The latest movie to shift spots is Sony’s comic book film “Kraven the Hunter,” which will now open in December instead of on Labor Day weekend.
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Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale's must-see prison show

Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale's must-see prison show

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, art and nature have collided over the centuries to produce an otherworldly gem of a city.
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Quebec singer and songwriter Jean-Pierre Ferland dies of natural causes at 89

Quebec singer and songwriter Jean-Pierre Ferland dies of natural causes at 89

MONTREAL — Jean-Pierre Ferland, the singer-songwriter who became a fixture of Quebec's cultural landscape over a career that spanned more than six decades, died Saturday at the age of 89.
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Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison

Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction.
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