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There are celebrities whose persona is as famous, if not more so, than their works, or what made them stars in the first place. Andy Warhol, probably the most important artist to emerge from the 1960s American avant-garde, is one example.

WINNIPEG — Dyana Lavallee stares at a copy of a photograph on display to the public at the Hudson's Bay Company Archives in Winnipeg. The Metis woman quickly recognizes it as the same one her grandmother had years ago.

EDMONTON — Not a day goes by that David Stupnikoff doesn't think about the Princess Theatre.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will likely keep its key short-term interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, despite weeks of harsh criticism and demands from President Donald Trump that the Fed reduce borrowing costs.

Don't tell Natalie Nakase she doesn't have what it takes to do something. The coach of the San Francisco Bay Area's first WNBA team got to where she is by learning to block out those who underestimated her.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Seller, the Broadway producer behind such landmark hits as “Rent,” “Avenue Q” and “Hamilton,” didn't initially write a memoir for us. He wrote it for himself. “I really felt a personal existential need to write my story.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A contrast: At the National Speech and Debate Tournament, two high school students take the stage.

It’s a rite of passage for all comedians: Work like crazy on the stand-up circuit, hit it big, record live specials for a streaming platform, and then write a book that can never quite measure up to your live act.

VANCOUVER — The Keg Royalties Income Fund has signed a letter of intent to be acquired by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., its largest unitholder. The proposal for $18.60 per unit in cash values the steak house fund at about $211 million.

Best-selling author Isabel Allende has been beloved for decades by millions of passionately loyal readers for her strong female protagonists and epic story lines stretching across the Americas.