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‘SCTV’ cast remember Joe Flaherty: ‘funniest at the table,’ a mentor to young comics
Joe Flaherty earned guffaws among fans of “SCTV” and “Freaks and Geeks,” but the comedian…
With some laughs, some stories, some tears, Don Winslow begins what he calls his final book tour
NEW YORK (AP) — Don Winslow, embarking on what he calls his final book tour,…
Claire Jiménez’s ‘What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez’ wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
NEW YORK (AP) — Claire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,” a hard-hitting and comic…
Pepe Aguilar is putting Mexican culture at the front and center with ‘Jaripeo: Hasta Los Huesos’
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pepe Aguilar feels like a superhero when he puts on his…
Miranda Lambert, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj submit letter to AI developers to honor artists’ rights
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stevie Wonder, Miranda Lambert, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Peter Frampton, Katy…
Police say JK Rowling committed no crime with tweets slamming Scotland’s new hate speech law
LONDON (AP) — J.K. Rowling did not break the law with tweets criticizing Scotland’s new…
Wallace Peeples, activist-influencer otherwise known as Wallo267, has memoir out in September
NEW YORK (AP) — Wallace Peeples has lived many lives — activist, speechmaker, podcaster, social…
Apple Store–Podcasts
Top New Shows (US): 1. Murder in the Hollywood Hills, Dateline NBC 2. Mind the…
Maryse Condé, prolific ‘grande dame’ of Caribbean literature, dead at age 90
NEW YORK (AP) — Maryse Condé, an acclaimed French-language novelist from Guadeloupe who in novels,…
Klaus Mäkelä, just 28, to become Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director in 2027
Klaus Mäkelä was hired Tuesday to succeed Riccardo Muti as music director of the Chicago…
Tesla sales fall nearly 9% to start the year as competition heats up and demand for EVs slows
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla sales fell sharply last quarter as competition increased worldwide, electric vehicle…
Take your daughter to work, Broadway edition: ‘Hadestown’ welcomes Jon Jon Briones and his daughter
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Jon Briones had the best vantage point to watch his…
Anthony M. Kennedy to reflect on his life and his years on the Supreme Court in two-volume memoir
NEW YORK (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has a two-volume memoir…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce earn Webby Award nominations, along with Sydney Sweeney, Ryan Gosling
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift and her Super Bowl-winning boyfriend Travis Kelce, along with…
Japan’s royal family makes formal debut on Instagram as world’s oldest monarchy tries to draw youth
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s imperial family made an Instagram debut with a barrage of posts…
Music Review: Vampire Weekend’s frenetic, challenging ‘Only God Was Above Us’ is an ode to New York
American rock band Vampire Weekend returns with their most challenging record to date, the frenetic…
Barbara Rush, actor who co-starred with Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman among others, dies at 97
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barbara Rush, a popular leading actor in the 1950 and 1960s…
Sami Michael, Iraqi-born and award-winning Israeli author and activist, dies at 97
JERUSALEM (AP) — Sami Michael, an award-winning Iraqi-Israeli author who was known for writing poignantly…
Book Review: Short story anthology ‘The Black Girl Survives in This One’ challenges the horror canon
Ahh, the Final Girl — a point of pride, a point of contention. Too often,…
Book Review: ‘City of Ruins’ completes a masterful Don Winslow trilogy
Years ago, when novelist Don Winslow first read Aeschylus, he recognized that the Greek father…
Q&A: Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine set out to seduce a king in ‘Mary & George’
LONDON (AP) — One of the original momagers, Mary Villiers knew how to use her…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 7-13
Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 7-13: April 7: Country singer Bobby Bare is…
James Patterson launches true crime series on Fox Nation
NEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson is launching a true crime series on the streaming…
Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell recreate a royal media disaster in Prince Andrew drama ‘Scoop’
LONDON (AP) — As the past few weeks have shown, British royalty and the media…