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October 15, 2019

Author of 'Wreck This Journal' works on project for kids

Author Keri Smith is bringing the wreckage to a new group of readers. The creator of the million-selling "Wreck This Journal" ...

October 15, 2019

Review: Grisham's 'The Guardians' is suspenseful thriller

"The Guardians: a Novel," published by Doubleday, by John Grisham In John Grisham's latest novel, "The Guardians," a former ...

October 15, 2019

Stars glam up in black for Elle Women in Hollywood

Charlize Theron, Gwyneth Paltrow, Nicole Kidman, Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman among stars wearing plenty of black at ...

October 15, 2019

Fashion's LaQuan Smith embraces that Champagne lifestyle

LaQuan Smith is all about the Champagne lifestyle: bubbly, luxurious and, especially when it comes to the women's clothes he ...

October 15, 2019

LaQuan Smith is pushing the fashion culture forward

LaQuan Smith is all about the Champagne lifestyle - bubbly, luxurious and sexy - when it comes to the women’s clothes he ...

October 15, 2019

Brazen thief steals $20,000 Dali artwork in San Francisco

A brazen thief stole a Salvador Dali etching valued at $20,000 from a San Francisco gallery, then walked off down the street ...

October 15, 2019

White House: Trump condemns violent parody, hasn't seen it

President Donald Trump "strongly condemns" a graphic and violent parody video that depicts a likeness of him shooting and ...

October 15, 2019

Harold Bloom, author of 'Anxiety of Influence,' dies at 89

Harold Bloom, the eminent critic and Yale professor whose seminal "The Anxiety of Influence" and melancholy regard for ...

October 15, 2019

It's a tie: Atwood and Evaristo share fiction's Booker Prize

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and British author Bernardine Evaristo split the Booker Prize on Monday, after the judging ...

October 14, 2019

French court refuses to surrender US art dealer to Poland

A lawyer for a New York art dealer said Monday his client is back in the United States after a French court ruled against ...

October 14, 2019

Not so fast: Many Nobel winners endured initial rejections

Some of the world's most innovative ideas and creations have started out in a rejection pile. One of this year's Nobel Prize ...

October 14, 2019

The Latest: Atwood, Evaristo joint winners of Booker Prize

The latest on the awarding of this year's Booker Prize for fiction (all times local): 9:55 p.m. Canadian writer Margaret ...

October 14, 2019

Richard Jackson, publisher of Judy Blume, dead at 84

The publisher of acclaimed children's books by Judy Blume, Paula Fox and others has died. Richard Jackson was 84. Simon & ...

October 14, 2019

Dolly celebrates 50 years at the Grand Ole Opry

Dolly Parton is still out there working "9 to 5" after celebrating her 50th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member.

October 14, 2019

Paul Rudd: I still haven't seen 'Game of Thrones'

Paul Rudd, the star of new Netflix series "Living with Yourself," says "there are so many shows I haven't seen that I know ...

October 14, 2019

Scorsese, Pacino and De Niro discuss anti-ageing CGI

Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro joke about the use of CGI in "The Irishman," used to turn the actors into ...

October 14, 2019

Scorsese: Marvel films turn theaters into amusement parks

Martin Scorsese talks about Marvel movies again, saying the experience they offer is “not cinema” but “something else.” (Oct.

October 14, 2019

Review: 'Curious Toys' has deliciously creepy setting

"Curious Toys," Little, Brown and Co., by Elizabeth Hand An amusement park with its odd corners, dark mysterious rides, ...