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Salman Rushdie releasing memoir about 2022 attack

NEW YORK – Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand. “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder...

DATE: Oct 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

A rare Truman Capote story from the early 1950s published for the first time

NEW YORK – Along with such classics as “In Cold Blood” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” Truman Capote had a history of work left uncompleted and unpublished. Capote, who died in 1984 shortly be...

DATE: Sep 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Tina Turner, unstoppable superstar whose hits included ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ dead at 83

NEW YORK – Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband, Ike Turner, for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ’70s and survived her...

DATE: May 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dead at 102

NEW YORK (AP) — Al Jaffee, Mad magazine's award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions," has died. He was 102.

DATE: Apr 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock ’n’ roll star, dies at 87

Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ’n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin' O...

DATE: Oct 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Joy Harjo picture book ‘Remember’ to come out next year

NEW YORK – Joy Harjo, who recently completed a three-year run as the country’s poet laureate, will have a picture book out next spring. Random House Children’s Books announced Wednesday that...

DATE: Jul 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Two rare Shirley Jackson stories published this week

NEW YORK – Shirley Jackson had a gift for evoking the depths of anxiety in the space it might take to summarize a baseball game. Two very brief and previously unreleased stories, “Charlie Ro...

DATE: Jun 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ rock superstar, dies at 74

NEW YORK – Meat Loaf, the heavyweight rock superstar loved by millions for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as “Paradise By the Dashboard Light,” “Tw...

DATE: Jan 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies

NEW YORK – Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen and became the first Black actor to win an Academy Awar...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Singer B.J. Thomas dies at 78

B.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” and “Ho...

DATE: May 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Music

Publisher pulls Philip Roth biography, cuts ties with author

NEW YORK – The publisher of a highly anticipated biography of Philip Roth is pulling the book and cutting ties with author Blake Bailey, who faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment a...

DATE: Apr 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary dies at 104

NEW YORK – Beverly Cleary, the celebrated children’s author whose memories of her Oregon childhood were shared with millions through the likes of Ramona and Beezus Quimby and Henry Huggins, ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books