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USA TODAY Bestsellers
1. “Me Before You” by Jojo Moyes (Vi Keeland) 2. “The Pursuit” by Janet Evanovich…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Bestsellers
Copyright 5/8/2016 Publishers Weekly. Week ending 6/26/2016, powered by Nielsen Bookscan 5/8/2016 The Nielsen Company.…
WALL STREET JOURNAL-BEST SELLERS
Bestselling Books Week Ended June 26th. FICTION 1. “End of Watch” by Stephen King (Scribner)…
The Latest: Essence Festival 2016 begins
NEW ORLEANS – The Latest on the annual Essence Festival held over the July 4th…
Man at centre of ‘Serial’ podcast granted a new trial
BALTIMORE – After spending 16 years in prison for the killing of his former high…
Author Gay Talese refuses to promote new book
WASHINGTON – Veteran journalist and author Gay Talese says he won’t promote his forthcoming book,…
Docs ‘The Pearl’ and ‘The Pearl of Africa’ chronicle lives of transgender women
TORONTO – As a young transgender woman in Uganda, Cleopatra Kambugu found herself at risk…
Harlequin to launch literary imprint Park Row Books
NEW YORK – Harlequin, the publisher synonymous with romance novels, is anxious to show off…
Music duo Lion Babe makes its Essence Festival debut
NEW ORLEANS – Duos in music are nothing new. Think Hall and Oates, Outkast, Simon…
DJ Mustard on the beat, and all over the pop charts
ATLANTA – DJ Mustard is living the dream: He’s produced a number of pop hits…
Strike at Taj Mahal casino raises questions about its future
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A strike against Atlantic City’s most vulnerable casino on the biggest…
Lawyer: Woman required to tell Cosby she was talking to cops
PHILADELPHIA – Bill Cosby’s lawyers argued on Friday that a woman accusing him of sexual…
Monae says film on black women at NASA key part of history
NEW ORLEANS – Janelle Monae says she’s honoured to be part of an upcoming film…
Q&A: RuPaul Charles reflects on Orlando, weighs Canadians on ‘Drag Race’
TORONTO – International drag queen extraordinaire RuPaul is taking a moment to hang up the…
Elie Wiesel was a witness to evil and a symbol of endurance
NEW YORK – The frail, dapper man who sometimes greeted reporters in his Madison Avenue…
PM pays tribute to Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel who died Saturday
Many Canadians were mourning the death of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Holocaust survivor, and author…
‘Deer Hunter,’ ‘Heaven’s Gate’ director Michael Cimino dies
LOS ANGELES – Michael Cimino, the Oscar-winning director whose film “The Deer Hunter” became one…
Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel remembered at private service
NEW YORK – Elie Wiesel was memorialized Sunday at a private service in Manhattan, as…
‘Tarzan,’ ‘BFG’ dwarfed by ‘Dory,’ which stays no. 1
NEW YORK – It’s Dory’s ocean. The rest of the movies are just swimming in…
Not all stars find it easy to get designer duds for carpets
LOS ANGELES – “Ghostbusters” star Leslie Jones’ recent online lament about having trouble finding a…
New Mexico on Thames: Georgia O’Keeffe gets big London show
LONDON – Georgia O’Keeffe has come to London, like a bracing American desert wind rippling…
‘Major improvements’ cited in handling of Kenny Chesney show
PITTSBURGH – Officials in Pittsburgh said they were pleased with the way they handled Saturday’s…
Q&A: Shawn Mendes on his Canadian-themed tattoo, being obsessed with John Mayer
TORONTO – Pop star Shawn Mendes is growing up right before our very eyes. Shortly…
Swedish police report 27 cases of sexual assault at festival
HELSINKI – Swedish police say they have received reports of 27 cases of sexual assault…