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Eoin Colfer continues Juniper Lane series with ‘Guardians of Cedar Wood’
By The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Bestselling author Eoin Colfer has a new set of adventures ready for young Juniper Lane. Colfer’s “Guardians of Cedar Wood” is scheduled to come out in 2025, Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, announced Thursday. It’s the second book in Colfer’s middle-grade series about Juniper Lane and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bill Clinton reflects on post-White House years in the upcoming memoir ‘Citizen’
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on April 4th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Former President Bill Clinton has a memoir coming out this fall about his years since leaving public office in 2001. “Citizen: My Life After the White House” will cover everything from the presidential campaigns of his wife, Hillary Clinton, to his views on events ranging from the Jan. 6 insurrection to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kiss sells catalog, brand name and IP. Gene Simmons assures fans it is a ‘collaboration’
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on April 3rd, 2024
It’s never really the end of the road for Kiss. The hard rock quartet have sold their catalog, brand name and IP to Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment Group in a deal estimated to be over $300 million, it was announced Thursday. This isn’t the first time Kiss has partnered with Pophouse, which was co-founded by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disney shareholders back CEO Iger, rebuff activists who wanted to shake up the company
By David Hamilton, The Associated Press on April 3rd, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Disney shareholders have rallied behind longtime CEO Robert Iger, voting Wednesday to rebuff activist investor Nelson Peltz and his ally, former Disney Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo, who had sought seats on the company’s board. The company had recommended a slate of directors that did not include Peltz or Rasulo. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Demolition of groundbreaking Iowa art installation set to begin soon
By Scott Mcfetridge, The Associated Press on April 3rd, 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Crews could begin ripping out a groundbreaking art installation bordering a Des Moines pond as early as next week under plans announced by a local art museum Wednesday, saying the artwork is hazardous and would be too expensive to repair. City officials gave the Des Moines Art Center permission to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As Roe v. Wade fell, teenage girls formed a mock government in ‘Girls State’
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on April 3rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – In the summer of 2022, days before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some 500 high school girls gathered in Missouri for a weeklong mock government camp in which they elected their own governor and seated an all-female Supreme Court that would rule on their own bodies. Not everyone came ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tilman Michael to become Metropolitan Opera chorus director, succeeding Donald Palumbo
By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press on April 3rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Tilman Michael will become chorus director of the Metropolitan Opera next season following the retirement of Donald Palumbo after 17 years as chorus master. Michael, 49, was chorus master at the National Theater in Mannheim, Germany, then has held the same job at Oper Frankfurt since 2014″“15. He spent 10 years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jay-Z’s Made In America festival canceled for the second year in a row
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on April 3rd, 2024
Jay-Z’s annual Made in America festival, held in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, has been canceled for the second year in a row. The festival announced the cancellation on social media and its official website Wednesday. A specific reason was not outlined, and a representative for Made in America referred questions back to the statement. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joe Flaherty was the ‘only guy’ who could get Eugene Levy to break character
By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2024
Eugene Levy says his “SCTV” castmate Joe Flaherty was the only comedian who could get him to break character on stage. Flaherty’s death Monday at age 82 prompted an outpouring of grief from his Second City colleagues, with whom he stayed close throughout his life. Flaherty was considered the elder statesman of the group, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A familiar American goes to Italy to live his best life in the bloody Netflix series ‘Ripley’
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on April 3rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – It’s time to take another trip to Italy, to the charming, cobblestoned streets of the Amalfi Coast, sipping coffee at cafes and looking for the la dolce vita. And it just wouldn’t be fun without our favorite serial killer, right? Tom Ripley is back for another turn at wearing dressing gowns ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Playwright Christopher Durang, a Tony winner for ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,’ dies at 75
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on April 3rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Playwright Christopher Durang, a master of satire and black comedy who won a Tony Award for “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist with “Miss Witherspoon,” has died. He was 75. Durang died Tuesday at his home in Pipersville, Pennsylvania, of complications from logopenic primary ... Read More »
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