By Daniel Niemann, Jill Lawless And Mike Corder, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2024
STOCKHOLM (AP) – South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that the Nobel committee said “confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” A slow-burning international literary star who has won multiple awards in South Korea and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Daniel Niemann, Jill Lawless And Mike Corder, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2024
STOCKHOLM (AP) – South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that the Nobel committee said “confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” A slow-burning international literary star who has won multiple awards in Korea and Europe, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Jason Mott’s first novel since “Hell of a Book” is a kind of meta-sequel to his award-winning meta-narrative about a Black author’s haunting promotional tour. The Penguin Random House imprint Dutton announced Thursday that it has reached a deal with Mott for “People Like Us,” in which a “prize-winning Black author” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Daniel Niemann And Mike Corder, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2024
STOCKHOLM (AP) – The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded Thursday to South Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel committee called “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy’s Nobel Committee, announced the prize in Stockholm. Han, 53, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Diane Jeantet, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – A few months ago, Abou Sangare was an anonymous, 23-year-old Guinean immigrant lacking permanent legal status in northern France and, like thousands of others, fighting deportation. Now a lead actor in “Souleymane’s Story,” an award-winning feature film that hit French theaters this week, his face is on every street corner and in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Daniel Niemann And Mike Corder, The Associated Press on October 10th, 2024
STOCKHOLM (AP) – After three days of Nobel prizes honoring work in the sciences, the literature award is being announced Thursday by the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy. The winner will follow Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, who was honored last year for writing in Nynorsk, one of the two official written versions of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to make his first appearance before the judge who is expected to preside over the hip-hop powerbroker’s trial on sex trafficking charges. Combs will be brought to Manhattan federal court from a Brooklyn jail for a Thursday afternoon appearance before Judge Arun Subramanian. The hearing is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on October 9th, 2024
TORONTO – Conor Kerr was bird hunting in rural Saskatchewan when he learned his book, “Prairie Edge,” had been shortlisted for the Giller Prize. He’s one of five finalists named Wednesday for the prestigious literary award, which goes to the best work of Canadian fiction published in English in the previous year. “My phone’s been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – All of Broadway’s marquees will dim to honor the life of Gavin Creel following an outcry by theater fans when only a partial dimming was proposed after the 48-year-old Tony Award-winner’s death last month. The Committee of Theatre Owners on Wednesday said all 41 Broadway theaters would dim their lights on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
Stars of stage and screen – including Anne Hathaway, Kelli O’Hara, Kristin Chenoweth and Audra McDonald – are set for a campaign rally for Kamala Harris in New York City next week that will be livestreamed. “Broadway Rallies for Kamala” will be performed in front of a live, invited audience and live streamed nationally for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press on October 9th, 2024
Global hitmaker Bryan Adams is adding his voice to opposition over new federal regulations on streaming. The “Cuts Like a Knife” and “All For Love” singer released a video on social media saying elements of the Online Streaming Act would make it harder for Canadian musicians to break through globally. The video echoes points raised ... Read More »
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