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Book Review: Isabel Allende’s latest strong female protagonist is a journalist

Book Review: Isabel Allende’s latest strong female protagonist is a journalist

Best-selling author Isabel Allende has been beloved for decades by millions of passionately loyal readers for her strong female protagonists and epic story lines stretching across the Americas.
PHOTO COLLECTION: Britain VE Day Parade

PHOTO COLLECTION: Britain VE Day Parade

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors. The Associated Press
Lovie Simone leads new series that adapts Judy Blume's 'Forever...' for TV

Lovie Simone leads new series that adapts Judy Blume's 'Forever...' for TV

While cutting together scenes for the new series “Forever,” Mara Brock Akil, who has created shows like “Girlfriends,” “Being Mary Jane,” and “The Game,” recalls asking her video editor to pause for a moment. Was there a problem? No.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 11-17

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 11-17

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 11-17: May 11: Singer Eric Burdon (The Animals, War) is 84. Actor Pam Ferris (“Call the Midwife”) is 77. Actor Shohreh Aghdashloo (“24″) is 73. Actor Frances Fisher (“Resurrection,” ″Titanic”) is 73.
A giant sculpture of Gandalf riding an eagle departs Wellington airport for good

A giant sculpture of Gandalf riding an eagle departs Wellington airport for good

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand ’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from the Hobbit films, one bearing a bellowing wizard Gandalf.
A civil war in Chile and a president's death by suicide inspired Isabel Allende's new novel

A civil war in Chile and a president's death by suicide inspired Isabel Allende's new novel

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A bloody civil war and the tragic death by suicide of an ousted president served as inspiration for Isabel Allende's new novel, “My Name is Emilia del Valle.
Trump threatens 100% tariff on foreign-made films

Trump threatens 100% tariff on foreign-made films

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is opening a new salvo in his tariff war, targeting films made outside the U.S.
'Endless Cookie' wins $50,000 audience award at Hot Docs Festival

'Endless Cookie' wins $50,000 audience award at Hot Docs Festival

An animated documentary about the relationship between an Indigenous and white pair of half-brothers has won the top prize at this year's Hot Docs Festival. "Endless Cookie" took home the $50,000 audience award at a ceremony on Sunday.
Here's why May the 4th is celebrated as Star Wars Day across the galaxy

Here's why May the 4th is celebrated as Star Wars Day across the galaxy

It didn't begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every May 4 it feels like images, memes and promotional deals involving “Star Wars” have an inescapable gravity.
Brazilian police arrest 2 people over alleged plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio

Brazilian police arrest 2 people over alleged plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Brazil said on Sunday that two people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to detonate explosives at a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro.