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NEW YORK (AP)—A long-awaited book about Philip Roth that was pulled last month amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment against biographer Blake Bailey has a new publisher.

Kate Hudson was as surprised as the rest of America to discover that her How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days costar, During an appearance on an episode of Rob Lowe’s Literally! podcast released on Wednesday, Lowe broke the gubernatorial news to Hudson when he asked if she would help McConaughey “with his campaign for governor of Texas if he so decides to run?” The actress seemed to be rendered speechless by this revelation as Lowe added, “That was a long pause. Can I just say, ...

California’s former First Lady hosted a roundtable of female entrepreneurs on Monday morning, with a focus on global health.

Angelina Jolie reportedly objected to a tentative ruling giving Brad Pitt increased custody of their kids, as the two stars continue to hash out the details of their divorce after breaking up in 2016.

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Queen Elizabeth once again paid tribute to her late husband Prince Philip by wearing a brooch with a special meaning behind it. The monarch visited the company of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth on Saturday in advance of its maiden departure. During the visit, the royal went aboard the ship, one of the two largest warships ever built by the Royal Navy, and met with various officers of the Royal Navy, Royal...

Kate Middleton might need to keep a closer eye on her husband Prince William while on their mini-tour of Scotland this week as one Scottish nonagenarian has already tried to put the moves on the royal. On Sunday, the Duke of Cambridge stopped by the Queens Bay Lodge Care Home in Edinburgh, Scotland where he ate ice cream and engaged in some cheeky banter with a few of the local residents. While speaking with 96-year-old Betty Magee and her granddaughter Kimberley Anderson, Magee informed the...

The row over a new biography of Philip Roth has exposed the way agents and estates restrict access and manage archives to maintain a writer’s posthumous good name

Exam Warriors/Twitter In recent weeks, as smoke from mass funeral pyres rose across India, Penguin Random House India cranked up the publicity machinery for their most famous “author”, Narendra Modi. The cruelty and callousness of powerful men have been at the centre of many spirited recent debates within publishing houses across Europe and America. Norton withdrew its bestselling biography of Philip Roth after sexual abuse claims against its author, Blake Bailey, came to light. In Fra...

The Roth Biography Scandal Philip Roth: The Biography—the key issue being, Was Roth a misogynist?—when both book and biographer spilled over from the review pages to Page One. “Sexual Assault Allegations Against Biographer Halt Shipping of his Book,” the New York Times announced in April. Several women accused Bailey of predatory behavior. At a Louisiana private school where he had once taught English, he was said to have “groomed” eighth-graders for later of-age seductions to rap...