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40 AAPI authors who made the USA TODAY bestseller list, including Jenny Han, Sanjay Gupta and Ali Wong Mary Cadden, USA TODAY © USA TODAY NETWORK Illustration by Emily Nizzi/Getty Images Pictured from left to right to left: Kevin Kwan, Charles Yu, Frances Cha, Dwayne Johnson, Jhumpa Lahiri, Susie Yang, Vice President Kamala Harris and Helen Hoang. Books from Asian American Pacific Islander writers have always found a home on USA TODAYs Best-Selling Books list. From memoirs a...

Pitch Update: Purplebricks, Philips, Getir, Free Now, Electrolux, Estonia, Mauritius and more. From PR Week

Sale Date:               Starting next week,  Sotheby’s will host “ Natively Digital” a weeklong online auction foregrounding 28 influential new media artists whose works surface the historical roots and future prospects of NFTs as a medium. Anchoring the sale is  Quantum, a generative digital animation backed by the  first non-fungible token ever minted. The work’s origin is the 2014 edition of  Rhizome’s “Seven on Seven” conference, where  Kevin McCoy and collabo...

Art Industry News: Doodle-Crazed Bidders Snap Up Every Single Lot at Mr. Doodle’s One-Man Christie’s Hong Kong Auction + Other Stories Plus, Sprüth Magers nabs representation of the John Baldessari estate and Vessel reopens in New York with new safety measures. May 27, 2021 Mr. Doodle at the launch of "Sense of Space," a multi-room sensory art experience in Exchange Square in London in 2018. Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Broadgate. Art Industry News is a daily dige...

Friday, May 14, 2021 * I’m told that several performers are demanding that anyone who works backstage at the Illinois State Fair Grandstand must be vaccinated or they won’t play. The state uses an outside company to provide backstage workers and they must be unionized. From Stagehands Local 138… For those that plan to work the 2021 Illinois State Fair I have some information and requirements to pass along. The Department of Agriculture has notified us that we will need to ensure all ou...

The supergroup — which features Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, along with drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Vic Johnson — replaces Staind, which was previously scheduled to perform Aug. 12, on the opening day of the fair. Last month, the rock band canceled its scheduled performance citing a scheduling conflict.  Hagar, who is known as “The Red Rocker,” was the lead singer of Van Halen after a solo career that included his 1984 hit "I Cant Drive 55....

Top 10 Overlooked Family Friendly Movies Most households with children still living at home probably have a video library stocked to the gills with dozens of high-profile animated, fantasy, adventure, and young adult features. It’s also a good bet many of these productions have been viewed dozens of times each and perhaps have grown a tad too over-familiar. The following list includes some movies that might have flown underneath your radar and, in some cases, are better than their higher-prof...

Drew Gasparinis hit musical I Could Use A Drink is heading to the West End for one night only – with more numbers and a larger cast than before. Released as a concept album in the US and now hopping over the Atlantic, the piece celebrates modern ideas of youth in an eclectic mix of tunes. The show had a streamed run this month, and will now be presented live in front of audiences. Playing at the Garrick Theatre on 2 August 2021, appearing in the cast are Ahmed Hamad ( Rent), Billy Nevers ( T...

West End premiere of Drew Gasparini’s I Could Use A Drink May 11, 2021 Last updated: May 11, 2021 After a successful UK streaming event, Drew Gasparini’s hit album, ‘I Could Use A Drink’ is now headed to the West End for one night only – with added songs and an increase in the cast to 9 musical theatre stars! Originally released in 2013, Gasparini’s album is an eclectic mix of progressive contemporary Musical Theatre (both poignant and hilarious) with themes ranging from teen pregn...