Winfrey chooses four Marilynne Robinson novels for book club
HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
March 16, 2021
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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2015, file photo, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Marilynne Robinson visits the State Library of Iowa in the Ola Babcock Miller Building in Des Moines, Iowa. Oprah Winfrey announced Tuesday that she has selected Robinson’s acclaimed quartet of “Gilead” narratives for her next book club selection. Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for “Gilead,” the first of her books set in the fictional Iowa town of Gilead.Andrew Harnik/AP
NEW YORK (AP) Besides working on her newsmaking interview with Meghan and Prince Harry, Oprah Winfrey has been busy with the novels of Marilynne Robinson.
PR firms: Golden Globes must reform or stars will boycott
JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer
March 16, 2021
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FILE - Event signage appears above the red carpet at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. More than 100 Hollywood publicity firms that collectively represent the majority of stars in film and television, said they will advise their clients to skip the Golden Globes if the Hollywood Foreign Press Association does not commit to “transformational change.” (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
NEW YORK (AP) More than 100 Hollywood publicity firms that collectively represent the majority of stars in film and television said they will advise their clients to skip the Golden Globes if the Hollywood Foreign Press Association does not commit to “transformational change.”
Yaphet Kotto of Live and Let Die, Alien, dies at 81
JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer
March 16, 2021
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FILE - Actor Yaphet Kotto appears on his wedding day in Baltimore, Md. on July 12, 1998. Kotto, the commanding actor of the James Bond film “Live and Let Die” and as Lt. Al Giardello on the 90 s NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street, died Monday, March 15, 2021 at age 81. Kotto’s wife, Tessie Sinahon, announced his death Monday in a Facebook post. She said he died Monday in the Philippines. Kotto s agent, Ryan Goldhar, confirmed Kotto s death.John Gillis/AP
NEW YORK (AP) Yaphet Kotto, the commanding actor who brought tough magnetism and stately gravitas to films including the James Bond movie “Live and Let Die” and “Alien, has died. He was 81.
Berlin to open cultural venues despite rising virus numbers
KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, Associated Press
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1of12Stone restoration specialist Stefan Geismeier dusted off the black head of the statue of the Puzur-Ishtar of Mari at the Museum of the Ancient East in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 15, 2021. Museums throughout Germany closed at the beginning of November as coronavirus cases increased. Under new regulations, some of the collections on Berlin s Museum Island, one of the city s cultural highlights and a UNESCO World Heritage site, are now allowed to re-open to visitors.Markus Schreiber/APShow MoreShow Less
2of12Stone restoration specialist Stefan Geismeier dusted off the black head of the statue of the Puzur-Ishtar of Mari at the Museum of the Ancient East in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 15, 2021. Museums throughout Germany closed at the beginning of November as coronavirus cases increased. Under new regulations, some of the collections on Be
Britain s Prince Philip returns home after treatment
DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press
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1of11Britain s Prince Philip as he leaves the King Edward VII hospital in the back of a car in London, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. The 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II has been hospitalized after a heart procedure. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)Stefan Rousseau/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11A woman cycles past a Police van parked outside the King Edward VII hospital where Britain s Prince Philip is receiving treatment in London in London, Monday, March 15, 2021. The 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II remains hospitalized after a heart procedure.Alberto Pezzali/APShow MoreShow Less