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Penguin to buy Simon & Schuster, create publishing giant

BERLIN (AP) — German media giant Bertelsmann said Wednesday that its Penguin Random House division is buying rival Simon & Schuster in a megadeal that would reshape the U.S. publishing industry.

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A new doc peeks inside the USPS’s Operation Santa program

Filmmaker Dana Nachman wanted to make a documentary about the United States Postal Service’s

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:

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1. “A Promised Land” by Barack Obama (Crown)

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The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Audible best-sellers for the week ending November 22nd:

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UK judge refuses Depp permission to appeal libel ruling

LONDON (AP) — A judge has refused Johnny Depp permission to appeal against a British court's ruling that he assaulted …

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Kaley Cuoco judged a book by its cover for her new TV series

NEW YORK (AP) — Kaley Cuoco knew she wanted to turn Chris Bohjalian’s best-selling novel “The Flight Attendant’ into a …

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Hijab-wearing Somali-US model takes step back from industry

MILAN (AP) — Somali-American model Halima Aden has announced that she is taking a step back from the fashion industry, …

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Cher in Pakistan for resettlement of 'loneliest elephant'

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iconic singer and actress Cher is in Pakistan to celebrate the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s …

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Barack Obama to be honored next month by PEN America

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Barack Obama, already a million-selling author, is also a prize-winning author.

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The pandemic is changing Hollywood, maybe forever

NEW YORK (AP) — “No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends”

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BTS band members, fans welcome its first Grammy nomination

SEOUL (AP) — K-pop band BTS has earned its first Grammy nomination, a long-awaited feat for the South Korean act …

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Review: 'Ma Rainey' is Boseman's final, perhaps finest gift

Chadwick Boseman surges onto the screen as fast-talking trumpeter Levee in

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Champion Ken Jennings will be first interim 'Jeopardy!' host

NEW YORK (AP) — “Jeopardy!” record-holder Ken Jennings will be the first in a series of interim hosts replacing Alex …

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Jerry Seinfeld digs into 45 years of his jokes for new book

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forget the high-performance sports cars, the luxury Rolls-Royces and all those other classic automobiles in which …

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