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A movie documentary that uses only Lego pieces might seem an unconventional choice. When that documentary is about renowned musician-producer Pharrell Williams, it's actually sort of on-brand.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Miller, lead singer of alternative rock band Guster, has a new gig that even he's a little surprised about: Musical theater songwriter. He laughs that he's gone all Broadway .

Deborah Levy is a celebrated novelist, memoirist and playwright whose latest book — “The Position of Spoons” — is a petite collection of essays spanning the last few decades of her career.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Monday from the singer R. Kelly , who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago .

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Martin Shkreli, who was once dubbed “Pharma Bro” afterjacking up the price of a lifesaving drug. Shkreli appealed an order to return $64.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 13-19: Oct. 13: Gospel singer Shirley Caesar is 87. Musician Paul Simon is 83. Keyboardist Robert Lamm of Chicago is 80. Country singer Lacy J. Dalton is 78. Actor Demond Wilson (“Sanford and Son”) is 78.

TORONTO — As a fiction writer, Ian Williams has dissected conversation. He's learned its rhythm and texture, found its liver and lungs, so he can transmute it into dialogue on the page.

TORONTO (AP) — Although “The Room Next Door” is Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, Tilda Swinton notes that he’s never written in a language that anyone else truly speaks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris opened a media blitz by the Democratic ticket on Sunday by appearing on the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast about abortion, sexual abuse and other issues that resonate with women, working in some digs a

Donald Glover has canceled the remaining dates of Childish Gambino’s North American and European tour . The musician, actor and “Atlanta” creator announced on Friday that he recently discovered an ailment that required surgery.