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Simon & Schuster purchased by private equity firm KKR for $1.62 billion

Simon & Schuster purchased by private equity firm KKR for $1.62 billion

NEW YORK (AP) — Simon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that competition would shrink the book market.
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K-pop star Suga becomes 3rd BTS member to begin military service in South Korea

K-pop star Suga becomes 3rd BTS member to begin military service in South Korea

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Following his debut solo tour earlier this year, Suga , the K-pop superstar rapper/singer/songwriter, has become the third member of BTS to begin South Korea's compulsory military service .
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Megan Thee Stallion describes daily suffering after Tory Lanez shooting during rapper’s sentencing

Megan Thee Stallion describes daily suffering after Tory Lanez shooting during rapper’s sentencing

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Megan Thee Stallion said she has suffered daily since rapper Tory Lanez shot her in the feet three years ago in a written statement read during Lanez's sentencing, which will stretch into Tuesday.
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Prince Harry and wife Meghan purchase screen rights to Canadian author's book

Prince Harry and wife Meghan purchase screen rights to Canadian author's book

TORONTO — A Canadian author says a production company belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has bought the screen rights for her romantic novel.
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Appeals court upholds Josh Duggar's conviction for downloading child sex abuse images

Appeals court upholds Josh Duggar's conviction for downloading child sex abuse images

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Cecilia Bartoli veers into opera management while still singing at 57

Cecilia Bartoli veers into opera management while still singing at 57

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Cecilia Bartoli has a favorite role she wished she could sing. “There is one character which I was always in love with since I started my Mozart career, and it’s Don Giovanni,” she said. “With me, you never know.
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Book Review: 'Disobedient' deftly paints the inspiring story of artist Artemisia Gentileschi

Book Review: 'Disobedient' deftly paints the inspiring story of artist Artemisia Gentileschi

“Disobedient” by Elizabeth Fremantle (Pegasus Books) Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting skills quickly surpass her father’s, but society dictates that as a woman, she must stay home and protect her virtue.
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Music Review: Neil Young caught in his 1970s prime with yet another 'lost' album, 'Chrome Dreams'

Music Review: Neil Young caught in his 1970s prime with yet another 'lost' album, 'Chrome Dreams'

“Chrome Dreams,” Neil Young (Reprise Records) Neil Young is captured in his mid-1970s prime with “Chrome Dreams,” yet another “lost” — or “unreleased" — album officially seeing the light of day as Young originally envisioned nearly half a century ago
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From Killer Mike to Fat Joe, hip-hop stars talk about how first rap song resonated with them

From Killer Mike to Fat Joe, hip-hop stars talk about how first rap song resonated with them

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs do.
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Bark beetles are eating through Germany's Harz forest. Climate change is making matters worse

Bark beetles are eating through Germany's Harz forest. Climate change is making matters worse

CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD, Germany (AP) — Nestled in the spruce trees in the Harz mountains of northern Germany is a bark-eating pest not much bigger than a sesame seed.
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