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Books by Lyse Doucet, Arundhati Roy shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Nonfiction

April 4, 2026 The Associated Press

LONDON — Two books about hotels as places of risk and refuge in wartime are among finalists announced Wednesday for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, set up to help rectify a gender imbalance in publishing. […]

Bad Bunny wins top album at Grammys, first for Spanish-language album

February 8, 2026 Maria Sherman

LOS ANGELES — Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically acclaimed “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time […]

Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga go head to head at 2026 Grammys

February 1, 2026 Maria Sherman

NEW YORK — The 68th annual Grammy Awards will take place Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. This year marks a return to normalcy after the 2025 award show was altered to focus […]

Donna Summer posthumously inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame

December 29, 2025 Maria Sherman

NEW YORK— There are giants, and then there is Donna Summer. The Queen of Disco and then some, known for such timeless tunes as “Love to Love You Baby,” “I Feel Love,” “Bad Girls,” “Dim […]

Film producer Jason Blum, author-bookseller Ann Patchett to receive PEN America awards

December 13, 2025 Hillel Italie

NEW YORK — Oscar-nominated producer Jason Blum is now getting some recognition from the literary world. PEN America will honor him at its fundraising gala next spring with the Business Visionary award. PEN, the century-old […]

North Carolina Music Hall of Fame honors 2025 class

October 25, 2025 Dan Reeves

MOORESVILLE — The stars were out last Thursday as the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame honored six new inductees to its distinguished list of more than 130 groundbreaking artists. To kick off the evening, […]

Emmylou Harris, Brad Paisley headed for Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

August 18, 2025 Maria Sherman

Country superstar Brad Paisley and Americana powerhouse Emmylou Harris will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organization announced last Wednesday. The new class also includes Steve Bogard and Tony Martin in […]

Philadelphia honors Quinta Brunson with key, mural at alma mater that inspired ‘Abbott Elementary’

June 8, 2025 The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s mayor honored actor and producer Quinta Brunson with a key to the city Wednesday in a ceremony dedicating a separate mural at Brunson’s alma mater, which was the inspiration for her show […]

Spielberg, De Niro praise Francis Ford Coppola for AFI Life Achievement Award

May 4, 2025 Krysta Fauria

LOS ANGELES — Steven Spielberg proclaimed, “The Godfather” the “greatest American film ever made,” Robert De Niro teasingly bemoaned being cast in the sequel and not the original and Harrison Ford fought back tears reflecting […]

John Lithgow wins best actor at London stage Olivier Awards

April 14, 2025 Jill Lawless

LONDON — American actor John Lithgow won the best actor trophy at the London stage Olivier Awards on Sunday for exploring the dark side of children’s writer Roald Dahl in “Giant.” Backwards-biographical story “The Curious […]