Books
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‘American Fiction’ Author Percival Everett Explains Why N-Word Is ‘Inoffensive’ in the Right Context | Video
His new novel “James” tells the story of Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” from enslaved co-protagonist Jim’s point of view
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Vernor Vinge, Author Who Popularized AI ‘Singularity’ and ‘Cyberspace,’ Dies at 79
The “A Fire Upon the Deep” author explored how computers would become smarter than humans by 2030
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‘Divergent’ Director Neil Burger Reflects on the YA Franchise Starter and Hollywood’s Dystopia Craze 10 Years Later
The first film’s director also gets candid about those sequels and what he would’ve done differently
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‘Black Sails’ Star Luke Arnold Launches Graphic Novel With New Publisher The Lab Press | Exclusive
Science-fiction book “Essentials” features seven artists illustrating its multiple realities
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Is Netflix’s ‘Damsel’ Based on a Book?
The Netflix film started out as a script
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Dr. Todd Boyd Wants People to ‘Understand the Magnitude’ of Hip-Hop Over 50 Years
The author of “Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World” reacts to Jay-Z’s Grammys speech and traces the genre’s roots back to DJ Kool Herc’s party in the Bronx
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‘Mary Tyler Moorehawk’ Takes a Pop Culture-Drenched Trip Into a Graphic Novel Conspiracy | Exclusive Preview
Cartoonist Dave Baker promises a meta narrative that “[crosses] the streams between fiction and reality”
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Apple TV+ Buys Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning A24 Series ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’
The show will be based on the book by Rufi Thorpe
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Neil Gaiman-Endorsed ‘Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ Graphic Novel Revives Concentration Camp-Written Opera | Exclusive Art
“This is beautiful and strange,” Gaiman says, describing it as “heartbreaking and affecting … a reminder of what art is for”
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Riley Keough and Random House to Publish Lisa Marie Presley Memoir
The “Daisy Jones & the Six” star is “honored to help put my mother’s book out for her”
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Jessica Chastain Says There’s ‘Zero Possibility’ of Role in Netflix’s ‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ Film
The actress has been a fan favorite for the character Celia St. James in the Taylor Jenkins Reid story
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Rap Legend Ol’ Dirty Bastard Remembered in Graphic Novel ‘ODB: Oddities, Discord, & B-Sides — Lyrical Ruckus in the City’
The currently crowdfunding anthology is described as a “volatile, genre-defying homage” to one of Wu-Tang Clan’s founding members
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How One ‘Barbie’ Dance Song Turned Into a Giant Job for Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
TheWrap magazine: “Everything influenced everything else,” Mark Ronson says of the film’s mixture of songs, score and dance numbers
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Top Female Executives Say Even Bosses Need Mentors – Here’s Where to Find Them | Video
Power Women Summit: “Girlboss” author Sophia Amoruso says “getting advice from people who have been there” is essential
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George Santos Movie in the Works at HBO With ‘Veep,’ ‘Succession’ EP Frank Rich
Book “The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos” has been optioned by the network