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NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary celebrity who shared blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and

Have you ever watched a holiday rom-com on Hallmark Channel or Lifetime 鈥� or any of the other many networks and streamers that now air them 鈥� and thought, 鈥淚 could write that鈥�? It's harder than you may think 鈥� but just as fun.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Authors of books-in-progress on subjects ranging from Edgar Allan Poe to subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz are among this year's 10 recipients of $40,000 Whiting grants for nonfiction.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� It鈥檚 been a rough year in the world of video games, which reeled from some high-profile flops (sorry, Suicide Squad and Star Wars fans) and a relentless series of developer layoffs.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Veteran documentarian Alex Gibney, who in a decades-long career has tackled many a thorny issue , wasn't planning a film about Israel 鈥� until one day last year, when a stunning leak fell into his hands.

Angelina Jolie portraying opera singer Maria Callas in the movie 鈥淢aria鈥� and a Jamie Foxx Netflix comedy special are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

TORONTO 鈥� The year's most borrowed books at some of sa国际传媒's biggest libraries include "The Women" by Kristin Hannah and "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros.

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NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� At the end of every year, when critics rush to compile their best of the year lists, great art inevitably gets overlooked.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� How many roads must a man walk down to play Bob Dylan ? Quite a few, at least, if you're Timoth茅e Chalamet . Off and on for some six years, Chalamet has been obsessively working toward his performance in 鈥淎 Complete Unknown.