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FILE - In this May 15, 2011 file photo, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison smiles after delivering a speech during the Rutgers University commencement ceremony, in Piscataway, N.J. Oprah Winfrey, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jesmyn Ward will be among the speakers at a tribute to the late Morrison. The Nobel laureate�s longtime publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, announced Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, that the event will take place Nov. 21 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in Manhattan. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Winfrey, Coates to speak at upcoming Toni Morrison tribute

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NEW YORK (AP) - Oprah Winfrey, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jesmyn Ward will be among the speakers at a tribute to the late Toni Morrison.

FILE - This Sept. 25, 2018 file photo shows Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, at Capitol Hill in Washington. Hirono, the Senate�s first Asian-American woman and only current immigrant, is working on a memoir. Viking announced Tuesday that the book, currently untitled, will come out in 2021. Hirono, 72, will write about emigrating at age 8 to the United States after her mother fled an abusive marriage in Japan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii is writing memoir, due in 2021

NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, the Senate's first Asian American woman and only current immigrant, is working on a memoir.

Provocative Atlantic asks how civil war can be avoided

Count community theater among holiday traditions for many

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Count community theater among holiday traditions for many

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Airborne Toxic Event leader Mikel Jollett writing memoir

FILE - This May 3, 2015 file photo shows Mikel Jollett of The Airborne Toxic Event performing in concert during the Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party in Philadelphia. Celadon Books announced Tuesday that Jollett�s memoir, �Hollywood Park,� also the title of the band�s next album, will come out May 5. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

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Reflections on writing about the lives of Beckett, Beauvoir

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'My Penguin Year' works best as companion to nature series

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Author makes readers care about boys about to become men

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Fans and newcomers alike will enjoy 'Twisted Twenty-Six'

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 17-23

Author endeavors to show how animals relate to humans

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AP sources: Former Trump adviser John Bolton has a book deal

FILE - In this July 31, 2019 file photo, National security adviser John Bolton speaks to media at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Court: Iowa college can't count value of Grant Wood panels

TV

FILE - This Nov. 27, 2018 file photo shows Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano hosting the inaugural broadcast of

Fox legal analyst Napolitano emerges as Trump critic

'Jersey Shore' star pleads not guilty to domestic violence

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Vanna White hosts 'Wheel of Fortune' after Sajak has surgery

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2007 file photo, co-host Vanna White and host Pat Sajak make an appearance at Radio City Music Hall for a taping of celebrity week on

ABC cancels 'Fresh Off the Boat,' sets finale for February

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2016 file photo, Randall Park, from left, Constance Wu, Ken Jeong and Ann Hsu pose for photographers during a media event announcing their comedy series

Parolee is no hometown hero in TV comedy 'Back to Life'

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Movies

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Review: 'Ford v Ferrari' is a very pleasant (fast) ride

War epic 'Midway' bests 'Doctor Sleep' at the box office

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Film probes history of Native Americans in the US military

In this July 8, 1986, file photo, World War II Navajo veterans and supporters march through the reservation in a show of solidarity against giving up any of their land to the Hopis in Arizona.

Bale and Damon go into overdrive for 'Ford v Ferrari'

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Octavia Spencer to receive honor from Producers Guild

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2019 file photo, Octavia Spencer arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The Producers Guild of America will honor Octavia Spencer for her work behind-the-camera at its 2020 awards show. Spencer, who was among the producers of last year�s best picture Oscar winner �Green Book,� will receive the Visionary Award at the Producers Guild Awards on Jan. 18.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Music

This Oct. 28, 2019 photo shows former R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe posing for a portrait in New York his first solo song since that band retired in 2011. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

Something old, something new for Michael Stipe

He said, she said: Will female acts win big at CMA Awards?

This combination of photos shows, from left, Garth Brooks, Eric Church, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban, who are up for Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Review: Simply Red back to '70s basics on 'Blue Eyed Soul'

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Robbie Robertson looks backward and forward with film, music

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Review: Joanna Connor takes her blues guitar down new paths

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Technology

Disney Plus suffers some technical difficulties at launch

Report: Election vendors are 'prime targets,' need oversight

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2019, file photo, a man feeds a ballot card into a digital voting machine during a demonstration in Raleigh, N.C. A new report says the nation�s elections are vulnerable to attack due to a lack of robust federal oversight of the private companies that are involved in everything from manufacturing voting systems to maintaining voter registration databases (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Beyond Netflix: Disney Plus joins the streaming fray

Uber CEO walks back comment on Saudi writer's slaying

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York. Khosrowshahi called the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi a mistake in an interview on Axios on HBO. Khosrowshahi later said he regretted his comments. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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