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FILE- In this Oct. 16, 2004 file photo, longtime Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana performs at the 50th anniversary celebration concert of Elvis Presley’s first performance at the Louisiana Hayride in Sherveport, La. Fontana, the drummer who helped launch rock ‘n’ roll as Elvis Presley’s sideman, has died at 87, his wife said Thursday, June 14, 2018. Karen Fontana told The Associated Press that her husband died Wednesday, June 13 in his sleep in Nashville. (Robert Ruiz/The Shreveport Times via AP) LASHT501 LASHT501

June 14, 2018 at 6:23 am

Longtime Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana has died

D.J. Fontana's wife says the drummer who helped launch rock 'n' roll as Elvis Presley's sideman, has died at 87.

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June 13, 2018 at 4:36 am

Clinton-Patterson novel sells 250,000 copies its first week

Bill Clinton's debut as a fiction writer is one of the year's biggest hits: "The President is Missing," the thriller he co-wrote with James Patterson,...

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June 11, 2018 at 12:58 pm

Memoir listed from congressman wounded during baseball game

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, the Louisiana Republican who was shot and nearly killed during a congressional baseball practice last year, apparently...

Anthony Bourdain is photographed as he promotes his new book “Medium Raw” at the Hazlitts club in London on Sept. 2, 2010. Bourdain was found dead in his hotel room of an apparent suicide at age 61. (Ian West/PA Wire/Abaca Press/TNS) 1233125 1233125

June 8, 2018 at 12:15 pm

Bourdain suicide a reminder of celebrities’ distance from us

NEW YORK (AP) — We thought we knew them. Anthony Bourdain was the brash, globe-trotting chef, Kate Spade the innovative and ebullient designer. The idea...

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June 8, 2018 at 9:34 am

Bourdain’s imprint to end after contracted books come out

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Bourdain's book imprint will be discontinued after the remaining works under contract come out. The announcement came Friday from HarperCollins...

Harvey Weinstein carries books as he arrives at a police station in lower Manhattan on Friday morning, May 25, 2018. Weinstein was arrested by detectives on Friday on charges that he raped one woman and forced another to perform oral sex, capping a lengthy inquiry into the avalanche of accusations against him that spawned a public reckoning, and, with it, the global #MeToo movement. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) XNYT1 XNYT1

May 25, 2018 at 9:34 am

The two books Harvey Weinstein was carrying when he turned himself in

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein's choice of reading material for his surrender to New York authorities on Friday drew attention to a pair of...

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May 23, 2018 at 12:05 am

Stephen King among the honorees at PEN America gala VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — On a night when speakers included Stephen King, Morgan Freeman and Margaret Atwood, no one at the PEN American gala had...

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The author Philip Roth, at home in Manhattanâ€™s Upper West Side, Jan. 5, 2018. Roth stopped writing about seven years ago, and now reads, mainly American history and modern European history. â€œReading has taken the place of writing, and constitutes the major part, the stimulus, of my thinking life,â€ Roth said. (Philip Montgomery/The New York Times)

May 22, 2018 at 9:25 pm

Prolific, provocative author Philip Roth, dies at 85

“Portnoy’s Complaint” sold millions, making Roth wealthy, and, more important, famous.

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May 22, 2018 at 8:08 pm

Stephen King among the honorees at PEN America gala VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen King has been presented an award by PEN America for literary service. The author received his prize Tuesday night from...

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April 25, 2018 at 6:34 pm

Uma Thurman, Patty Griffin among readers at poetry tribute

NEW YORK (AP) — As Uma Thurman rose from her chair during a poetry tribute at Lincoln Center, she turned and bowed to the reader...

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