Tag: Book
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‘Venom 3’ slinks to $51 million, lowest opening weekend of comic book trilogy
“Venom: The Last Dance” is No. 1 at the box office, but the comic book film fell significantly short of expectations. The third and final entry in Sony’s Marvel antihero series, led by Tom Hardy, opened to a muted $51 million from 4,125 North American theaters. Rival studios estimate the final weekend number will be…
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McConnell privately called Trump a ‘despicable human’ and unfit for office, new book says
The GOP leader also said the American people showed “good judgment” in firing Trump in 2020, given his “erratic” behavior making false claims of election fraud and delaying the Covid package.“I think I’m pretty safe in saying it’s not just the Democrats who are counting the days until he leaves on January 20,” McConnell said,…
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Trump and Putin have talked as many as 7 times since 2021, new book claims
Former President Donald Trump has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin as many as seven times since leaving the White House, including as recently as this year, according to new reporting by journalist Bob Woodward. Woodward makes the claims in his forthcoming book, “War,” a dramatic account of the White House under President Joe Biden…
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Melania Trump details ‘legitimate reasons’ to get an abortion in her new book
In her new memoir, Melania Trump reveals that she backs abortion rights, but she leaves some grey area as to whether she supports restrictions. In the book, titled “Melania,” she says that women should “have the power to determine what she does with her own body,” and expresses support for the slogan “My body, My choice.”…
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Trump pitches watches, crypto and his wife’s book in the campaign’s final weeks
A new cryptocurrency platform. An upcoming memoir authored by his wife. A set of NFT trading cards. Watches that cost as much as $100,000. With just weeks left before the November election, former President Donald Trump has taken to promoting items and businesses that are not at all connected to his presidential campaign. “You’re going…
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‘Soft’ book bans and the aftermath of record-breaking censorship
When David Shelley, the CEO of Hachette, one of the “big five” publishing companies, was a teenager, he was living in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain and under a law called Section 28. The measure, which was in effect from 1988 to 2003, prohibited schools from “promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality.” In the ’80s,…
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Dylan Mulvaney announces debut book ‘Paper Doll,’ documenting her transition
Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who documented her transition in her viral “Days of Girlhood” TikTok series, announced her debut book Wednesday. The book, titled “Paper Doll: Notes From a Late Bloomer,” is a collection of journal entries from the first year of her transition covering topics that Mulvaney, who has 9.4 million followers on TikTok,…
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Book censorship slows but remains stubbornly high in 2024, American Library Association says
Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide. The American Library Association found a substantial drop in 2024 so far in complaints about books stocked in public, school and academic libraries, and…