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Russian film seeks new home in exile
From Paris to Berlin, Los Angeles to Istanbul, Russian filmmakers who fled after the invasion of Ukraine are slowly rebuilding their industry in exile.
Many are happy just to be out.
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‘What You Won’t Do for Love’ singer Bobby Caldwell dies
Bobby Caldwell, a soulful R&B singer and songwriter who had a major hit in 1978 with "What You Won't Do for Love" and a voice and musical style adored by generations of his fellow artists, has died, his wife said on March 15.
Mary Caldwell said that he died in her arms at their home in Great Meadows, New Jersey, on March 14, after a long illness.
He was 71.
Claim of mammoth bones brings treasure hunters to NYC river
Ask people what you might find buried in the muck at the bottom of New York City's East River and they'd likely say "mob boss" before thinking of mammoth bones.
Novelist Paul Auster addresses US gun violence in new book
The popular U.S. novelist Paul Auster is turning his sights on America's epidemic of gun violence in a hard-hitting, 100-page essay that features photos from mass shootings.
"Bloodbath Nation" (Grove Press), published on Jan. 10 in the United States. The writing in this new work by Auster, 75, is terse and somber and is accompanied by pictures taken by photographer Spencer Ostrander.
Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand
Salman Rushdie's agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report.
In ‘Good Nurse,’ a serial killer exposes health care system
Charles Cullen is by some estimates the most prolific serial killer in American history. But when Krysty Wilson-Cairns began writing the script about his capture, she started not with Cullen, who was sentenced to consecutive life sentences in 2006, but outside the home of Amy Loughren, the nurse who first uncovered his crimes.
Credit Suisse reaches deal with US over mortgage-backed securities
Credit Suisse said yesterday it would pay $495 million as part of a deal reached with U.S. prosecutors in a long-running dispute over mortgage-backed securities, settling one of the last legal cases dating back to the 2008 financial crisis.
Anthony Bourdain biography is a profile of a man spiraling
Biographers try as best they can to walk in the shoes of their subjects. Charles Leerhsen took it a step further: He slept in the same French hotel room where Anthony Bourdain killed himself, earning a unique perspective and pushback.
Uber pays $100 mln to New Jersey in driver status dispute
Uber paid the U.S. state of New Jersey $100 million in back taxes and fines for labeling nearly 300,000 of its drivers as self-employed and withholding required benefits, officials said on Sept. 13.
Spielberg confronts his childhood in ‘Fabelmans’
Steven Spielberg finally turned the camera on his own childhood from his parents' troubled marriage to anti-Semitic bullying as his new movie "The Fabelmans" received its world premiere on a star-studded weekend at the Toronto film festival.
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