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Ang Lee to receive DGA Lifetime Achievement AwardDec 10, 2024 11:55 am - Ang Lee, the protean filmmaker of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain,” will receive the Directors Guild of America’s lifetime achievement award. The guild announced Tuesday that Lee, 70, will be given the award at the 77th DGA Awards on Feb. 8.
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Hundreds of bookstore staffers receive holiday bonuses from author James PattersonDec 10, 2024 11:22 am - NEW YORK — Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco’s City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are among 600 booksellers receiving $5...
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Lauren Mayberry steps out of the band Chvrches for a solo album that shows her influencesDec 10, 2024 11:17 am - The birth of Lauren Mayberry as a solo artist should be marked by something like a wolf cry. The vocalist and percussionist from the Scottish pop band Chvrches has a new solo album out titled “Vicious Creature.” She will perform at Thalia Hall in Chicago on Feb. 5.
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Elon Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump’s way — or hisDec 10, 2024 11:10 am - A week after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, Elon Musk said his political action committee would “play a significant role in primaries.”
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Still rockin': As Brenda Lee turns 80, the Christmas song she made as a teen is bigger than everDec 10, 2024 11:09 am - NEW YORK — Her memories of recording “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy. She remembers the producer placing decorations around the studio and blasting ...
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Book Review: Weike Wang’s 'Rental House' finds humor in marriage of oppositesDec 10, 2024 10:13 am - Vacation rental with the in-laws — for many, it’s a setup for disaster. In Weike Wang’s “Rental House,” it’s certainly that. It’s also an opportunity for Wang to explore the upside and downside of education, marriage and family.
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Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change his family’s trust over Fox News media empire control rejectedDec 10, 2024 7:19 am - RENO, Nev. — A probate commissioner has ruled against Rupert Murdoch’s effort to change his family’s trust to give one of his sons control of his media empire and ensure ...
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Israel’s Netanyahu vows to challenge ‘absurd’ corruption charges as he takes the stand in his trialDec 10, 2024 7:14 am - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised defiantly on Tuesday to knock down corruption allegations against him as he began testifying in his long-running trial, becoming the first sitting Israeli leader to take the stand as a criminal defendant.
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Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the countryDec 10, 2024 7:12 am - Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday. Israel denied its forces were advancing toward Damascus after they pushed into a buffer zone inside Syria following the overthrow of President Bashar Assad.
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Biden is rushing aid to Ukraine. Both sides are digging in. And everyone is bracing for TrumpDec 10, 2024 7:04 am - The grinding war between Ukraine and its Russian invaders has escalated ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration, with President Joe Biden rushing out billions of dollars more in military aid before U.S. support for Kyiv’s defenses is thrown into question under the new administration.