Evie puts down smartphone in 'Love and Miss Communication'
“Love and Miss Communication” (William Morrow Paperbacks), by Elyssa Friedland
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Vandals attack selfie-taking Ottoman prince statue
ISTANBUL (AP) — A statue erected in a Turkish city of an Ottoman prince taking a selfie with a cellphone has been vandalized amid strong criticism of the artwork.
Queen Latifah inhabits a blues legend in HBO biopic 'Bessie'
NEW YORK (AP) — Many viewers will come to the HBO biopic “Bessie” with scant knowledge of its subject, blues legend Bessie Smith.
Hollywood accused of gender bias in hiring women directors
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ACLU of Southern California and the national ACLU Women’s Rights Project said Tuesday they are asking federal and California civil rights agencies to investigate what they call “the systemic failure” to hire women directors in the film and television industry.
Kanye West, Nicki Minaj to perform at Billboard Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West and Nicki Minaj have been added to the list of performers for Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards.
Vienna turns on the gay lights ahead of Eurovision
From gay-themed traffic lights to singing sewers, Vienna is getting spruced up as it prepares to host one of the world’s most popular music competitions, the 60th Eurovision Song Contest. With less than a week to go before the first semi-final, the Austrian capital has launched a series of original initiatives to celebrate the ESC’s anniversary edition. Lights at 120 pedestrian crossings are receiving a quirky makeover: instead of the
TV food star Sandra Lee says she has breast cancer
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Food Network television star Sandra Lee announced Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will soon undergo a double mastectomy.
Controversy stings, strengthens Mann in memoir 'Hold Still'
“Hold Still” (Little, Brown and Co.), by Sally Mann
This Incredibly Chaotic Period Helps To Understand Where We Are Headed From Here
With the dollar falling and gold, silver and oil rising, today King World News is featuring a piece from one of the greats in the business discussing how the lessons of the 1970s help to explain where we major markets are headed from here.
India eyes $1.1 billion solar loan from German bank KFW
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – German development bank KFW could lend India $1.1 billion for rooftop solar projects, on top of another loan it has extended to help the Asian country fund its ambitious green energy plans, India’s top renewable energy bureaucrat told Reuters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to quintuple India’s renewable energy capacity to 175 gigawatts by 2022, making clean energy part of his fight