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LONDON (AP) — American authors Elizabeth Strout and Miranda July are among finalists announced Wednesday for the Women’s Prize for Fiction , alongside four debut novelists exploring the search for freedom in different countries and cultures.

Soprano Anna Netrebko will return to London's Royal Opera after a six-year absence to open the 2025-26 season in a new production of Puccini's “Tosca" that starts Jakub Hrůša's tenure as music director. She is to sing four performances from Sept.

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone , whose 1991 film “JFK” portrayed President John F.

TORONTO — Canada's literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books.

NEW YORK (AP) — The star of “The Friend” has the loping stride of Robert Mitchum and the droopy, melancholy eyes of Peter Lorre.

From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools’ Day will be celebrated on Tuesday with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes, so make sure to triple check viral posts and don’t leave your back open to any stray sticky notes.

TORONTO — Ontario will spend $35 million to help the Shaw Festival rebuild the Royal George Theatre.

Top New Shows (US): 1. The Editor Who Was Accidentally Texted War Plans , The Daily 2. Trump’s Escalating War With Higher Education , The Daily 3. J.F.K., The C.I.A. and the Original ‘Deep State’ , The Daily 4.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Last Breath (2025) 2. Babygirl 3. Wicked 4. Flight Risk 5. One of Them Days 6. The Hunger Games 5-Film Collection 7. Companion 8. Riff Raff 9. The Brutalist 10. Dog Man The Associated Press

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Lethal Prey by John Sandford (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Inc.) 3. Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 4.