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NEW YORK (AP) — Universal Pictures has landed the rights to Britney Spears' memoir “The Woman in Me" and will develop a biopic of the pop star to be directed by Jon M. Chu, the studio announced Thursday.

John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois will co-anchor the “CBS Evening News” following the departure of Norah O'Donnell later this year, the network said Thursday. Dickerson is a former host of “Face the Nation” and “CBS This Morning” for the network.

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter will be honored next month, ahead of his 100th birthday, with a musical gala at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, The Carter Center announced Thursday. The Sept.

HAMILTON — A film festival celebrating sex workers is set to open in Hamilton, with organizers describing the event as the first of its kind in Canada. The two-day Sex Workers’ Film and Arts Festival features documentaries, panels and performances.

NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B has filed for divorce from her husband, rapper Offset .

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Taylor Swift warned fans who traveled to her concert in Warsaw on Thursday to expect loud sirens in the afternoon honoring a key World War II anniversary.

LONDON (AP) — Within hours of a stabbing attack in northwest England that killed three young girls and wounded several more children, a false name of a supposed suspect was circulating on social media.

NEW YORK (AP) — Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who played a pair of extraordinary slackers in three “Bill & Ted” films, are reuniting on Broadway for a revival of the brainy, existential classic “Waiting for Godot.

Though depression lurks around the edges of “The Instigators,” Doug Liman’s heist movie is a loosely amiable return to South Boston for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, who also co-wrote the film.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Underwood will be the next singer to sit behind the judges' table on “American Idol,” filling Katy Perry's spot after her departure from the show in May.