Topic “entertainment”

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“And the Mountains Echoed,” by Khaled Hosseini

Khaled Hosseini’s acclaimed first two novels, “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” spent months on the best-seller lists. His latest, “...

By Mark Kennedy (The Associated Press)

NEW YORK — Years ago, when her roommate came home one day sobbing, Laura Benanti comforted her the only way she knew how — with a song.

Benanti, who would go on to win a Tony Award, still recalls the night when her friend Darcy returned from a terrible waitress shift at an Italian restaurant. A drunken woman kept calling her a derogatory...

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“Dead Ever After,” by Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris is calling this the final installment in her popular fantasy series about the life of Sookie Stackhouse. The last couple of books in the...

By Alicia Rancilio (The Associated Press)

NEW YORK — When Kate Hudson first burst onto the scene with the movie “Almost Famous,” her uncanny resemblance to her mother Goldie Hawn had everybody talking.

Hudson didn’t see it. But now that she’s a mother herself — of two sons, Rider and Bingham — the 34-year-old actress says she treasures the comparison.

The mother-daughter...

By Barbara Vancheri (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

When you’re Jackie Evancho, the milestones come in waves.

In April alone, Jackie turned 13, performed in Taiwan with Spanish tenor Jose Carreras in front of a rain-soaked but riveted crowd of 30,000 and, oh yes, made her movie debut.

She plays Robert Redford’s character’s daughter, Isabel Grant, in “The Company You Keep.” The...