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Sigrid Nunez and Anne Enright are among the winners of a $175,000 literary prize

NEW YORK (AP) — National Book Award winner Sigrid Nunez and Booker Prize winner Anne Enright are among eight recipients of literary honors that include a $175,000 cash award. The Windham-Campbell Prizes are given each year for literary achievement and to enable writers to work independently. Other winners announced Tuesday include legal scholar Patricia Williams,

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June Carter Cash, Kenny Chesney and Tony Brown to join the Country Music Hall of Fame

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — June Carter, Kenny Chesney and Tony Brown have been invited to join the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Country Music Association announced the new 2025 inductees on Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee. Carter, the Grammy-winning member of one of country music’s pioneering families and the wife

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The Oscars get their biggest audience in 5 years despite dominance of ‘Anora’ and other small films

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Smaller movies didn’t mean smaller viewer numbers for the Oscars. An estimated 19.7 viewers watched Sunday night’s 97th Academy Awards ceremony, the biggest audience in five years, according to figures released by ABC on Tuesday. The triumph of “Anora,” which won five Oscars including best

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iHeartMedia says legal dispute with Drake was settled because it ‘did nothing wrong’

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas-based iHeartMedia said it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” after demonstrating that it “did nothing wrong.” Drake had alleged in a legal petition filed in November that iHeartMedia received illegal payments from Universal Music Group to boost

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Pritzker Prize goes to Liu Jiakun of China, an architect who celebrates lives of ordinary citizens

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer The annual Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Liu Jiakun of China, who earned the field’s highest honor for “affirming architecture that celebrates the lives of ordinary citizens,” organizers announced Tuesday. Liu, 68, becomes the 54th laureate of the prize, considered akin to a Nobel in the field

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