Arts & Culture

NEW YORK (AP) — National Book Awards judges honored authors worldwide on Wednesday night, from Lebanese novelist Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” to Chicago-born poet Patricia Smith’s “The Intentions of Thunder.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Han Kang’s first book of nonfiction to come out in English will be released next spring.

S.ympathy A.ltruism D.etermination SOUP All major religions preach love and forgivenessAll philosophers try to help us reach understandingPositivity and negativity are part of our daily alivenessProgress through life’s ups and downs is demanding  Sympathy for the Devil is an old Rolling Stones song…

MARIANAS Variety editor Zaldy Dandan’s fourth book, “If He Isn’t Insane Then He Should Be: Stories & Poems from Saipan,” is available at the Joeten Shopping Center in Susupe.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — “Wicked: For Good” brought in $150 million in the U.S. and Canada in its opening weekend, setting a record for a film adaptation of a Broadway musical and ranking among the best-performing movie musicals of all time, according to the studio.

PARIS (Reuters) — It’s a familiar sight in French cities: pigeons with mangled feet and missing toes. But one woman in Paris is on a mission to save the pigeons from their plight.

S.ympathy A.ltruism D.etermination SOUP All major religions preach love and forgivenessAll philosophers try to help us reach understandingPositivity and negativity are part of our daily alivenessProgress through life’s ups and downs is demanding  Sympathy for the Devil is an old Rolling Stones song…

MARIANAS Variety editor Zaldy Dandan’s fourth book, “If He Isn’t Insane Then He Should Be: Stories & Poems from Saipan,” is available at the Joeten Shopping Center in Susupe.

BANGKOK (AP) — Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old at the center of the turbulent 74th staging of the popular beauty pageant in Bangkok who stood up to public bullying from one of the hosts.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor traversed new terrain with her song “Still Don’t Care,” which explores her experiences being cyberbullied on social media.