PEN America names winners of prison writing program award

Taylor Swift and Bon Iver are finally in the studio.

Elon Musk‘s fortune continues to elevate.

Barack Obama, already a million-selling author, is also a prize-winning author.PEN America announced Wednesday that Obama will receive its second annual Voice of Influence Award in recognition of how his writings “have traversed political, social, and ideological bounds and framed a self-reflective humanism that has marked his influence on public life.”Obama, whose memoir “A Promised Land” came out last week, will be honored Dec.

Duchess Meghan has written a deeply personal and brave account of suffering a miscarriage.In a powerful article for The New York Times titled "The Losses We Share," the Duchess of Sussex revealed that she had lost her unborn, second child in July.Starting the piece with a description of a typical morning looking after son Archie, Meghan wrote, "After changing his diaper, I felt a sharp cramp.

Lori Loughlin’s daughter Bella Giannulli was spotted at a luxury resort with friends less than a month after the Full House alum and husband Mossimo Giannulli reported to prison for their part in the college admissions scandal.The 22-year-old actress was seen at the beach over the weekend at five-star Rosewood Miramar Hotel in Santa Barbara, California, in photos posted by New York Post’s Page Six on Tuesday, November 24.Bella was photographed walking on the sand in an oversize white shirt that

Tonight, the American Music Awards came and went with appearances from stars like Billie Eilish, The Weeknd, and BTS. But despite winning some of the evening's top honors, Taylor Swift did not attend the award show in person.

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Angelique Jackson Matthew López, the acclaimed playwright behind “The Inheritance,” will bring the story of legendary dramatist Tennessee Williams to the big screen for Searchlight Pictures.López will pen a feature film adaptation of the novel “Leading Men,” which centers on the “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” scribe and his longtime partner Frank Merlo.

NEW YORK -- One of the five teens wrongly imprisoned for the assault on a Central Park jogger has a memoir coming out in the spring.Grand Central Publishing announced Monday that it had acquired Yusef Salaam's “Better, Not Bitter: Living On Purpose in The Pursuit of Racial Justice.” The publisher is calling the book a “candid and poignant look at the life of an American citizen, born and raised in Harlem, New York who was accused and convicted by a flawed criminal injustice system designed to

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Eli Countryman New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be given the International Emmy Founders Award for effective communication and leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced Friday.The award is being given to acknowledge Cuomo’s use of television to provide information and a sense of calm to viewers.

NEW YORK -- Award-winning singers Lizzo and Janelle Monae, Apple CEO Tim Cook and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow have made Out magazine’s 2020 Out100 list.Pride Media announced Thursday that its annual list honoring the 100 most influential LGBTQ+ people of the year includes 99-year-old trans WWII U.S.

Harvey Weinstein has a fever and is being "closely monitored" by prison medical staff, his publicist says. "Mr.

COVID-19, a spokesperson for the disgraced Hollywood producer has revealed.The news comes after it was revealed last month that Weinstein is now facing six new sexual assault charges in Los Angeles.A spokesperson for Weinstein revealed to the PA agency that he has a fever and is being “closely monitored” at the Wende Correctional Facility in New York.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorHarvey Weinstein is being “closely monitored” with a fever in prison, his reps said today.

Lil Wayne might be getting some major jail time.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe Sundance Film Festival is just around the corner and from the look of things, it’s going to be a little different this year.The Sundance Institute released a teaser trailer on Tuesday to hype people up for the 2021 iteration Park City-based fest which has been the destination for some of Hollywood’s most critically acclaimed and iconic films. The trailer also serves as the launch of the dedicated online home for the fest.