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NEW YORK -- Daisy Hernández's “The Kissing Bug,” a memoir about a lethal illness that killed her aunt, has received a $75,000 prize from PEN America.The literary and free expression organization announced Monday that Hernández had won the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for a work of any genre demonstrating “originality, merit and impact, with Joy Williams' “Harrow” and Percival Everett's “The Trees” among the finalists.Other winners included Yoon Choi’s “Skinship,” which received the $25,000 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for best debut story collection, and Margaret Renkl’s “Graceland, at Last,” presented the $15,000 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.

less interesting enough to merit less attention or screen time. But if the reason for a more succinct ending than the beginning is a lack of access, let’s hope that change gets examined a little more closely, if for no other reason than to bring together the journeys of West and Coodie as this epic story syncs up with the present day.“jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” Act II: “Purpose” premieres on Netflix Feb.

Balkan Insight, Depp was award the honour for his “outstanding merits in public and cultural activities, especially in the field of film art and the promotion of the Republic of Serbia in the world”.Receiving the award, The Daily Mail reports that Depp said: “I truly, sincerely thank you, President Vucic, and this medal of merit, if I am given the honour to walk away with this, I thank you for being kind enough to bestow it upon me.”The publication went on to say that Depp explained he was “right now on the verge of a new life”, adding: “I like a re-beginning, and I would love for that beginning to start here.”The actor had labelled himself a victim of “cancel culture” last year after being dropped from a number of projects in light of losing his bid to overturn a libel case that concluded he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard.Meanwhile, a documentary series focusing on the relationship between Johnny Depp and Heard is currently in development at Discovery+.The two-part series, called Johnny Vs. Amber, will break down the couple’s marriage, divorce and consequent legal action against each other, from multiple viewpoints.“Through the tapes, home videos and text messages shown in court, these films give viewers a rare and important insight into a marriage that went tragically wrong, and to better understand the hugely important issue of domestic violence,” explained producer Nick Hornby, via Deadline.

Johnny Depp received Serbia’s Gold Medal of Merit during a ceremony honoring Serbian Statehood Day in Belgrade, Serbia on Tuesday (Feb. 15). The actor, who had a dramatic fall from grace after he lost a libel case against The Sun regarding allegations of abusing his ex-wife Amber Heard, was awarded the honor by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić for “outstanding merits in public and cultural activities, especially in the field of film art and the promotion of the Republic of Serbia in the world,” per the website Balkan Insight.

Johnny Depp shows off his medal during Serbia’s Statehood Day celebration on Tuesday (February 15) in Belgrade, Serbia.

Celtic have won 14 of the 15 games they’ve played since losing to Bayer Leverkusen in November.

Dundee United boss Tam Courts says one defensive lapse cost his side a deserved point against Celtic.

A US judge last week dismissed the Nirvana baby lawsuit, although because of a missed deadline rather than any judicial opinion on the merits of the litigation itself. And Spencer Elden – the man who appeared, as a baby, on the cover of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album back in 1991 – can still submit an amended complaint dealing with issues already raised by the defendants in the case.Elden sued Nirvana, their label and other people involved in creating the ‘Nevermind’ artwork back in August.

Chris Willman Music WriterAttorneys for the members of Nirvana have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed in August by the man who was the “naked baby” on the cover of the 1991 “Nevermind” album, on the basis that the legal arguments that the image constitutes child pornography are decades too late as well as too silly.The motion was filed Wednesday in U.S.

The Supreme Court again allowed a Texas abortion law to stand as it is challenged on the merits, another indication of the rightward shift of the high court and the potential that justices ultimately will roll back Roe Vs. Wade.

A bid to pause work on the controversial redevelopment of Wigan town centre has been dismissed amid rowdy scenes at a council meeting.

Naman Ramachandran The U.S. government has won the latest round in its bid to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the U.K.In January, a London court turned down a request for Assange to be extradited to the U.S.

Harvey Weinstein spent most of the morning today in a downtown LA courtroom in a pretrial hearing for rape, battery and other sex crimes, but he won’t be facing Rose McGowan or RICO charges any time soon.

Ruben Dias brushed off the idea that Manchester City were under-strength against Aston Villa as they dug out a 2-1 victory that continues their fine form.

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Livingston boss David Martindale is confident his one game ban for foul and abusive language will be overturned.