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Lip-syncing wasn't on the table for the cast of "Daisy Jones & The Six," who would portray the band created by author Taylor Jenkins Reid. And expectations for the Amazon Prime series and the fictional band's now-real songs were high. So they got to work. https://t.co/oWiVRF81um

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The famed statue of Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid, one of Copenhagen's biggest tourist draws, has been vandalized, with the colors of the Russian flag painted on the rock on which she sits, a newspaper reported Thursday. https://t.co/jZaM3RPL6S

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Books and authors mattered in 2021, sometimes more than the industry wanted. Enthusiasm on TikTok helped revive Colleen Hoover's “It Ends With Us,” and other novels released years earlier while conservatives pushed to restrict certain books in classrooms. https://t.co/2HX3jjne3Y

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BREAKING: Director Jean-Luc Godard, icon of French New Wave cinema, has died at age 91, according to media in France. https://t.co/418bCHD9Vm

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Jennette McCurdy, who co-starred in the Nickelodeon show “iCarly,” has written a book called “I'm Glad My Mom Died,” in which she talks about growing up with an abusive mother. McCurdy spoke with @AP about therapy and processing her childhood. https://t.co/dKhlKpg8GU

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Jennifer Garner shares how she prepared for her lead role in the Apple TV+ adaptation of Laura Dave's best-selling novel "The Last Thing He Told Me." https://t.co/6C43XGGIbH

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The late Toni Morrison was a novelist, celebrated for such classics as “Beloved” and “The Bluest Eye.” But the Nobel laureate also completed plays, poems, essays, and short stories, one, “Recitatif,” is coming out as a book in Feb. https://t.co/eqkr9uPoQR

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The late Toni Morrison was a novelist, celebrated for such classics as “Beloved” and “The Bluest Eye.” But the Nobel laureate also completed plays, poems, essays, and short stories, one, “Recitatif,” is coming out as a book in Feb. https://t.co/eqkr9uPoQR

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Tony-nominated Betsy Wolfe stars as Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare's wife, in "& Juliet," a jukebox musical that gives “Romeo and Juliet" a new ending. "There’s something about this one — it’s truly a unicorn," she said. https://t.co/C8ie1SWQ2N

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2021 in Books: A 22-year-old poet became a literary star. And the enthusiasms of young people on TikTok helped revive Madeline Miller’s “The Song of Achilles” and other novels released years earlier. https://t.co/6dBYySSf1X