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A Q&A with Amanda Askell, the lead author of Anthropic’s new ‘constitution’ for AIs
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a…
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Netflix Unveils Turkish Slate, Headlined by Series Adaptation of Nobel Prize-Winning Author Orhan Pamuk’s ‘The Museum of Innocence’
Netflix has unveiled its Turkish production slate for 2026, which is headlined by a hotly anticipated series adaptation of Turkish Nobel…
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Randa Abdel-Fattah: How Adelaide Writers' Week imploded after axing Palestinian author
One of Australia's biggest cultural festivals has been left in disarray after a decision to disinvite a prominent Australian-Palestinian…
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‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Book-to-Movie Changes: Author Emily Henry and Director on the Not-as-Steamy Sex Scene and Other Big Differences
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “People We Meet on Vacation,” now streaming on Netflix. Book lovers reached their happy…
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Author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82
Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter Best-selling author Joanna Trollope has died aged 82, her family has announced. The writer was…
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Sophie Kinsella: Author of Shopaholic series of novels dies aged 55
Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter Sophie Kinsella, author of the bestselling Shopaholic series of novels, has died at the age of 55,…
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Sophie Kinsella, Author of Books Behind ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ Film, Dies at 55
Sophie Kinsella, the author of the successful “Shopaholic” book series that was adapted into the 2009 film “Confessions of a Shopaholic,”…
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‘It Ends With Us’ Author Colleen Hoover Is ‘Almost Embarrassed to Say I Wrote’ the Book After Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Legal Battle
Colleen Hoover isn’t happy with how it ended. Hoover, who wrote the bestseller “It Ends With Us,” has addressed the controversy…
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Granddaughter of 'Charlotte's Web' author upset with use of its title in immigration crackdown
The Trump administration is calling its new immigration sweep in North Carolina's largest city "Operation Charlotte's Web." Source link
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‘We Were Liars’ Author E. Lockhart on Season 2 Production, New Spinoff Book ‘We Fell Apart’: ‘More Sinclair Family Secrets’
SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers for Amazon Prime Video’s “We Were Liars” Season 1. The “We Were Liars” universe expands…
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‘The Captive’ Review: ‘Don Quixote’s’ Author Becomes the Hero in a Handsome Historical Fiction
“The Captive” offers the intriguing concept of “Don Quixote’s” author viewed through a lens more redolent of “Arabian Nights,” spinning…
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Gwyneth Paltrow Slams ‘Gwyneth: The Biography’ as ‘Rubbish’ and Shades the Author: ‘It’s Very Sexist… Why Do the Men Get Walter Isaacson and I Get This Hack?’
Gwyneth Paltrow is finally speaking out on “Gwyneth: The Biography,” the much-discussed book from author Amy Odell that published in July.…
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Erik Poppe Sets Cast for ‘Bad Moon Rising’ Penned by Nobel Prize Winning Author Jon Fosse, With REinvent on Board (EXCLUSIVE)
Internationally acclaimed Norwegian filmmaker Erik Poppe (“Utoya- July 22,” “Quisling,” “1,000 Times Goodnight”) has started filming in…
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Jilly Cooper, Prolific Romance Author Who Wrote ‘Rivals,’ Dies at 88
Jilly Cooper, the famed and hugely prolific British author best known for her hugely popular steamy romance novels, has died. She was 88.…
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‘The House of the Spirits’ Author Isabel Allende Reveals Prime Video Adaptation Will Release in 2026 Along With Sneak Peek (EXCLUSIVE)
Bestselling author Isabel Allende has revealed that the series adaptation of her iconic debut novel “The House of the Sprits” is set to…
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Project 2025 author Paul Dans will challenge Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina
A chief architect of Project 2025, Paul Dans, is launching a Republican primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina,…
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Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh says AI has made us dumbed down machines
Irvine Welsh is pointing up to the second floor of a grey stone building in Leith, the port district of Edinburgh. As he gets ready to…
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Sympathy for the Unpublished Young White Male Author
Are people allowed to observe that the literary world is deliberately sidelining a certain demographic of writer — and to do something…
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Author of explosive Meta memoir stars at US Senate hearing, details Zuckerberg working with China
The former Facebook employee behind a scathing book about parent company Meta on Wednesday alleged that the social networking giant…
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L.J. Smith, ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Author, Dies at 66
L.J. Smith, the writer of “The Vampire Diaries” books that were adapted into a television series on The CW, died March 8 at the age of 66.…
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Designers Toast ‘From the Rez to the Runway’ Author at Bookmarc Party
The Nippising First Nation reserve in northern Ontario is a long way from the Marc Jacobs-owned book shop Bookmarc in New York City, as…
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‘Bridget Jones’ Author Helen Fielding on Bringing ‘Mad About the Boy’ to the Big Screen and Defying Stereotypes About Women Dating Younger Men: ‘Bridget Isn’t Anyone’s Old Bat’
The night the third “Bridget Jones” novel, “Mad About the Boy,” came out in October 2013, author Helen Fielding was taking a walk in…
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Clipped video shared to falsely claim opposition leader 'insulted author of Indian constitution'
As an Indian minister was criticised for his "disrespectful" remarks on Bhimrao Ambedkar -- one of the architects of India's constitution…
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Who Is Barbara Stcherbatcheff? Glamorous Author Arrested for Kidnapping Son for Two Years in the Bahamas With New Boyfriend
A bestselling author known for her 'sexposé' books has been arrested in the Bahamas on charges of kidnapping her son and evading capture…