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Audible bestsellers for the week ending August 7th: Nonfiction 1. Thicker than Water by Tyler Shultz, narrated by the author (Audible Originals) 2. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, narrated by Vanessa Redgrave (Audible Originals) 3.

1. Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer 2. Caste (Oprah’s Book Club) by Isabel Wilkerson 3. The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter 4. Live Free Or Die by Sean Hannity 5. The Guest List by Lucy Foley 6. Near Dark by Brad Thor 7. The Woods by Harlan Coben 8.

NEW YORK — Sharon Stone has taken on a new, real-life role — memoir writer. “I have learned to forgive the unforgivable," says Stone, whose ”The Beauty of Living Twice" comes out in March.

LOS ANGELES — Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger say they are “beyond thrilled” and “extremely blessed" after she gave birth to their first child together.

LOS ANGELES — A politically charged episode of “black-ish” from 2017 that was shelved by ABC has found a home on Hulu, a corporate sibling of the Disney-owned broadcast network.

TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival is giving more details on a hybrid festival that will largely feature digital screenings for home viewers but will also offer in-person screenings at venues such as TIFF Bell Lightbox and the Isabel B

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A second person who works on the St. John's-shot TV series "Hudson & Rex" has tested positive for COVID-19, but the show's producer says the two cases linked to the canine-cop program do not pose a risk to the community.

James Harris, a Mississippi-born sharecropper who gained international fame as “Kamala the Ugandan Giant,” a massive professional wrestler who terrorized opponents with his trademark “splash,” has died.

NEW YORK — An English-language edition of “Le Consentement,” a French publisher's jarring memoir about her abusive relationship as a teenager with a prominent writer in his 50s, will come out next year.

To audiences, singer Salome Bey was billed as Canada's first lady of the blues.