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FILE - Helen McCrory arrives at the world premiere of "Skyfall" in London on Oct. 23, 2012. McCrory, who starred in the television show “Peaky Blinders” and the “Harry Potter” movies, has died. She was 52 and had been suffering from cancer. Her husband, actor Damian Lewis, said Friday that McCrory died “peacefully at home” after a "heroic battle with cancer.” (Photo by Stewart Wilson/Invision/AP, File)
'Peaky Blinders' actor Helen McCrory dies of cancer at 52

By Jill Lawless Apr. 16, 2021 01:34 PM EDT

FILE - Iona head coach Rick Pitino celebrates after Iona won an NCAA college basketball game against Fairfield during the finals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament in Atlantic City, N.J., in this Saturday, March 13, 2021, file photo.Rick Pitino survived sex scandals and FBI investigations , won national championships , and when his coaching options seemingly dried up , he left for Greece. Somehow , the winding road of his career took him to Iona - and back in the NCAA Tournament. The last stop - he swears it’s true - of his career. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Pitino rises from ashes of scandal for rebirth at Iona

By Dan Gelston Mar. 18, 2021 06:11 PM EDT

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2019, file photo shows former President Barack Obama speaking at the My Brother's Keeper Alliance Summit in Oakland, Calif. Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on track to be the best selling presidential memoir in modern history. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales

By Hillel Italie Nov. 18, 2020 04:06 PM EST

Johnny Depp, center, wearing a protective mask arrives at the Royal Court of Justice, in London, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Johnny Depp is suing a tabloid newspaper for libel over an article that branded him a "wife beater." On Tuesday, a judge at the High Court is due to begin hearing Depp's claim against The Sun's publisher, News Group Newspapers, and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, over the 2018 story alleging he was violent and abusive to then-wife Amber Heard. Depp strongly denies the claim. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
At libel trial, Depp blasts Amber Heard's 'sick' abuse claim

By Jill Lawless Jul. 07, 2020 05:25 AM EDT

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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2018 file photo, author J.K. Rowling poses for photographers upon her arrival at the premiere of the film 'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald', in London. JK Rowling is publishing a new story called “The Ickabog,” which will be free to read online to help entertain children and families stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The “Harry Potter” author said Tuesday May 26, 2020, that she wrote the fairy tale for her children as a bedtime story over a decade ago. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
JK Rowling publishes first chapters of new story online

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This cover image released by Triangle Square Press shows "Sex is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU" by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth. The book was among the top 10 challenged books in 2019, according to the American Library Association.. (Triangle Square Press via AP)
`Handmaid's Tale,' Harry Potter on challenged books list

By Hillel Italie Apr. 20, 2020 09:00 AM EDT