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PARIS (AP) — Ten noted thinkers, writers and filmmakers, including director Ken Loach and Nobel literature laureate Annie Ernaux, signed an open letter published Tuesday, calling on the president of Algeria to free a jailed journalist they said was p

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Top New Shows (US): 1. Scamanda, Lionsgate Sound 2. Freeway Phantom, iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV 3. Pretty, Not Smart with Louie and Yoatzi Castro, Louie and Yoatzi Castro & Studio71 4.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Identity by Nora Roberts - 9781250284327 - (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 2. Tom Clancy Flash Point by Don Bentley - 9780593422793 - (Penguin Publishing Group) 3.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. John Wick: Chapter 4 2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 3. Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves 4. Creed III 5. 65 6. Sisu 7. Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant 8. John Wick 4-Film Collection 9. Evil Dead Rise 10.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 4-10 June 4: Actor Bruce Dern is 87. Saxophonist Roger Ball (Average White Band) is 79. Singer-actor Michelle Phillips (The Mamas and The Papas) is 79. Jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton is 78.

Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. Outlive by Peter Attia, MD and Bill Gifford - contributor, narrated by Peter Attia, MD (Random House Audio) 3.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Jordan Donica was about 9 or 10, his aunt took him to New York City with a mission: Get the notion of making it on Broadway out of his system. Thankfully, that mission failed spectacularly.

OTTAWA — Public Services and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek says the Liberal government expects to have a plan for the future of 24 Sussex Drive by the fall.