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Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89 LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89. “It is with deep sorrow that we announce that our father, Mario Vargas Llosa, passed away peacefully in Lima today, surrounded by his family,” read a letter signed by his children Álvaro, Gonzalo and Morgana, and posted by Álvaro on X.
He was author of such celebrated novels as “The Time of the Hero” (La Ciudad y los Perros) and “Feast of the Goat.” A prolific novelist and essayist and winner of myriad prizes, Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel in 2010. 'A Minecraft Movie' stomps to $80.
6 million in second weekend NEW YORK (AP) — After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025. The Warner Bros. videogame adaptation followed up its blockbuster opening with a second weekend of $80.
6 million in ticket sales. Though critics slammed the movie and audience scores were merely good, “A Minecraft Movie” latched on with moviegoers who have increasingly turned out in droves for big-budget videogame adaptations. “The King of Kings,” an animated tale of Jesus’ life aimed at Christian audiences, came in second with $19 million in 3,200 theaters.
“The Amateur,” a 20th Century production starring Rami Malek as a CIA cryptographer hunting down his wife’s killers, debuted with $15 million domestically, Ahead of spaceflight, Katy Perry is reading Carl Sagan and channeling her 'feminine divine' ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Before she kicks off her upcoming world tour, Katy Perry is reaching for the stars. The pop icon will join Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez, journalist Gayle King and three other women on an all-female spaceflight Monday.
Perry spoke with The Associated Press at her Southern California rehearsal space days before she is set to leave for training. She said she’s been preparing by studying Carl Sagan and string theory and believes the mission is a chance to inspire young girls. The crew will take a 10-minute spaceflight from West Texas.
Mariah Carey on new music, Rihanna, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and her lost grunge album NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey's comeback album turns 20 on Saturday. “The Emancipation of Mimi” was released in 2005. It marked a shift in her career.
Next month she will release expanded editions of the album to celebrate the anniversary. She described the collection as “new gems” in an interview with The Associated Press. She described her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination as a “huge honor” and said she wasn't sure “if genre matters.
” She'd love to work with her twins Monroe and Moroccan if the opportunity arises, along with Rihanna. And don't be surprised if you see releases from her long-lost grunge album, or new music altogether. Lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs want jurors at trial questioned about sex, drugs and violence NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs want a judge to let prospective jurors at his upcoming sex trafficking trial be questioned about sex, drugs and violence.
The lawyers cited the subjects in a proposed questionnaire to be filled out by individuals summoned for his May 5 trial in Manhattan federal court. The lawyers say they want to know the willingness of would-be jurors to watch videos with physical assault and videos that are sexually explicit. They also want to know likely jurors' views towards people with multiple sexual partners.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to allegations he committed sex trafficking and abuse over a two-decade period. Eric Dane, star of 'Euphoria' and 'Grey's Anatomy,' reveals he has ALS “Euphoria” and former “Grey’s Anatomy” veteran Eric Dane has announced that he has ALS but will continue working. The 52-year-old revealed his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in an interview with People magazine Thursday.
The 52-year-old actor is married to Rebecca Gayheart and the couple share two teenage children. ALS gradually destroys the nerve cells and connections needed to walk, talk, speak and breathe. Most patients die within three to five years of a diagnosis.
“Euphoria” is set to resume shooting this month. Dane’s publicist did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press. America's news TV channel for the Mideast fires its staff after funding cuts CAIRO (AP) — The head of the U.
S.-funded Al Hurra Arabic-language television and online news outlet has terminated most of his staff and curtailed TV programming. On Saturday, Jeffrey Gedmin notified Al Hurra staffers of their firings.
In a letter, Gedmin blamed the Trump administration and Elon Musk, who leads U.S. government cost-cutting efforts in Washington.
Gedmin accused the U.S. administration and Musk's Department of Government Efficiency of having “unlawfully” cut off the money that was approved by the U.
S. Congress. The White House didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
A trove of artifacts recovered from the black market goes on display in Naples NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special Italian police unit, have been unveiled for the first time in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. In its vaults, the museum preserves 15,000 artifacts that a police unit focused on protection of cultural heritage has seized or confiscated from the black market over the years. It is the loot of raiders who for decades have targeted sites in southern Italy, such as Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Some used underwater metal detectors, GPS, sonar and drones to extract treasures from the shipwrecks and archaeological submerged in the Mediterranean Sea. From its repository, the museum selected 600 pieces to display for visitors..
