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Entertainment News Roundup: James Cameron celebrated in Hollywood amid ‘Avatar’ success; Actor Marisa Abela to portray Amy Winehouse in new biopic and more
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 French publisher of Harry memoir prints 130,000 new copies 
 Potent orders for the French variation of Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir led Paris-dependent publishing house Fayard to print 130,000 further copies only two times soon after the ebook went on sale, a company spokesperson informed Reuters on Thursday. “This arrives on best of the 210,000 copies at first printed,” the spokesperson explained, introducing even much more could be printed based on orders. 
 Harry Designs and Wet Leg lead BRIT nominations 
 Nominations for this year’s BRIT Awards are out and it is Harry Variations and Soaked Leg major…
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Entertainment News Roundup: Man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker in pet theft sentenced to 21 years; George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, U2 receive Kennedy Center Honors and more
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 Male who shot Lady Gaga’s puppy walker in pet theft sentenced to 21 years 
 The male who shot and wounded Woman Gaga’s puppy walker through the theft of two of the singer’s French bulldogs in Hollywood previous calendar year pleaded no contest to attempted murder on Monday and was immediately sentenced to 21 many years in prison. As part of the no-contest plea – the lawful equivalent to a guilty plea in California – James Howard Jackson also admitted in courtroom to inflicting excellent bodily injuries on the gentleman he shot in the upper body, Ryan Fischer, who…
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How photographer Amy Bateman went from novice to fully-fledged professional
From physiotherapist to a photographer, to publishing a book documenting farms in Cumbria, Amy Bateman is proof that no career or way of life is unchangeable. Living rurally, her entry into the world of photography was aided by online forums, workshops, and competitions which helped her to improve her techniques and get her work noticed. Now she is publishing her first coffee table book, Forty Farms which documents the diversity of farm life around the Lake District in the UK where she lives. Juggling parenthood, rural life, and her newfound passion for photography hasn’t always been easy. There’s been exciting job offers she’s had to turn down and stunning photo…
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Science advisor Amy Mainzer talks asteroids and new Netflix movie “Don’t Look Up”
Asteroid scientist Amy Mainzer found herself in a unique position these past few months: chatting with Leonardo DiCaprio about science and asteroids. Mainzer served as the science advisor for Netflix’s new film “Don’t Look Up,” a comedy-disaster film that is set to release in theaters on Dec. 10 (and on Dec. 24 on Netflix). This movie follows a long legacy of films that feature space rocks threatening Earth, like 2020’s “Greenland,” 2012’s “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” and the famous 1998 duo: “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon.” An official trailer for “Don’t Look Up” from September showed DiCaprio (who plays astronomer Randall Mindy) and Jennifer Lawrence (who…
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The Recent Sale of Amy Sherald’s ‘Welfare Queen’ Symbolizes the Urgent Need for Resale Royalties and Economic Equity for Artists
This past Wednesday, November 17, a regal portrait by the celebrated artist Amy Sherald sold for $3.9 million, double its $1.2 million-to-$1.8 million estimate, in the 20th-century and contemporary evening sale at Phillips New York. Welfare Queen (2012), listed in the catalogue as hailing from “a private East Coast collector,” was consigned by Dr. Imani Perry, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. In an essay for Phillips, Professor Perry recalled acquiring the work from the artist, and credited Sherald’s generosity in allowing her to use a payment plan to purchase the piece: I was hardly in a position to begin collecting art. My budget was tight, my…