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Mysterious monolith pops up near Turkish World Heritage site

Mysterious monolith pops up near Turkish World Heritage site

ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities are investigating the appearance of a mysterious monolith in southeastern Turkey. The metal block was found by a farmer on Friday in Sanliurfa province with old Turkic script that reads “Look at the sky, see the moon.
Writer Mick Herron’s ‘Slow Horses’ are spies for our times

Writer Mick Herron’s ‘Slow Horses’ are spies for our times

LONDON — Like a spy in the night, writer Mick Herron’s success has been stealthy. It took a while for the world to catch up with him.
Review: Yawn, is it Monday yet? The Weeknd bores at halftime

Review: Yawn, is it Monday yet? The Weeknd bores at halftime

NEW YORK — His name is The Weeknd but his Super Bowl performance felt like a dreary Monday morning. The pop star headlined the Super Bowl halftime show, running through his many hits like an Olympic relay track team aiming for the gold.
Review: Priyanka Chopra Jonas reveals private life details

Review: Priyanka Chopra Jonas reveals private life details

“Unfinished,” by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Ballantine) Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s memoir, “Unfinished,” is a moving story of her rise to fame — and of her life before anybody knew her name.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 14-20

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 14-20

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 14-20: Feb. 14: Country singer Razzy Bailey is 82. Jazz saxophonist Maceo Parker is 78. TV personality Pat O’Brien (“The Insider,” ?Access Hollywood”) is 73. Magician Teller of Penn and Teller is 73.
Politics, meet PlayStation: how 2020 ushered in the era of campaign videogaming

Politics, meet PlayStation: how 2020 ushered in the era of campaign videogaming

WASHINGTON — Call it the age of PlayStation politics. Where Bill Clinton went on MTV and Barack Obama seized on social media, modern-day Democrats see online video gaming as the next high-tech frontier for reaching young voters.
Canadian star Dan Levy hosts “Saturday Night Live”

Canadian star Dan Levy hosts “Saturday Night Live”

TORONTO — Canadian star Dan Levy can check another one off his bucket list after joining the rarified ranks of celebrities who have hosted "Saturday Night Live.
Six standout films from Christopher Plummer's illustrious career

Six standout films from Christopher Plummer's illustrious career

Christopher Plummer portrayed the greats of Shakespearean theatre, but his seemingly effortless craftwork as a thespian was introduced to most audiences through characters he played on the silver screen.
Five things to know ahead of the Weeknd's Super Bowl halftime show

Five things to know ahead of the Weeknd's Super Bowl halftime show

Super Bowl Sunday is ready for the Weeknd. Capping off a wildly unpredictable year of pandemic twists and turns, the Toronto-raised R&B singer will take one of the world's biggest stages to perform his trademark dystopian pop tunes.
Des McAnuff on the 'King Lear' film Christopher Plummer was 'very passionate about'

Des McAnuff on the 'King Lear' film Christopher Plummer was 'very passionate about'

TORONTO — Ontario-raised director Des McAnuff isn't sure what will happen with a Canadian big-screen adaptation of "King Lear" he planned to shoot partly in Newfoundland this summer, with Christopher Plummer in the lead.
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