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in booksAnnie Leibovitz’s new book “Wonderland” is an anthology of images shot mainly for which magazine?
Answer: Annie Leibovitz’s new book “Wonderland” is an anthology of fashion images shot mainly for Vogue magazine.
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in booksHuma Abedin had been an aide to which politician in the past 25 years?
Huma Abedin, 45, has been serving as a close aide to Hillary Clinton since she began working as an intern in the White House in 1996 – 25 years ago._x000D_
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in booksQuestlove is a founding member of which band?
Questlove is a founding member of The Roots, the Philadelphia hip-hop group that peaked in the 1990s and now serves as the house band for “The Tonight Show.”_x000D_
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in booksWhat was Alan Cumming’s 2014 best seller’s title?
Alan Cumming’s 2014 best seller’s title was Not My Father’s Son and focused on his earlier life._x000D_
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in booksWho does Katie Couric describe as one whose smell of cigarettes and alcohol seemed to “ooze from every pore” in his body?
Among the celebrities that Katie Couric sights in her new memoir “Going There”, is Prince Harry, who Couric writes that the smell of cigarettes and alcohol seemed to “ooze from every pore” in his body. The two met at a polo match in Brazil during what she describes as his “wild-oats sowing phase.” There’s more.
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in booksWhat’s the subject of Jamie Foxx’s 2021 book?
Oscar and Grammy award-winning actor Jamie Foxx, 53, shares his parenting lessons in his new book “Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me” from Grand Central Publishing. Foxx has two daughters, Corinne, now 27, an actor and producer, and 13-year-old Anelise.
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in booksWhat’s John le Carré’s Last Completed Spy Novel?
“Silverview” is John le Carré’s 26th and last completed novel. The novel revolves around Julian Lawndsley, who, at 33, has dropped out of the financial rat race in London to open a bookstore in a small seaside town in East Anglia.
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in booksWhat’s Hillary Clinton’s new book State of Terror about?
“State of Terror” is a thriller co-written by Hillary Clinton and bestselling crime novelist Louise Penny. The main character is a new US Secretary of State caught up in an international terrorist plot involving nuclear weapons and a Trump-like president.
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in booksWho is Jon Kent?
Jon Kent is the new Superman, son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. The character was introduced in 2015 as Superboy before being encouraged by his father to become the new Superman._x000D_
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in booksWhich book featured the character of Kunta Kinte?
Kunta Kinte is a character in the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley. Haley based Kunta Kinte on one of his ancestors: a Gambian man born in 1750, enslaved and taken to America, who died in 1822. “Roots” earned Haley a Pulitzer Prize and was turned into a TV…
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in booksWhat did The Very Hungry Caterpillar eat on Saturday?
On Saturday, the very hungry caterpillar eats a piece of chocolate cake, an ice-cream cone, a pickle, a slice of Swiss cheese, and there’s more!
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in booksWhich record did David Diop break when he won the International Booker Prize?
David Diop has become the first French writer to win the International Booker Prize, judges announced on Wednesday, May 4, 2021, during a virtual celebration at Coventry Cathedral. The International Booker Award is awarded every year for a single book translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland._x000D_
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in booksWhat’s connecting “V for Vendetta” and “Watchmen”?
“V for Vendetta” and “Watchmen” were both authored by English writer Alan Moore, who some regard as the best comics writer in the English language._x000D_
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in booksWhat is The Bench by Meghan Markle?
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The Bench is the title of Meghan Markle’s new children’s book. She will be releasing the book on June 11, 2021. Markle, who is currently pregnant with baby number two, is getting her book published by Random House Children’s Books._x000D_
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in booksIn the Pulitzer-winning novel 'The Night Watchman,' who is the titular character?
The Pulitzer-winning historical novel “The Night Watchman” follows a native American tribal chairman who is on a mission to defeat a congressional bill to terminate the tribe. Author Louise Erdrich said its inspiration was her maternal grandfather’s life._x000D_
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Who are the members of the Wu-Tang Clan?
Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, RZA, GZA, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Cappadonna, and Masta Killa, are all members of Staten Island’s legendary hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Get the FAQts on their new book!
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