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The Most Popular Publishing News of the Week

The Most Popular Publishing News of the Week

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in this week. A Day in the Life of an Audiobook Narrator I’m always curious about the nitty-gritty workday details of cool and interesting jobs—they almost always involve more spreadsheets and less glamor than you’d think—so I ate up this day-in-the-life interview with an audiobook narrator with a spoon. How long does it take to get a finished hour of recording? What if you have to pee in the middle of a chapter? How do publishers determine what to pay a narrator? What about the AI of it all? Freelance narrator Emily Ellet goes into all this and more.] Reagan Arthur Reveals New Imprint’s First Slate of Books Reagan Arthur, who returned to Hachette to launch a new imprint after being let go from PRH last year in a layoff that shocked …

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Pre-Order Deals Arrive for New iPad Air/MacBook Air, Plus Steep Discounts on AirPods and Apple Watch

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Pre-Order Deals Arrive for New iPad Air/MacBook Air, Plus Steep Discounts on AirPods and Apple Watch

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The highlight of Apple deals this week is Best Buy’s and Amazon’s pre-order discounts on the just-announced M3 iPad Air, 11th generation iPad, and M4 MacBook Air. You’ll also find great, record-low prices on AirPods Pro 2, Apple Watch Series 10, and the previous generation M2 MacBook Air. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. New iPads and MacBook Air Pre-Orders What’s the deal? Save up to $50 when pre-ordering Apple’s new products Where can I get it? Amazon and Best Buy Where can I find the original deal? Right here Note: You will need a My Best Buy Plus/Total membership to see this deal. This was a big announcement week for Apple, with the introduction of the new M4 MacBook Air, M3 iPad Air, 11th generation iPad, and updated Mac Studio. We’ve been tracking pre-order discounts at Best Buy for My Best Buy Plus/Total members for most of …

The Beckham Family Wore Every Flavor of Menswear This Week

The Beckham Family Wore Every Flavor of Menswear This Week

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These days, the Beckham family business is as much fashion as soccer. Given mum Victoria’s namesake label and dad David’s various brand partnerships, not to mention decades of unparalleled fashion worship between them, it’s no surprise that their children—Brooklyn, 26; Romeo, 22; Cruz, 20; and Harper, 13—have followed in the Becks legacy of getting fits off. This week, much of the Beckham brood has been visiting Paris in anticipation of Victoria’s latest runway show. While eldest son, Brooklyn, took this Paris Fashion Week off, David, Romeo, and Cruz have stepped out in more than enough looks to compensate for his absence. Indeed, the three Beckham men put on such a dizzyingly varied display of contemporary menswear in the past few days, they may as well have been staging a runway show of their own. Neil Mockford/Getty Images Harper Beckham with dad David Beckham in Paris. Pierre Suu/Getty Images David Beckham, long partial to (and particular about) his suits, kept to his standard fare of neat, mostly navy kits. While heading to his hotel with daughter …

Gene Hackman’s wife died from rare infectious disease around a week before actor’s death, medical investigator says | US News

Gene Hackman’s wife died from rare infectious disease around a week before actor’s death, medical investigator says | US News

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Gene Hackman’s wife died from rare infectious disease around a week before the actor died, medical investigators have said. The couple were found dead in their New Mexico home on 26 February, along with one of their pet dogs. Police have previously said there were no apparent signs of foul play. At a press conference on Friday, chief medical investigator for New Mexico, doctor Heather Jarrell, gave an update on the results of post-mortem investigations carried out following their deaths. Doctor Jarrell said Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare infectious disease. There were no signs of trauma and the death was a result of natural causes, she said. Image: Actor Gene Hackman with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, pictured in 2003. Pic: AP The doctor said Arakawa likely died on 11 February, the date she was last known to have communicated with people via email. She said Hackman had advanced Alzheimer’s and died from heart disease, with data from his pacemaker last registering on 18 February. Due to his Alzheimer’s, “it’s …

Emilia Wickstead brings back pillbox hats at London Fashion Week

Emilia Wickstead brings back pillbox hats at London Fashion Week

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Emilia Wickstead brought pillbox hats to the runway at London Fashion Week, likely ushering in a new hat trend for the year. The New Zealand born designer’s autumn winter collection looked to Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Birds (1963) for inspiration. Hitchcock, who was born in east London, made his name in the UK before moving to Hollywood where he made a succession of classic films including Psycho, Rear Window and The Birds. In the shocking 1963 film, based on a story by Daphne du Maurier, wild birds turn on a small Californian town, launching increasingly calculated and deadly attacks on the hapless population. Wickstead’s collection was inspired by The Birds’ visionary costume designer Edith Head, alongside its cast including the magnetic American actress Tippi …

Post-Fair is a Perfect Bite During LA’s Busy Art Week

Post-Fair is a Perfect Bite During LA’s Busy Art Week

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Among the more difficult things to navigate when visiting Los Angeles is the traffic. The fact that Post-Fair is in Santa Monica, a (relatively) short car ride away from this week’s main event, Frieze Los Angeles, is an added bonus to what is a delightful and easily digestible nugget of a fair.  Billed as a “pilot edition of an alternative three-day art fair,” this inaugural edition of Post-Fair sprung the mind of LA-based dealer Chris Sharp. Last year Sharp ran a similar micro-fair in Paris called Place des Vosges. Named after its location, the event served as an amuse bouche for that French capital’s iteration of Art Basel. It had only eight galleries spread across two venues in a 17th-century delightful Parisian square. Related Articles Post-Fair is equally charming, albeit in a much more West Coast way. The fair is housed in a historic Art Deco post office that was built in 1938. The number of galleries had increased significantly since Paris while remaining manageable, another benefit for those who can get overwhelmed at larger fairs. …

Paul Costelloe showcases Eighties countryside glamour with his equestrian London Fashion Week show

Paul Costelloe showcases Eighties countryside glamour with his equestrian London Fashion Week show

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Irish designer Paul Costelloe gave a lesson in elevating country wear with his autumn/winter 2025 collection at London Fashion Week. Costelloe, 79, is best known for having been appointed Diana, the Princess of Wales’ personal designer in 1983, a collaboration that flourished until her untimely death. It seems this particular collection drew upon Diana’s looks from days at the races, when she was being courted by Prince Charles. Costelloe is famed for his elegant and classic tailoring, blending traditional and contemporary design – which was apparent in his chic but heritage outerwear. Presented to the symphonies of Celtic music, Costelloe stayed true to his roots, incorporating heavy Magees of Ireland and Harris Tweed of Scotland – weaving Celtic accents into the collection. Born in …

Inside SNL: Al Franken Reveals How Saturday Night Live Is Crafted Every Week

Inside SNL: Al Franken Reveals How Saturday Night Live Is Crafted Every Week

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As Sat­ur­day Night Live cel­e­brates its 50th anniver­sary, Al Franken takes you inside the mak­ing of an SNL episode. He should know a thing or two about the sub­ject. Part of the orig­i­nal SNL writ­ing team, Franken spent 15 years writ­ing and per­form­ing for the show. (Any­one remem­ber Stu­art Smal­l­ey giv­ing a moti­va­tion­al pep talk to Michael Jor­dan?) On his pod­cast, Franken walks you through what a typ­i­cal week on Sat­ur­day Night Live looks like. The week begins with the kick­off meet­ing on Mon­day, then moves mid-week to the writ­ing and selec­tion of sketch­es, and ends with dress rehearsals, the live show, and after-par­ty on Sat­ur­day. Above, Franken also talks about the role of the host and which ones excelled, and which ones flopped. If you would enjoy know­ing how the SNL sausage gets made, the 60-minute con­ver­sa­tion is well worth your while. Relat­ed Con­tent  Lorne Michaels Intro­duces Sat­ur­day Night Live and Its Bril­liant First Cast for the Very First Time (1975) Gil­da Rad­ner Does a Com­ic Imper­son­ation of Pat­ti Smith: Watch the Clas­sic SNL Skit, “Rock Against …

The Book World News We Covered This Week

The Biggest Bookish News of the Week

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Here are the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in this week. Settle into your Sunday and catch up! Thomson Reuters Wins AI Copyright Suit In what has the potential to be a landmark decision, Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the U.S. The media and technology holding company filed suit against Ross Intelligence, a legal AI startup, in 2020, alleging that Ross reproduced documents from Westlaw, a legal research firm in its holdings. In a summary judgment, US District Court of Delaware judge Stephanos Bibas found in Thomson Reuters’ favor, stating that, “None of Ross’s possible defenses holds water. I reject them all.” Ouch. Here’s what publishing will be paying most attention to: key to the ruling is Bibas’s determination that Ross Intelligence’s use of copyrighted material fell outside the protections of the fair use doctrine. This doesn’t bode well for other AI companies facing similar suits, as fair use is a linchpin of their defenses for things like, oh, you know, using copyrighted material from 183,000 books to train large …