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‘A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead’ captures the eeriness of the movie

If you found “A Quiet Place” to be eerie, or disturbing, I have a highly immersive game that will put you at the heart of this post-apocalyptic world. “A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead” is a 2024 single-player survival horror game taking place in the same universe as both movies. The ...

Broadway enters an anxious time as labor action threatens to roil theaters

NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway is a tense place these days after two major labor unions authorized strike action amid ongoing contract negotiations with producers. Actors’ Equity Association — which represents over 51,000 members, including singers, actors, dancers and stage managers — and American Federation of Musicians Local 802 — which represents 1,200 musicians — have voted in favor of a strike authorization, a strategic step ahead of any work stoppage. No strike has been called. Members of both unions are currently working under expired contracts. The musicians’ ...

Hispanic authors and bookstores push for representation in publishing

Authors, readers and publishing industry experts lament the underrepresentation of Hispanic stories in the mainstream world of books, but have found new ways to elevate the literature and resolve misunderstandings. “The stories now are more diverse than they were ten years ago,” said Carmen Alvarez, a book influencer on Instagram and TikTok. Some publishers, independent bookstores and book influencers are pushing past the perception of monolithic experience by making Hispanic stories more visible and discoverable for book lovers. The rise of online book retailers and limited ...

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ makes history by selling 4 million copies in first week

NEW YORK (AP) — That’s show business for you! Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” has officially sold 4.002 million equivalent album units — which includes album sales and streaming activity — in its first week in the U.S. That is the biggest first week in modern music history; at least, according to Luminate, the industry data and analytics company that began tracking sales in 1991. Swift broke the record set by Adele’s “25,” which sold 3.378 million copies in its first week in 2015 in the U.S. “The Life of a Showgirl” was released ...