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A still from &ldquo;Sleep Awake,&rdquo; part of Blumhouse Games&rsquo; first slate of video games.

Blumhouse takes on video games

A still from &ldquo;Sleep Awake,&rdquo; part of Blumhouse Games&rsquo; first slate of video games.

July 13, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

Over the last 15 years, Blumhouse has built a reputation for success by producing low-cost, original indie horror films. Now, the studio best known for such movies as the “Paranormal Activity” franchise and “M3gan” is looking to do the same in video games. Read story

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer&rsquo;s book &ldquo;True Gretch.&rdquo; The book, out Tuesday, July 9, 2024, chronicles Whitmer&rsquo;s rapid rise to fame within the Democratic party and events that unfolded on a national stage including a public spar with former President Donald Trump and a foiled plot to kidnap and kill her.

Gov. Whitmer shuts down 2024 presidential talk amid release of memoir

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer&rsquo;s book &ldquo;True Gretch.&rdquo; The book, out Tuesday, July 9, 2024, chronicles Whitmer&rsquo;s rapid rise to fame within the Democratic party and events that unfolded on a national stage including a public spar with former President Donald Trump and a foiled plot to kidnap and kill her.

July 13, 2024, 6:02am Entertainment

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is releasing a new memoir at a particularly fraught moment, both for herself and for the Democratic Party. Read story

Homer&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Iliad,&rdquo; translated by Emily Wilson. (W.W.

Commentary: Reading classic offers insight into political landscape

Homer&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Iliad,&rdquo; translated by Emily Wilson. (W.W.

July 13, 2024, 6:02am Entertainment

I started my summer reading with Emily Wilson’s recent translation of “The Iliad.” I enjoyed her version of “The Odyssey” a few years ago and needed the kind of escape from the news that I knew Homer could provide. Read story

Alec Baldwin, center, poses with his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, and their children at the world premiere of &ldquo;The Boss Baby: Family Business&rdquo; on June 22, 2021, in New York.

Alec Baldwin’s varied career

Alec Baldwin, center, poses with his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, and their children at the world premiere of &ldquo;The Boss Baby: Family Business&rdquo; on June 22, 2021, in New York.

July 13, 2024, 5:52am Entertainment

Hollywood has never known exactly what to do with Alec Baldwin, so it has done a little of everything with him. Read story

TV Q&A: Why is ‘The Bear’ designated as a comedy?

July 13, 2024, 5:52am Entertainment

You have questions. I have some answers. Read story

Book highlights Mueller probe

July 13, 2024, 5:51am Entertainment

The team assembled by special counsel Robert S. Mueller to investigate alleged Russian interference and ties to Donald Trump’s campaign during the 2016 election will have a book out this fall. Read story

Cinematographer Unni Rav directs a movie June 21 at a home in the Berryessa district of San Jose, Calif.

‘Grey Skies’ explores emotional trauma of war

Cinematographer Unni Rav directs a movie June 21 at a home in the Berryessa district of San Jose, Calif.

July 13, 2024, 5:50am Entertainment

On a bright and cloudless afternoon, a young girl runs towards a bright blue door screaming, “Open the door! Open the door!” begging to come inside. Read story

This cover image released by Little Brown Books for Young Readers shows &ldquo;Be a Hero with Skipper the Seal&rdquo; by Admiral William H. McRaven with Kelly Marie McRaven.

McRaven collaborates with daughter on picture book

This cover image released by Little Brown Books for Young Readers shows &ldquo;Be a Hero with Skipper the Seal&rdquo; by Admiral William H. McRaven with Kelly Marie McRaven.

July 13, 2024, 5:15am Entertainment

Adm. William H. McRaven is collaborating with daughter Kelly McRaven on a follow-up to his bestselling “Skipper the Seal” picture book that draws upon his onetime passion for being a superhero. Read story

Loaf the Cat Goes to the Powwow, by Nicholas DeShaw and illustrated by Tara Audibert, is neatly summed up by its title. The St. Paul writer&rsquo;s picture book is about a stowaway cat that gets to experience a powwow while readers learn about the musicians, grass dancers and storytellers there.

4 Indigenous books for young readers

Loaf the Cat Goes to the Powwow, by Nicholas DeShaw and illustrated by Tara Audibert, is neatly summed up by its title. The St. Paul writer&rsquo;s picture book is about a stowaway cat that gets to experience a powwow while readers learn about the musicians, grass dancers and storytellers there.

July 13, 2024, 5:15am Entertainment

Small publishing houses have known for years there’s an audience for young people’s books by and about Indigenous people. The Minnesota Historical Society, for example, published “How the Birds Got Their Songs” recently. But, if this spring is any indication, larger publishers are reaching out to that market, too. Read story

Carver Maaike Huizinga from the Netherlands gives a final touch July 6, 2004, to the sand sculpture of sports people behind Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, in the &ldquo;Olympic Stadium Travemuende&rdquo; at the beach of the Luebeck Bay in Luebeck-Travemuende, Germany.

Why the Olympics have a French connection

Carver Maaike Huizinga from the Netherlands gives a final touch July 6, 2004, to the sand sculpture of sports people behind Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, in the &ldquo;Olympic Stadium Travemuende&rdquo; at the beach of the Luebeck Bay in Luebeck-Travemuende, Germany.

July 13, 2024, 5:14am Entertainment

Ever wondered why French is spoken during medal announcements at the Olympic Games? The truth is that while the ancient Olympics originated in Greece, its modern incarnation is very much a French affair. The Games were revived in the 1890s by a French nobleman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. As Paris… Read story