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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

FILE - A rental DVD is dispensed from a Redbox at a 7-Eleven in Los Angeles on August 7, 2009. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the owner of DVD rental operator Redbox, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Friday, June 28, 2024.

Redbox shutting down after parent company Chicken Soup for the Soul files for bankruptcy

FILE - A rental DVD is dispensed from a Redbox at a 7-Eleven in Los Angeles on August 7, 2009. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the owner of DVD rental operator Redbox, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Friday, June 28, 2024.

July 12, 2024, 9:35am Entertainment

Redbox is the latest home video rental enterprise to bite the dust. Read story

In this undated photo provided by the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Kirsha Kaechele poses with a painting in Hobart, Australia. Kaechele has divulged on July 9, 2024, that she was the creator of three paintings that she presented as works by Pablo Picasso -- and which prompted a gender discrimination case in Tasmania when she only permitted women gallery patrons to view them.

These Picassos prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery. Now the curator says she painted them

In this undated photo provided by the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Kirsha Kaechele poses with a painting in Hobart, Australia. Kaechele has divulged on July 9, 2024, that she was the creator of three paintings that she presented as works by Pablo Picasso -- and which prompted a gender discrimination case in Tasmania when she only permitted women gallery patrons to view them.

July 12, 2024, 8:13am Entertainment

They were billed as artworks by Pablo Picasso, paintings so valuable that an Australian art museum’s decision to display them in an exhibition restricted to women visitors provoked a gender discrimination lawsuit. The paintings again prompted international headlines when the gallery re-hung them in a women’s restroom to sidestep a… Read story

Enjoy prior standouts from ‘Sing Sing’ star Colman Domingo

July 12, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

The talented actor Colman Domingo has been delivering terrific performances for years, building a body of work that showcases both his singular screen presence and versatility as an actor. In one of this summer’s most uniquely moving films, “Sing Sing,” he plays a prison playwright who finds salvation on the… Read story

This image released by Janus Films shows Toshir&ocirc; Mifune in a scene from the 1954 film &ldquo;Seven Samurai.&rdquo; (Janus Films via AP) (Janus Films)

Celebrating ‘Seven Samurai’ classic at 70: Kurosawa’s 1954 epic still moves like nothing else

This image released by Janus Films shows Toshir&ocirc; Mifune in a scene from the 1954 film &ldquo;Seven Samurai.&rdquo; (Janus Films via AP) (Janus Films)

July 12, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. But despite its age, the vitality and fleet-footed movement of Kurosawa’s epic is still breathtaking. Read story

New on DVD: Find joy in mundane in latest drama ‘Perfect Days’

July 12, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

An Oscar nominee for best international film tops the DVD releases for the week of July 16. Read story

FILE - In this May 23, 1977, file photo, actress Shelley Duvall is seen in Cannes, France. Duvall, whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred in Stanley Kubrick&#039;s &ldquo;The Shining,&rdquo; has died. She was 75.

Shelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 75

FILE - In this May 23, 1977, file photo, actress Shelley Duvall is seen in Cannes, France. Duvall, whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred in Stanley Kubrick&#039;s &ldquo;The Shining,&rdquo; has died. She was 75.

July 11, 2024, 2:07pm Entertainment

Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” has died. She was 75. Read story

The Hockinson Blueberry Festival returns on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown Hockinson, featuring fresh berries and other farm products from local farms.

Try this: Hockinson Blueberry Festival, Saturday in the Park Pride, Art in the Garden

The Hockinson Blueberry Festival returns on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown Hockinson, featuring fresh berries and other farm products from local farms.

July 11, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Five things to do this week Read story