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NEW YORK (AP) — In her new PBS special, Lidia Bastianich samples the foods of the world without ever crossing the U.S. border.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish singer Loreen, who won the Eurovision Song Contest with her power ballad “Tattoo,” returned home on Tuesday, saying she was proud to be only the second person in Eurovision history to have won the contest twice.

Top New Shows (US): 1. Pod Save the UK, Crooked Media 2. The Official Love & Death Podcast, HBO Max 3. Rise N’ Crime, OH NO MEDIA 4. Drama, Darling with Amy Phillips, Amy Phillips 5. Childproof, Betches 6.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Happy Place by Emily Henry (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown and Company) 3.T he Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich (Atria Books) 4.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant 2. Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves 3. Evil Dead Rise 4. Avatar: The Way of Water 5. The Pope’s Exorcist 6. Renfield 7. Knock at the Cabin 8. Cocaine Bear 9.

Laurel Parmet’s directorial debut “ The Starling Girl ” puts the viewer in the modest shoes of a 17-year-old girl named Jem.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prize-winning author Clint Smith has a three-book deal with Random House, starting with an exploration of the impact of World War II upon everyone from a survivor of a Japanese internment camp in the U.S.

The Cannes Film Festival, which will kick off Tuesday, is such a colossal extravaganza that taking measure of its ups and downs is notoriously difficult. It’s a showcase of the world’s best cinema. It’s a red-carpet spectacular.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — If you missed out on Willie Nelson's 90th birthday concerts last month in Los Angeles, you can see all the special performances honoring the 12-time Grammy winner in a limited theatrical run.

LONDON (AP) — Writer Salman Rushdie has made a public speech, nine months after being stabbed and seriously injured onstage, warning that freedom of expression in the West is under its most severe threat in his lifetime.