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Bernette G. Ford, who as an author and editor was a leading advocate of making children’s books more diverse and making sure that people of color had opportunities to write and illustrate them, died on June 20 at her home in Brooklyn. She was 70. Her daughter, Olivia G. Ford, said the cause was lung cancer. Ms. Ford, whose résumé Celebrating and reading LGBTQ stories doesn’t stop at the end of Pride Month. With the wide variety of books on LGBTQ literature that exist today, whether they’re written by an author of the LGBTQ community or simply have LGBTQ characters, these books are helping others learn about the community, the history of the gay rights movement and, importantly, how to Kevin Spacey is easing back into acting again — but his first job ain’t even here in the States … dude’s heading all the way over to Italy to get back to work. The disgraced actor — who has faced a mountain of sexual assault allegations since 2017, and essentially been exiled from mainstream Hollywood — booked his first acting Regional books of note this month: “Forced Out,” by Judy Y. Kawamoto (University Press of Colorado) In the anti-Japanese hysteria of World War II, tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans, the majority of them U.S. citizens, were forced from their West Coast homes and sent to relocation camps. A much smaller number, fewer than 5,000, were voluntarily relocated. That means they Outlander has found a devoted fanbase over the years, whether it be for Diana Gabaldon’s book series or its TV adaptation on Starz that began in 2014. One of, if not the biggest attractors for most fans is the passionate, decade-spanning romance between the series’ two leads, Claire and Jamie Fraser, played onscreen by Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan. Many Before she was a Hollywood starlet and the very definition of an iconic blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe had an unstable childhood, marked by turmoil and tumult. Monroe never knew her father, and she was frequently shuttled around to various homes and lived in a Los Angeles orphanage for several years. Here’s what you should know about the groundbreaking performer’s troubled Melissa Gilbert is best-known for playing Laura Ingalls – the sweet, wholesome Half-Pint – on Little House on the Prairie, starring Michael Landon. But in her 2009 memoir, Prairie Tale, Gilbert showed a very different side of herself, from her tumultuous relationship history to the challenge of addiction and plenty of juicy anecdotes about her past. In one particularly surreal Producers may have just started to adapt romance novels for the screen, but book lovers have been waiting for this moment for decades. Case in point: the millions of readers who are counting down the days until Netflix releases its adaptation of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series on Dec. 25. "Honestly, it never even occurred to us to shop [the Bridgerton Japanese publication Lightning Archives is for those who really want to know what they’re talking about. Its books are for the geeks of fashion and culture, working with experts and collectors to create the ultimate guides to iconic items of clothing and more. Lightning Archives’ books feature comprehensive photo documentation of everything it discusses, going back in time to give as If you’ve already devoured the newly released movie After We Collided, you’re probably wondering what’s next for Tessa and Hardin. Well, the good news is that there’s definitely more to their story, with two more movies in the works. The movies are all based on the book series for Anna Todd, so fans can look to the books for hintsBernette Ford, Who Made Children’s Books More Diverse, Dies at 70
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