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When I first saw a book about the making of the “Star Wars Holiday Special” for network television in 1978, my first reaction was, “Why?”

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Dec. 2, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2023 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2023, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Iron Flame" by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) Last week: 1 2. "Fourth ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I contend that buying a round of drinks when out with friends is like giving a gift, in that one should do so without anticipation of the gesture being reciprocated. It is a way of saying, “I am grateful for your company, and here is my effort to enliven our night out.”

Comic Nikki Glaser will deliver a new batch of material at Spokane Tribe Casino. The devoted Swiftie details why she splurged for nine Taylor Swift shows throughout the country.

A cheeky South Perry Lantern goes viral courtesy of the Tonight Show.

Dear Annie: I have a co-worker who consistently spreads misinformation in order to get out of doing her job. She often makes up policies that don’t exist to try to trick other departments in our workplace into doing her work (even when that means the work gets done incorrectly by people not trained for the job we do). In the past, I’ve tried printing out policies and coming to her with physical evidence that what she’s saying is not true, but she gets very verbally aggressive, citing her many years of experience, and always has an excuse for why she shouldn’t have to do her fair share of work.

Wait, so the man behind "The Santa Clauses'" Kris Kringle, Sinterklaas, Père Noël, is actually a real-life Ebenezer Scrooge? According to Tim Allen's co-star Casey Wilson, the longtime "Santa Clause" star actually belongs on the naughty list.  

Dear Doctors: Our 9-year-old daughter fell off her skateboard and hurt her arm. It seemed like just a bad sprain, but after getting an X-ray, she was diagnosed with a greenstick fracture. What is that? Will it affect her in the future? She’s in a cast for at least a month.

AMC is bringing “Waitress: The Musical,” the Tony-nominated Broadway show, to the big screen.

There’s something you oughta know if you’re wanting to make it in the music industry.

It's a holiday drag show with such drag queen luminaries as Miz Kracker, Alyssa Edwards and Sasha Colby at the Fox.

The Bing Crosby Film Festival returns to the Bing with "White Christmas" and some rare footage of Crosby pushing Gonzaga and the Evergreen state.

How do you adapt a book as universally known and beloved as To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage? After all, Harper Lee’s coming-of-age story about racism in the Depression-era American south has been read by (or at least assigned to) nearly every single high-schooler in the nation in the sixty years since it was published. There was even an Oscar-winning movie in 1962, in which actor Gregory Peck had all of America fantasizing about growing up with a dad as noble as small-town lawyer Atticus Finch.

The funk soul band Tower of Power return to the Fox with their horn-driven hits and holiday tunes.

“Christmas Eve” – A show filled with heartwarming stories, cherished memories, and the joy of togetherness that will shine brightly on center stage. Every show holds the promise of a delightful surprise guest, adding an extra layer of enchantment to this already extraordinary occasion. Shows through Dec. 17. Thursdays through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second St., Coeur d’Alene. SOLD OUT. (208) 209-5031.

“The world is a tragedy to those who feel,” the 18th-century author and politician Horace Walpole wrote, “but a comedy to those who think.”

In the middle of “Poor Things,” the new film from Oscar-nominated oddball auteur Yorgos Lanthimos, our heroine Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) toddles off on a solo adventure for the very first time. Wandering the streets of a pastel storybook Lisbon in silky shorts and a blouse with enormous puff sleeves, her long mane of raven hair swaying down back, Bella heads for a pastry stand, where she crams ...

One of the best films of the year, Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” is now available to purchase and watch at home this week, landing on digital platforms on Tuesday before it will stream on Apple TV+. Named Best Film and Best Actress for Lily Gladstone by the New York Film Critics Circle last week, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is the latest epic from American master Scorsese, an ...