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Dear Annie: I recently introduced my 62-year-old husband to emojis, and now I fear I’ve made a huge mistake. Every text I receive – whether it’s “Pick up milk” or “Your sister called” – is followed by a winking face, a heart and, inexplicably, a rocket ship. He signs grocery lists with smiley faces. He even sent our plumber three flame emojis.

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 7, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Correspondent: A Novel" by Virginia Evans (Crown) Last week: 2 ...

The Razzies just gave Ice Cube the cold shoulder.

NEW YORK — Nearly one year after he was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition, Billy Joel is on the mend and hopes to make it back out on tour, his daughter Alexa Ray Joel revealed. “He’s doing physical therapy regularly and he’s doing great,” she told the Hollywood Reporter. “He’s lost weight as he’s on his diet. I’m so proud of him,” 40-year-old Alexa Ray continued. “He’s such a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I sometimes get a coffee to go from a local shop, and I stop at the little station to add sugar, cream, etc. to my cup. This station is pretty small.

Hello, dear readers! Welcome to the monthly letters column. You have been sending us some very interesting mail, so we will dive right in.

Dear Annie: My neighbor has taken “borrowing a cup of sugar” to ridiculous levels. In the past six months, she’s borrowed my ladder, my hedge clippers, two baking pans and, most recently, my patio chairs for her daughter’s graduation party. She always promises to return things “tomorrow,” but I usually have to go ask, and sometimes they come back a little worse for wear.

The revolving door of pop culture and what the internet deems as “trending” doesn’t appear to have many parameters. One month, it’s a pop star and what they did (or didn’t) do right, the next a plush toy elf flying off the shelves.

Barb Rawlings was in disbelief when A-list actors William H. Macy and Joel Edgerton eagerly approached her at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. They had no shortage of questions about her late friend, Denis Johnson, the author behind one of the year’s most poignant films, “Train Dreams.”

As we begin our spring garden season, I want to share information over the next few columns on soil amendments. Soil amendments are materials added to soil to enhance its physical and chemical properties, improving texture, moisture retention, aeration and nutrient availability. We’ll start with manures.

Pioneers of the post-hardcore and emo scene, Hawthorne Heights will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their second record in Spokane.

To help people prepare for crises, author Kathy Keppel-Colkitt has written guides on how to advocate effectively. She recently launched a third book, "Effective Advocacy," available Saturday at the Hive, as a guidebook that covers 10 different categories of advocacy. Key categories include medical, financial, legal and senior or military issues.

Fresh off the release of a new EP, Spokane folk staple Matt Mitchell is taking to the Hamilton Studios stage with a full band to show it off.

You really only need a few key elements to make a very effective horror movie, and for writer/director Ian Tuason, those are location, performance and sound. He builds his directorial debut, “Undertone,” out of a creepy house, an incredible actor (Nina Kiri), and a command of cinematic sound that doesn’t just provide the atmosphere, but the story itself. This is a one-woman show for Kiri, who ...

A couple summers ago, two Shakespeare Coeur d’Alene actors were performing a modern take on a scene from “The Taming of the Shrew” at Art on the Green in Coeur d’Alene.

Romance novel adaptations are big business right now, and will only get bigger. With the popularity of romance novels, especially on “BookTok” and the success of “Heated Rivalry,” based on the “Game Changers” book series by Rachel Reid, it’s clear that audiences are craving big, swoony feelings as a form of escapism. One of the biggest names in the genre is Colleen Hoover, an author who ...

When preparing for this interview on the nationally touring Broadway adaptation of “The Notebook,” I felt like I was at a disadvantage as I had never read the Nicholas Sparks book of the same name on which the musical was based or seen the wildly popular movie adaptation, starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling.

Just ahead of St. Patrick’s Day, the Irish spirit will be in full swing thanks to the Young Dubliners – with a bit of an additional twist.