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Japanese author Haruki Murakami said Monday his latest novel was a new experiment and grew longer than expected as he developed a desire to expand on side characters while writing.
The latest novel by one of Japan’s most respected and popular novelists, “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and the Year of His Pilgrimage,” has sold more than 1 million copies a week since it went on sale last month. Murakami said in a rare public appearance Monday at Kyoto University that the novel reflects his deep interest in real people and relationships rather than allusions. Japanese media said it was his first public appearance in Japan in 18 years.
The novel is about a man who had been suddenly rejected by his close friends and his process of healing from that.
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Shania Twain has announced 22 new show dates this fall to round out the first year of her two-year Las Vegas Strip residency.
Twain said Monday that the show at Caesars Palace is “a dream performance scenario” that allows her to balance her roles as a mother and as a country superstar.
The 47-year-old Canadian singer known for “Any Man of Mine” and “That Don’t Impress Me” made a grand entrance into Sin City on horseback and returned to the stage in December after nearly a decade in hiatus.
She sold out her first 24 performances of “Shania: Still the One” at the casino’s Colosseum. Twain begins another set of 12 shows on May 14.
Tickets for shows between mid-October and mid-December will go on sale Friday.
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The Oklahoma Legislature has recognized award-winning actress and Tulsa native Mary Kay Place for her donation to a planned popular culture museum in Tulsa. The star of “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” and “The Big Chill” was honored Monday with special receptions in the House and Senate lounges. She donated costumes and other items from her career. Oklahoma Historical Society officials are lobbying the Legislature to pay for the proposed Tulsa museum. The planned 75,000-square-foot, four-story building would be dedicated to the influence of Oklahoma artists on popular culture.
Associated Press
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