Olivia Newton-John pushed back against provocative song with ‘spicy’ lyrics: book

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Olivia Newton-John was worried about letting people hear her body talk. The singer, who won countless hearts as Sandy in “Grease” and charmed many more as music’s wholesome girl next door, was hesitant to be bad. But with a little encouragement from one of her closest confidantes,…

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Scribner We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Arundhati Roy, the Booker Prize-winning author of “The God of Small Things,” is now publishing her first memoir. In “Mother Mary Comes to Me” (to be released September 2 by Scribner), Roy explores her formative and tumultuous relationship with her mother,…

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Grove Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Lily King, the award-winning author of “Writers & Lovers” and “Euphoria,” returns with her latest novel, “Heart the Lover” (to be published September 30 by Grove Press), about a young woman drawn into a complicated friendship with two male classmates…

Oregon resident returns grandmother’s 1943 library book after 82 years with note about late fees

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A library book checked out 82 years ago was finally returned to a library in San Antonio, Texas in June by an Oregon resident — along with a note: “Grandma won’t be able to pay for it anymore.” The book — “Your Child, His Family, and Friends”…