Maia Kobabe's 'Gender Queer' tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year
Maia Kobabeโs graphic memoir โGender Queerโ continues its troubled run as the countryโs most controversial book, topping the American Library Associationโs โchallenged booksโ list for a third straight year.
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โDear Evan Hansenโ opens 2nd to โShang-Chiโ at box office
โDear Evan Hansenโ may have been a hit on Broadway, but the filmed adaptation of the Tony-winning show is off to a slow start at the box office in its first weekend in theaters.
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Toronto Film Festival to open with โDear Evan Hansenโ
The adaptation of the Broadway hit and Tony-winner โDear Evan Hansen,โ Edgar Wrightโs โ60s London themed โLast Night in Soho,โ and โThe Eyes of Tammy Fayeโ are just a few of the major films coming to the Toronto International Film Festival this September.
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Alexie, Pilkey books among most 'challenged' of past decade
FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2016 file photo, author and filmmaker Sherman Alexie appears at a celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day at Seattle's City Hall. Alexie is included in a list of authors who wrote books that were among the 100 most subjected to censorship efforts over the past decade, as compiled by the American Library Association. All wrote books that were among the 100 most subjected to censorship efforts over the past decade, as compiled by the American Library Association. The association does not formally count the number of times books are actually removed from a library shelf or from a school reading list. โThere are actually two lines of objections to the Anne Frank diary,โ Caldwell-Stone says.