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Today's Entertainment - Reuters Celebrity/Gossip News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Man charged with trying to extort $250,000 from chef Paula Deen Faxon, Rash go 'Way, Way Back' to explore teen's coming-of-age in new film Khaled Hosseini weaves global family ties in latest best seller

Man charged with trying to extort $250,000 from chef Paula Deen  Friday, Jul 05, 2013 09:53 PM PDT (Reuters) - A New York man was arrested Friday on charges that he tried to extort $250,000 from celebrity chef Paula Deen over what he said were "true and damning" statements that would cost her a discrimination lawsuit, the FBI said. Thomas George Paculis, 62, of Newfield, New York, was arrested and charged with extortion, the FBI said in a statement. ... Full Story	Top
Faxon, Rash go 'Way, Way Back' to explore teen's coming-of-age in new film  Friday, Jul 05, 2013 06:10 PM PDT By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning writers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash first explored a father's journey with George Clooney in their 2011 hit "The Descendants," and now they turn their focus on a teenager's coming-of-age story with an all-star cast in their latest film. Faxon and Rash explore dysfunctional family dynamics in independent comedy "The Way, Way Back," out in U.S. theaters on Friday, drawing on their own childhood experiences to follow the journey of a teenage boy on his summer vacation. ... Full Story	Top
Khaled Hosseini weaves global family ties in latest best seller  Friday, Jul 05, 2013 01:30 PM PDT By Andrea Burzynski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Khaled Hosseini's first novel in six years echoes the themes of family relationships explored in his previous novels, but the multigenerational saga weaves together more characters and locales than the author has tackled previously. Anchored by the story of two young siblings separated in early 1950s Afghanistan, "And the Mountains Echoed" features a patchwork of characters navigating familial relationships, histories and obligations over the next half century in places ranging from Greece to Paris to Northern California. ... Full Story	Top

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