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PARIS (AP) — In a cinematic homage blurring fashion and film, Chanel transported its audience at Paris Fashion Week to a fictional Deauville for its latest showcase.

Self-titled albums are the traditional way for a musical act to introduce themselves. Here I am, they say — here's where it starts.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach is trying to break up with spring break, but it's not yet clear whether spring break will take the hint.

NEW YORK (AP) — Alice McDermott's novel about military wives in Vietnam, “Absolution,” and the Jamel Brinkley story collection “Witness” are among the finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.

For her 10th novel , best-selling author Allison Winn Scotch was inspired by the idea of a popular female star whose career and image are threatened by a scandal and the lengths she'll go to restore her reputation.

TORONTO — Jeanne Beker, one of Canada's most authoritative fashion voices, will tell the story of her life through the clothes she's worn in a new memoir.

Top New Shows (US): 1. Letters from an American , Heather Cox Richardson 2. Raising Heights with Zach & Tori , Zach & Tori Roloff 3. Better Offline , Cool Zone Media 4.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Three-Inch Teeth by C. J. Box (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 3. Dune by Frank Herbert (Penguin Publishing Group) 4.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Anyone But You 2. The Beekeeper 3. Poor Things 4. Dune 5. The Boys In The Boat 6. Oppenheimer 7. Anatomy of a Fall 8. Wonka 9. The Holdovers 10. Trolls Band Together The Associated Press

Women have long been at the forefront of gardening, whether passing agricultural traditions from generation to generation, organizing garden clubs and beautification societies, or — in some cases — making significant contributions to science and land