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Gayle King insists she was like Alan Shepard on her space ‘joyride’

Trying to dig herself, Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez out of a P.R. debacle, King actually likened their Jeff Bezos space-tourism ride to Alan Shepard's historic 1961 mission.

(MAY 9 1961) AT SUGGESTION OF MRS. KENNEDY, PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY TAKES BACK MEDAL FROM COMDR, ALAN B. SHEPARD JR., AFTER PRESENTING IT TO HIM, AND PINS IT TO LAPEL OF FIRST AMERICAN TO MAKE FLIGHT INTO SPACE. AT LEFT IS MRS. LOUISE SHEPARD. (Tribune file)

FILE – Wink Martindale arrives at the International Myeloma Foundation 7th Annual Comedy Celebration at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Nov. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Wink Martindale, the genial game-show host and an early TV interviewer of Elvis Presley, dies at 91

FILE – Actor Gene Hackman with wife Betsy Arakawa in June 1993. (AP Photo, File)

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Director Ryan Coogler (at right) works with Michael B. Jordan on the set of "Sinners." Coogler and Jordan have teamed on several films.

Ryan Coogler gets personal with his new film ‘Sinners’

By Randy Myers, Correspondent

April 16, 2025 at 6:55 a.m.

The director and East Bay native brought a lot of his upbringing into new film...

This image provided by Blue Origin shows from left: Jeff Bezos, Kerianne Flynn, Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Aisha Bowe, Gayle King, Amanda Nguyen, Sarah Knights, director of Blue Origin’s astronaut office, and Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp. (Blue Origin via AP)

Can you really call Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez astronauts?

By Martha Ross

April 14, 2025 at 11:38 a.m.

Jeff Bezos had one of his Blue Origin rockets take his fiancee and her celebrity...

FILE – Writer Mario Vargas Llosa speaks to reporters in New York, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89

By Associated Press

April 14, 2025 at 11:38 a.m.

Vargas Llosa came to be a fierce defender of personal and economic liberties, gradually edging...

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives for The Paley Center for Media gala honoring actor and director Tyler Perry, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills on December 4, 2024. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)

NYPD joined Meghan Markle’s motorcade after Harry pressured cops

By Martha Ross

April 14, 2025 at 9:35 a.m.

Meghan Markle's multi-vehicle motorcade to a Broadway show last week included some NYPD officers, after...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 14: Gayle King attends SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall on February 14, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Gayle King defends space flight ‘PR stunt’ for Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez

By Martha Ross

April 14, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.

During an interview ahead of the controversial flight, King admitted it was 'troubling' to be...

Jennifer Weiner is the New York Times bestselling author of 22 novels. On April 14 she will be speaking at Clifton C. Miller Community Center in Tustin at a free Literary Orange event. (Photo by Andrea Cipriani / Courtesy of William Morrow)

How Britney Spears influenced Jennifer Weiner’s ‘Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits’

By Samantha Dunn

April 14, 2025 at 10:47 a.m.

Jennifer Weiner's new novel is a saga about sisters, betrayal and the pop music industry.

Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park will host children’s book author Chasten Buttigieg on May 27. Tickets, available now, include a copy of the book. (Photo courtesy of Penguin Random House)

Chasten Buttigieg will bring children's book tour to Peninsula

By Linda Zavoral

April 13, 2025 at 3:31 a.m.

'Papa's Coming Home' is a picture book for ages 3 to 7

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