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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to help four million Americans register to vote through a new information campaign the social media platform is set to announce Wednesday. Zuckerberg outlined the multifaceted initiative in an op-ed published in USA Today, where he also said Facebook will continue to clamp down on election interference ahead of the …

The National Book Critics Circle is the latest organization to be roiled by its response to Black Lives Matter movement after its lone black board member resigned in frustration. By Monday, 14 board members have resigned after Hope Wabuke blasted the board for delays in framing its response to the racial justice protest, which led …

Dolly Parton said on Tuesday that her upcoming book will be called “Songteller: My Life in Lyrics,” and that the tome will explore her life and career via 175 of her most beloved songs. We exclusively reported last year that Parton inked a deal for the publication with Chronicle Books, but its format was unclear. …

Jason Voorhees is still alive — at least in Stephen King’s mind. The author recently said he’s mulled writing a novel from the perspective of Voorhees, the seemingly immortal slasher character from the “Friday the 13th” horror film franchise. “The best novel idea I never wrote (and probably never will) is I JASON,” King tweeted Sunday. …

Schloomp and sweats are today’s quarantine norm. Southampton/Palm Beach/Park Avenue’s Audrey Gruss outlines tomorrow’s norm. “More casual. Less entertaining. Open spaces. Six people at home at a table for 12. Smaller groups. At most 10. Masks everywhere. Summertime seating outdoors can be at 50 percent the normal capacity. And galas are via Zoom. That way …

I first met Britannia’s Jamaica-born Lady Colin Campbell long before they built London Bridge. We’ve also visited one another when she did books on Princess Diana. “Georgie,” we call her, lives in assorted castles, knows everyone who’s someone in London and writes about no one who’s just anyone. On June 25, Simon & Schuster publishes …

Longtime comic book writer and editor Denny O’Neil died Thursday at home of natural causes, Games Radar reports. He was 81. Best known for his work writing DC Comics’ “Batman” and editing Batman titles from 1986 to 2000, O’Neil also worked at Marvel Comics on such series as “Spider-Man” and “Iron Man.” Over the course …

A former adviser to Steve Jobs has joined the Facebook pile-on, accusing the social networking giant of failing to better police incendiary posts and misinformation because that keeps its users hooked on the site. Facebook is “peddling in an addictive drug called anger” and is “destroying the very fabric of democracy, destroying the very fabric of …

Facebook’s recent acquisition of Giphy is facing scrutiny across the pond. The social networking giant last month announced that it was buying the popular GIF-slinger in a deal worth $400 million with the intention of more closely integrating it with its own family of apps, setting off alarm bells for Britain’s competition watchdog. Though there …