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ROME — Italian author Andrea Camilleri, who earned worldwide acclaim for his series of 30-odd whodunnits starring inspector Salvo Montalbano in the fictitious Sicilian city of Vigata, died Wednesday aged 93.Born in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Camilleri saw his works turned into a TV series in 1999 that was picked up in Britain, the United States and Australia."I love him and I hate him. I owe him practically everything, he opened the door for the other books," Camilleri said about Montalbano in an interview with Italy's La Stampa newspaper."But he's invasive, pretentious, unpleasant and when I encounter a problem, I can see him turning up telling me 'I'd do it like this'," said the writer known for his overflowing ashtrays.Camilleri is reported by...
July 17, 2019
Italian author Camilleri, creator of 'Inspector Montalbano', dies
July 16, 2019
S. African singer Johnny Clegg dies aged 66: Manager
LOS ANGELES, California — HBO and its medieval fantasy blockbuster "Game of Thrones" led nominations, as expected, on Tuesday for the Emmy Awards, but the list of contenders for the highest honors in television was dominated by newcomers, many of them women.The 2019 line-up for the Emmys represented the widest array of first-time nominees in eight year, the Television Academy said, with nine new shows contending for the top prizes of best drama and best comedy series.They included female-driven BBC America thriller "Killing Eve," which also won nods for stars Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh; dark comedy "Fleabag," from Amazon.com's Amazon Studios, which got 11 nominations including for its British creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge; and surreal Netflix...
July 16, 2019
HBO, 'Game of Thrones' lead nominations for TV's Emmy awards
July 16, 2019
Winslet: Why I am pleased my ancestors were impoverished slaves
July 16, 2019
$800,000 spent in one day on Malaysia ex-PM's cards, court hears
July 16, 2019
Code-breaker Turing to appear on new UK bank note
July 16, 2019
Italians cheer on wild bear's 'Great Escape'
July 15, 2019
Aussie kids take stolen car on 1,000-kms road trip
July 15, 2019
Comic-Con hits 50: from hotel basement to Hollywood hangout
July 15, 2019
"All up": Queen Elizabeth's swans checked and counted
