2015-09-04 Namibia Entertainment

CNN   

Force Friday: 'Star Wars' merch for any taste   
CNN
Like Black Friday for Star Wars aficionados, Friday (September 4) will see several new products hitting stores, many based around Star Wars: The Force Awakens, out December 18 (December 17 in the Philippines). Related: The Force is back: New 'Star ...

BB-8 droid gets early buzz as 'Star Wars' toys go on sale worldwide   Reuters
Star Wars' plans to be a billion dollar movie with the help of toy sales   BBC News
BB-8 awakens: The coolest Star Wars toy ever   The Australian
Irish Independent   
New Zealand Herald   
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NDTV   

Indian-American Author Jhumpa Lahiri to be Presented with National Humanities ...   
NDTV
Washington: Indian-American Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri has been selected for the prestigious 2014 National Humanities Medal which would be presented to her by US President Barack Obama next week. Jhumpa, 48, has been selected for the ...

Obama picks Jhumpa Lahiri for top White House medal   The Hindu
Obama picks Jhumpa Lahiri for top White Hose medal   Daily News & Analysis
California cuisine queen Alice Waters to be awarded National Humanities Medal   Los Angeles Times
USA TODAY   
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New York Times   

Sotheby's to Auction A. Alfred Taubman's $500 Million Trove   
New York Times
The chairman's art collection is coming to Sotheby's. After a heated, monthslong contest with its archrival Christie's, Sotheby's announced on Thursday that it had won the right to sell the estate of one of its former leaders, A. Alfred Taubman, the ...
Sotheby's notes spurt in number of buyers in Pune   Times of India
Sotheby's to Auction $500 Million Art Collection of Taubman Estate   Wall Street Journal
Sotheby's to auction art collection of billionaire Taubman   Washington Post
Detroit Free Press   
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89.3 KPCC   

RIP Oliver Sacks —His wild formative years were in Southern California   
89.3 KPCC
Renowned British neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, pictured in London in 1983, died Sunday of cancer. He was 82. United News/Popperfoto/Getty Images. Vector triangle white. Listen to this story 3 min 25 sec ...

Oliver Sacks, author and neurologist, dies aged 82   Dispatch Times
Oliver Sacks: Rebel with a cause   Jewish Chronicle
Famed neurologist Oliver Sacks, author of Awakenings, dead at 82   Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines (blog)
TV Newsroom   
The Guardian   
Ledger Gazette   
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