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Pike to narrate fantasy audiobook
Rosamund Pike, who stars in the Amazon
Prime Video series based on Robert Jordan’s “The Wheel of Time” books, also took on the epic task of narrating the audio edition of the late author’s fantasy classic “The Eye of the World.”
“The Eye of the World,” published in 1990, is the first volume of Jordan’s “The Wheel of Time” epic.
Macmillan Audio announced Thursday that the audiobook comes out Nov. 16, three days before the Amazon series airs.
The Oscar-nominated actor stars as Moiraine Damodred in the “Wheel of Time” series, which also features Marcus Rutherford, Josha Stradowski and Zoe Robins.
Young Thug sues over swiped bag:
Rapper Young Thug said an apartment concierge let an unknown person take his Louis Vuitton bag holding about 200 unreleased songs and more than $100,000 worth of jewelry and cash.
The performer’s allegations are in a lawsuit against the company that manages the apartment complex where he lived and its concierge company.
The newspaper said neither JLB Peachtree nor concierge company Pegasus Residential has answered requests for comment about the lawsuit filed last week on behalf of Jeffery Williams, 30, whose stage name is Young Thug.
According to the lawsuit, a concierge at Trace Apartments put the bag in a secure location after the rapper accidentally left it next to his vehicle on Nov. 1, but another employee released it to someone else.
Freeman interviews police recruits: The latest batch of police recruits in an Alabama beach town faced an interview board that included law enforcement experts and a civilian who was recognizable by his voice if not by his face: actor Morgan Freeman.
Freeman, a Mississippi native who owns property in Gulf Shores, was part of a seven-member panel that interviewed nine potential officers for the Gulf Shores Police Department last week, Deputy Chief Dan Netemeyer said Wednesday. The department sometimes asks residents to participate in such screening committees, Netemeyer said.
Known for roles in movies including “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Unforgiven,” and “Million Dollar Baby,” Freeman sat at a table asking questions with other interviewers including Netemeyer, the police chief, a criminal justice professor and others.
Beyonce teases new song: Beyonce has been keeping a low musical profile over the past few months, but she’s breaking cover with a new song, “Be Alive,” featured in the new trailer for “King Richard,” the Will Smith-starring biopic on the rise of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams from the perspective of their father, Richard.
The song, which plays throughout the second half of the trailer, is an orchestra-laden anthem, with a powerful vocal by Beyonce.
Oct. 22 birthdays: Actor Christopher Lloyd is 83. Actor Tony Roberts is 82. Actor Catherine Deneuve is 78. Actor Jeff Goldblum is 69. Actor Bob Odenkirk is 59. Rapper Shaggy is 53. Actor Carmen Ejogo is 48. Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson is 46. Drummer Zac Hanson is 36. Actor Jonathan Lipnicki is 31. Actor Sofia Vassilieva is 29.