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Movie armorer’s conviction upheld in fatal ‘Rust’ set shooting by Alec Baldwin
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge on Monday upheld an involuntary manslaughter…
Gavin Creel, Tony Award winner and musical Broadway veteran, dies at 48
NEW YORK (AP) — Gavin Creel, a Broadway musical theater veteran who won a Tony…
23 bilingual municipalities ask judge to suspend portions of Quebec language law
MONTREAL — A group of 23 bilingual municipalities asked a Quebec Superior Court judge on…
Drake Hogestyn, ‘Days of Our Lives’ star, dies at 70
Drake Hogestyn, the “Days of Our Lives” star who appeared on the show for 38…
Cincinnati Opera postpones Afrofuturist-themed `Lalovavi’ by a year to the summer of 2026
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Opera has postponed the premiere of the Afrofuturist-themed “Lalovavi” by…
Queer women rule pop, at All Things Go and in the current cultural zeitgeist
NEW YORK (AP) — Venue staff wore rainbow heart-shaped stickers. LGBTQ+ pride flags doubled as…
Queer women rule pop, at All Things Go and in the current cultural zeitgeist
NEW YORK (AP) — Venue staff wore rainbow heart-shaped stickers. LGBTQ+ pride flags doubled as…
Cincinnati Opera postpones Afrofuturist-themed `Lalovavi’ by a year to the summer of 2026
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Opera has postponed the premiere of the Afrofuturist-themed “Lalovavi” by…
Kris Kristofferson was ‘a walking contradiction,’ a renegade and pilgrim surrounded by friends
LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Kris Kristofferson’s life were fiction, it would feel a little…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs appeals for release while he awaits sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is appealing a federal judge’s decision to keep…
Orion Sun unveils her path to self-discovery in a new album
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amid a creative spiral, Orion Sun found comfort among the words…
A list of Quebec language law sections that bilingual municipalities want struck down
A group of 23 bilingual municipalities in Quebec has asked a Superior Court judge to…
‘SNL’ 50th season premiere gets more than 5M viewers, its best opener since 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — The 50th season of “Saturday Night Live” is off to a…
How one preschool uses PAW Patrol to teach democracy
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol,…
81-year-old South Korean falls short in a bid to become oldest Miss Universe contestant
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An 81-year-old model fell short in her bid to become…
Hoggard takes stand in sex assault trial, denies that he raped complainant
Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard took the stand in his sexual assault trial on Tuesday, denying…
Media veterans tell inquiry of pervasive influence wielded by China, India in Canada
OTTAWA — The Chinese community in Canada has long been caught in the crosshairs of…
How one preschool uses PAW Patrol to teach democracy
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol,…
Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists
NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s memoir a bout his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival…
Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’
NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and…
Chanel show wrestles with designer void as actor Lupita Nyong’o talks diversity in fashion
PARIS (AP) — A giant empty cage greeted Chanel’s guests at its return to the…
N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools
FREDERICTON — A Progressive Conservative candidate in New Brunswick’s election is facing calls to withdraw…
‘Waiting for magic to happen’: The improvised drama of Toronto film ‘Matt and Mara’
TORONTO — As a kid, Matt Johnson spent a lot of time talking himself out…
After playing Weird Barbie, Kate McKinnon’s new children’s book also celebrates being uniquely you
If you find it odd that Kate McKinnon chose her first book to be for…