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Disney shareholders back CEO Iger, rebuff activists who wanted to shake up the company
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disney shareholders have rallied behind longtime CEO Robert Iger, voting Wednesday…
Movie Review: Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ is a political allegory bathed in blood
Has there been a more satisfying actor to watch mature on screen in recent years…
Playwright Christopher Durang, a Tony winner for ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,’ dies at 75
NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Christopher Durang, a master of satire and black comedy who…
Demolition of groundbreaking Iowa art installation set to begin soon
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Crews could begin ripping out a groundbreaking art installation bordering…
Movie Review: In ‘Girls State,’ Missouri teens start a mock government
What would an all-female government look like in the U.S.? Or even a majority female…
As Roe v. Wade fell, teenage girls formed a mock government in ‘Girls State’
NEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 2022, days before the Supreme Court overturned…
Tilman Michael to become Metropolitan Opera chorus director, succeeding Donald Palumbo
NEW YORK (AP) — Tilman Michael will become chorus director of the Metropolitan Opera next…
Jay-Z’s Made In America festival canceled for the second year in a row
Jay-Z’s annual Made in America festival, held in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, has been…
Movie Review: Love wins in the triumphant ‘Housekeeping for Beginners’
“Housekeeping for Beginners” begins with a shot of a painting on a wall hanging just…
A familiar American goes to Italy to live his best life in the bloody Netflix series ‘Ripley’
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s time to take another trip to Italy, to the charming,…
John Barth, innovative postmodernist novelist, dies at 93
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — John Barth, the playfully erudite author whose darkly comic and complicated…
A look at some of ‘SCTV’ alum Joe Flaherty’s more memorable roles
Though he was best known for the multitude of characters he embodied on “SCTV,” Joe…
Joe Flaherty was the ‘only guy’ who could get Eugene Levy to break character
Eugene Levy says his “SCTV” castmate Joe Flaherty was the only comedian who could get…
The Alley Theatre in Texas puts on Thornton Wilder’s last, unfinished play, ‘The Emporium’
NEW YORK (AP) — For Kirk Lynn, it was like a scene from “Raiders of…
Solar eclipse playlist: 20 songs to rock out to on your cosmic adventure
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The total solar eclipse is quickly approaching. While you prepare to…
Robin Walter’s ‘Little Mercy’ receives poetry academy’s First Book Award
NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Walter’s “Little Mercy,” a debut collection of verse that celebrates…
Suspects in the stabbing of an Iranian presenter fled UK after attack, counterterrorism police say
LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police investigating the stabbing of a journalist who works for…
‘Greatest of all time’: Joe Flaherty created memorable, still funny ‘SCTV’ characters
Forty years after he invented them, Joe Flaherty’s characters can still raise a smirk, and…
The Tropicana Las Vegas, a mob-era casino and Sin City landmark, closes after 67 years
LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the 1971 film “Diamonds are Forever,” James Bond stays in…
Music Review: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams sing about the power of love on ‘All This Time’
LOS ANGELES – Drawing from personal experience, husband-and-wife duo Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams sing…
Authors with Canadian links among 8 winners of US$175,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes
NEW YORK – Three authors with links to Canada are among this year’s recipients of…
Bell Media president Sean Cohan says layoffs were necessary to reach company’s goals
TORONTO – Bell Media president Sean Cohan says recent layoffs and programming cuts are something…
This mob-era Las Vegas casino is officially closed. Here are some big moments in its 67 years
LAS VEGAS (AP) — From its lavish opening in 1957 on a Las Vegas Boulevard…
John Sinclair, a marijuana activist who was immortalized in a John Lennon song, dies at 82
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — John Sinclair, a poet, music producer and counterculture figure whose…