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Beyoncé will receive the Innovator Award at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Days after Beyoncé releases her highly anticipated eighth studio album, she’ll…
Stage hit ‘The Motive and the Cue’ depicts a Hollywood golden couple. Now moviegoers can see it too
LONDON (AP) — The world has always loved a golden couple, especially when there are…
Metropolitan Opera presents semi-staged `Turandot’ after stage malfunction
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera was forced to stage a semi-staged performance of…
Ramy Youssef constantly asks if jokes are harmful or helpful. He keeps telling them anyway
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fresh off his awards season high after attending the Oscars with…
Prince Harry’s lawyer implicates Rupert Murdoch in cover-up of unlawful snooping by his tabloids
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s lawyer leveled explosive new allegations Wednesday that Rupert Murdoch was…
M. Emmet Walsh, unforgettable character actor from ‘Blood Simple,’ ‘Blade Runner,’ dies at 88
LOS ANGELES (AP) — M. Emmet Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face…
Did UK hospital staff try to snoop on Kate’s medical records? A privacy watchdog is investigating
LONDON (AP) — A British privacy watchdog said Wednesday it was investigating a report that…
Movie Review: ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ clears a low bar
Forty years after “Ghostbusters” and following a string of sequels that never measured up to…
Fawzia Mirza says ‘The Queen of My Dreams’ helped her embrace queer Muslim identity
Growing up in rural Nova Scotia in the ’90s, Fawzia Mirza says she connected with…
‘Palm Royale’ features Carol Burnett, Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney and new-to-comedy Ricky Martin
How do you get comedy legend Carol Burnett to sign on to your TV show…
Music Review: Bass duets by genre-defying virtuosos Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer swing, rumble
Get ready to rumble. This album will work out your sound system. Virtuosos Christian McBride…
Movie Review: Things get scary for Sydney Sweeney in a creepy Italian convent in ‘Immaculate’
It’s not your imagination: Sydney Sweeney is everywhere. In the past four months, she’s been…
Apollo theater and Opera Philadelphia partner to support new operas by Black artists
NEW YORK (AP) — The Apollo theater and Opera Philadelphia announced a five-year partnership Wednesday…
Collections of poetry about war, spirituality make Griffin Poetry Prize long list
TORONTO – A collection of poetry about the horrors of the war in Ukraine and…
Bruce Springsteen returns to the stage in Phoenix after health issues postponed his 2023 world tour
PHOENIX (AP) — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band returned to the stage Tuesday…
‘Fire Weather’ among books shortlisted for Shaughnessy Cohen Prize
TORONTO – John Vaillant’s bestselling book about the Fort McMurray wildfire is shortlisted for the…
A newspaper says video of Prince William and Kate should halt royal rumor mill. That’s a tall order
LONDON (AP) — The late Queen Elizabeth II used to say that the royal family…
Algeria scolds television stations for Ramadan advertising blitz and immoral programming
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Officials in Algeria are chiding television stations over the content choices…
Milan exhibit sheds new light on Renaissance altarpiece, reuniting far-flung panels after centuries
MILAN (AP) — An unprecedented exhibition opening Wednesday at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan…
Al Purdy’s widow Eurithe launches $10,000 prize for best new poetry book in Canada
Eurithe Purdy, widow of Canadian poet Al Purdy, has launched a literary prize to recognize…
Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten is stepping down as creative director at the end of June
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian designer Dries Van Noten, who for almost four decades dazzled the…
Ex-girlfriend of actor Jonathan Majors files civil suit accusing him of escalating abuse, defamation
Jonathan Majors’ former girlfriend sued him Tuesday on civil allegations including assault, battery, defamation and…
Director Raoul Peck to receive Hot Docs festival’s outstanding achievement award
TORONTO – Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck is set to be honoured at this year’s Hot…
Byron Janis, renowned American classical pianist who overcame debilitating arthritis, dies at 95
NEW YORK (AP) — Byron Janis, a renowned American concert pianist and composer who broke…