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The Turkish government withdraws from a film festival after a documentary was reinstated
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish government on Thursday withdrew its support for the country’s oldest…
Reconciliation and reckoning as Nisga’a totem pole returns from Scotland museum
VICTORIA – A homecoming celebration for a memorial totem pole after an absence of almost…
Disney World government will give employees stipend after backlash for taking away park passes
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Facing a backlash, Walt Disney World’s governing district will pay a…
‘ET Canada’ cancelled by Corus Entertainment, blames ‘challenging’ advertising market
TORONTO – The studio lights are going dark at “ET Canada.” Corus Entertainment said Wednesday…
Soccer player Paulinho won’t let intolerance of his Afro-Brazilian religion stop his faith
LAGOA SANTA, Brazil (AP) — When Brazilian soccer player Paulinho scored a goal at the…
Quincy Jones is State Department’s first Peace Through Music Award as part of new diplomacy push
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quincy Jones, who once embarked on an international diplomatic tour with…
Buffy Sainte-Marie documentary nominated for 2023 International Emmy Award
NEW YORK – A career-spanning documentary about celebrated Canadian musician and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie has…
A Turkish film festival has been threatened by accusations of censorship
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s oldest film festival has been thrown into turmoil after jury members…
The Hollywood writers strike is over after guild leaders approve contract with studios
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s writers strike was declared over after nearly five months Tuesday…
Pioneering Black portraitist Barkley L. Hendricks is first artist of color to get solo show at Frick
NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen years ago, Barkley L. Hendricks, the pioneering portrait artist…
Film academy gifts a replacement of Hattie McDaniel’s historic Oscar to Howard University
NEW YORK (AP) — Hattie McDaniel’s best supporting actress Oscar in 1939 for “Gone With…
‘None of us saw this coming’: shock as Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony faces bankruptcy
Musicians at the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony are “shocked” at the sudden decision by its leadership to…
Book Review: ‘The Spice Must Flow’ chronicles the legacy of the breakthrough novel ‘Dune’
NEW YORK (AP) — The saga of how cult sci-fi novel “Dune” slowly permeated the…
How to help migrating hummingbirds and see their antics up close
Most of the hummingbirds that visited our gardens over the summer are currently en route…
Louisiana folklorist and Mississippi blues musician among 2023 National Heritage Fellows
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R.L. Boyce are…
It’s not all grim across regional theater. Some venues offer ways to beat the post-pandemic blues
NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone who enters Barter Theatre in southwestern Virginia is met and…
Spat over visas for Indian Asian Games athletes sparks diplomatic row between New Delhi and Beijing
HANGZHOU, China (AP) — A long-standing border dispute between India and China has left three…
Movie Review: St4llone, St4tham are back in ‘Expend4bles,’ yet another expend4ble sequel
It’s a throwaway line, but maybe a bit too meaningful, under the circumstances. “Gravity is…
Super Bowl winner Laurent Duvernay-Tardif retires from pro football
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is closing the door on his football career. The veteran offensive lineman, who…
Man executed for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed an inmate Thursday for the 1996 killing of a…
Mississippi auditor says several college majors indoctrinate students and should be defunded
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Calling numerous social science and humanities degree programs “indoctrination factories,” Mississippi’s…
Asian Games offer a few sports you may not recognize. How about kabaddi, sepaktakraw, and wushu?
If you’re bored with day-in, day-out sports like basketball or swimming or volleyball, then check…
Quavo steps up advocacy against gun violence after his nephew Takeoff’s shooting death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The trauma Migos rapper Quavo suffered after witnessing his nephew Takeoff…
Artworks stolen by Nazis returned to heirs of outspoken cabaret performer killed in the Holocaust
NEW YORK (AP) — During his abbreviated lifetime, a cabaret performer named Fritz Grünbaum amassed…