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MacDowell artist retreat org taps Chiwoniso Kaitano to lead
NEW YORK (AP) — MacDowell, one of the oldest artist residency programs in the U.S.,…
Review: Gracie Abrams is confessional on ‘Good Riddance’
“Good Riddance,” Gracie Abrams (Interscope Records) The title for Gracie Abrams’ debut album is referenced…
Sondheim covers on Instagram, TikTok paved Eleri Ward’s path
NEW YORK (AP) — It was 2019 and aspiring Broadway actor Eleri Ward had Stephen…
R. Kelly timeline: Shining star to convicted sex offender
R&B superstar R. Kelly’s musical accomplishments have long been shadowed by allegations that he sexually…
Singer Molly Johnson, entrepreneur John Kim Bell among GG Performing Arts laureates
Learning she’d been awarded Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts elicited two extreme emotions…
In The News for Feb. 23: Is Ontario ready for a nuclear-powered future?
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start…
Former B.C. NDP cabinet minister Melanie Mark to resign Vancouver seat, cites health
VICTORIA – A former New Democrat cabinet minister who gave what was likely her last…
V&A museum acquires Bowie’s archive, will put it on display
LONDON (AP) — From Major Tom to Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, the many faces…
U.S.-Cdn artist Tim Whiten wins $75,000 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO
TORONTO – U.S.-Canadian artist Tim Whiten has won the $75,000 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the…
McCarthy gives Carlson access to 1/6 footage, raising alarms
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack…
Southern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor
The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted its second-largest congregation — Saddleback Church, the renowned…
Def Jam’s new exec Kardinal Offishall to Canadian celebs: show your support at home
TORONTO – Kardinal Offishall has a message for his fellow Canadian celebrities: you’ve got to…
Alligator kills 85-year-old Florida woman as she walked dog
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — An 85-year-old woman was killed by an alligator while walking…
Arts and letters academy votes in Everett, Coppola, others
NEW YORK (AP) — The honors keep coming in for fiction writer-poet Percival Everett. On…
New this week: ‘Outer Banks,’ Adam Lambert, ‘Snowfall’
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV,…
Inside the Trump grand jury that probed election meddling
ATLANTA (AP) — They were led down a staircase into a garage beneath a downtown…
Collection of rare centuries-old jewelry returns to Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A spectacular collection of centuries-old Cambodian jewelry has been returned…
Leiji Matsumoto, known for antiwar anime, space tales, dies
TOKYO (AP) — Leiji Matsumoto, the anime creator known for ”Space Battleship Yamato” and other…
Media mogul, former National Arts Centre president Peter Herrndorf dies, family says
TORONTO – Peter Herrndorf, lawyer, Canadian media mogul and the former president and chief executive…
Syrian state media: Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in Damascus
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes targeted residential areas in Syria’s capital Damascus early Sunday, killing…
Zelenskyy ‘born for this moment,’ Sean Penn says at Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — Just hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine nearly a year…
Haya Jumaa switches gears to coaching at Canada Games while pregnant
Haya Jumaa has always wanted to try her hand at coaching, she just needed a…
Brazil’s glitzy Carnival is back in full form after pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Carnival is back. Glittery and outrageous costumes were prepared…
New this week: Pink, J-Hope, ‘Woman King,’ ‘Hello Tomorrow!’
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV,…