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Nova Scotia artist melds father’s music with his own to produce album
HALIFAX – More than 30 years ago in the picturesque fishing town of Lunenburg, N.S.,…
Sarah Jessica Parker to chair library association book club
NEW YORK – Sarah Jessica Parker is adding another credit to her life as a…
Brock Lesnar tells UFC he is retired from competition
LOS ANGELES – Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has informed the mixed martial arts…
Johnny Cash Fest concert being held near his boyhood home
DYESS, Ark. – A concert to close out the first Johnny Cash Heritage Festival will…
Sculptor once rejected by Canadian government to get Governor General’s Award
OTTAWA – A sculptor whose best-known ceramics work was once rejected for display at a…
Greek expressionist painter Dimitris Mytaras dies at 83
ATHENS, Greece – Dimitris Mytaras, one of the leading Greek painters of his generation, has…
UFC boss says GSP comeback is on, but fighter says nothing official yet
UFC president Dana White says the deal is done. Georges St-Pierre says nothing official yet.…
I’m back: Former UFC champ Georges St-Pierre ends retirement
Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre says he is ending his three-year absence from mixed…
Congressman intends to sue over removal of painting
WASHINGTON – The office of a Missouri congressman says he intends to file a federal…
Friends ask OSC to be ‘merciful’ with ex-Livent CEO Garth Drabinsky
TORONTO – Several friends of Garth Drabinsky including a retired judge testified Thursday on his…
Rae gets laughs, King draws tears at Essence pre-Oscar gala
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Actresses Aja Naomi King and Yara Shahidi quoted James Baldwin. “Insecure”…
Socially relevant ‘Zootopia’ wins Oscar for best animation
LOS ANGELES – Disney’s witty and relevant “Zootopia,” the box-office smash tale of a rural…
In Pittsburgh, ‘Fences’ and August Wilson’s Hill District
PITTSBURGH – Fans of “Fences” may be disappointed that the film won just one of…
Oscar winning ‘Moonlight’ shines on Miami’s Liberty City
MIAMI – Oscar winning film “Moonlight” presents a view of Miami that never shows up…
The full statements from PwC and the academy on Oscars flub
LOS ANGELES – The full text of Monday’s statement from accounting firm PwC on the…
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
App Store Official Charts for the week ending February 26, 2017: Top Paid iPhone Apps:…
Film academy apologizes for Oscars best picture gaffe
LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is apologizing to the…
War between promoters triggered police crackdown on amateur combat: promoter
MONTREAL – A tit-for-tat battle among promoters has triggered a Montreal police crackdown on all…
Lady Gaga to headline Coachella in place of Beyonce
INDIO, Calif. – Attention, Little Monsters: Lady Gaga is coming to Coachella. The diva announced…
Georges St-Pierre to face Michael Bisping for UFC middleweight title
TORONTO – Former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre is starting his comeback with a bang —…
Jessica Lange to receive lifetime arts award in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Jessica Lange is being honoured with a lifetime achievement award from a…
Hawaii bill targeting commercial fishing industry dies
HONOLULU – A Hawaii bill that sought to change the way commercial fishing licenses are…
NY Public Library acquires complete archives of Lou Reed
NEW YORK – The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has acquired the…
Montreal-based Cirque Eloize blends circus, theatre in high-flying ‘Cirkopolis’
TORONTO – Cirque Eloize head coach Nicolas Boivin-Gravel knows that some may associate his acrobatic…