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Thea Frodin was Serena Williams’ body double in ‘King Richard.’ Now she’s playing in the US Open
NEW YORK (AP) — Thea Frodin is playing her first U.S. Open singles match against…
Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor says ‘Lake Ontario’ lyric now an anti-Trump rallying cry
TORONTO — Greg Keelor had been mulling what to say about Donald Trump all night.…
Amid backlash, museum cancels planned Met Gala exhibit on fashion designer John Galliano
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art is canceling its planned exhibit honoring…
Singer D4vd loses prominent lawyers defending him in killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer D4vd lost his high-profile private lawyers Monday at a hearing…
Norway’s Queen Mette-Marit joins procession to bring late King Harald V’s coffin to royal chapel
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The coffin of late King Harald V of Norway traveled through…
Dolly Parton estate announces 2-day festival ‘Dollyfest’ to celebrate her legacy
NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton is not done yet. The estate behind the icon,…
‘People’s festival’ no more? TIFF fans grapple with ticket price hikes
TORONTO — When Arjun Singh first started attending the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022,…
How a little known government agency helped crack Canada’s biggest art fraud
OTTAWA — Hovering between a camera and computer in a darkened Ottawa-area photo lab in…
Meep, meep. ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ opens with $15.5 million, ‘Spider-Man’ stays No. 1 for fifth weekend
NEW YORK (AP) — Three years after Warner Bros. abruptly canned “Coyote vs. Acme,” the…
Olivia Rodrigo’s festival is uniting women and girls behind nonprofits promoting their well-being
Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her ’90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20…
Movie stars, timely documentaries and awards hopefuls convene at the Venice Film Festival
August can be a dreary month for Hollywood glamour, but the Venice Film Festival is…
Tom Cruise announces a follow-up film to ‘Days of Thunder’ to hit theaters in 2028
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tom Cruise stood up from his chair in front of…
Was Dolly Parton a feminist? She wouldn’t say it, but fans heard it – in her life and her lyrics
Smiling on the January 1987 cover of Ms., the magazine co-founded by feminism pioneer Gloria…
‘RIP King’: Fans pay respect to Tupac Shakur, hope for justice as murder trial nears the end
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shardae Williams woke up recently to someone blasting Tupac Shakur’s “Shed…
Push to rename Nashville airport for Dolly Parton gets a boost from Tennessee’s governor
A push by fans to rename Nashville’s airport for Dolly Parton appears to be taking…
Dolly Parton streams skyrocket after her death, making her the most streamed artist globally
NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton was many things: A country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur,…
Celine Dion is back in Paris, but her first song remains ‘a big secret’
PARIS (AP) — Celine Dion blew kisses and made a love-heart shape with her hands…
‘It’s high-tech theft’: As AI music booms, Canadian artists demand consent, transparency and pay
Cadence Weapon never gave artificial intelligence permission to learn from his music. But the Edmonton-raised…
Emily Wilson’s ‘Odyssey’ became a cultural flashpoint. Now, she’s retranslating the whole thing
NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re among the many readers who learned to love “The…
In Nigeria’s troubled north, a bustling nightlife lives with a morality police and insecurity
SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) — Multicolored strobe lights sweep across a dance floor soon to throng…
A theater is reimagining Homer’s Odyssey through the agony of Ukraine’s war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — War’s timeless ache — death, captivity, the agonizing wait and the…
Judge questions why Kennedy Center is moving so quickly to return Trump’s name to building
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Thursday expressed skepticism about the Kennedy Center’s intention to…
Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across the art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings,…
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis’ murder trial heads to closings in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the 1996…