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It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally
Mixed reviews didn’t dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the “The Super Mario Galaxy…
Don’t touch that dial: Future of Canada’s campus radio stations in doubt
Elke Sorensen was in her second year at Vancouver Island University when she first got…
Screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reach four-year tentative agreement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reached a surprise four-year tentative…
Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone
If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, then you likely beheld at…
English choirs seek to protect a musical tradition little changed since Queen Elizabeth I
LONDON (AP) — On a gray afternoon in the days before Easter, a dozen or…
Canada’s Artemis II astronaut gives thumbs-up to ‘Project Hail Mary’ starring Canadian Ryan Gosling
HOUSTON (AP) — The new space movie “Project Hail Mary” starring Ryan Gosling is getting…
Canadian Paul Alexander Nolan sinks teeth into Broadway’s ‘The Lost Boys’ musical
Paul Alexander Nolan is sinking his teeth into his newest role as “The Lost Boys:…
Ye attempts a comeback with sold-out LA-area concert, support from Lauryn Hill
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The artist formerly and possibly again known as Kanye West reveled…
Hollywood’s narrative on UFOs and ETs reaches back many decades
Before zombies shambled about, ghoulishly feasting on the flesh of those too slow to flee,…
Flavor Flav, a longtime supporter of women’s sports, is courtside at Final Four
PHOENIX (AP) — Flavor Flav was among the celebrities in attendance at the women’s Final…
Former Turnstile guitarist is accused of hitting an ex-bandmate’s dad with his car
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A former guitarist for Grammy-winning Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile has…
Stay tuned Cincinnati: WKRP is coming to town for real, North Carolina station’s director says
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hold on to those Thanksgiving turkeys! WKRP is coming to Cincinnati…
Surprise! Zendaya wears something blue, after the old, new and borrowed
NEW YORK (AP) — Yup, she wore something blue. Zendaya, surprising precisely nobody on the…
Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni tossed out but robust case remains
NEW YORK (AP) — Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni over the movie…
‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ cast aren’t the only influencers sowing curiosity about the church
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Until quite recently, the prevailing image to outsiders of The Church…
Alessia Cara seeks the human touch in an age of AI and algorithms
TORONTO — Alessia Cara recently came across an AI-generated song that was supposed to sound…
A priceless ancient golden helmet stolen from a Dutch museum is recovered
ASSEN, Netherlands (AP) — A priceless ancient golden helmet from Romania stolen last year from…
Rapper Pooh Shiesty charged with kidnapping over alleged dispute involving rapper Gucci Mane’s label
DALLAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday accused rapper Pooh Shiesty and eight others of…
Shen Yun shows cancelled in Toronto after ‘unfounded’ threats
TORONTO — The presenter of Shen Yun’s run in Toronto says the venue hosting the…
“Oh My! Oh My!” Longtime TSN curling broadcaster Vic Rauter to retire
Brad Gushue still gets chills every time he watches the clip — with TSN’s Vic…
Bruce Hornsby looks back with new album ‘Indigo Park’ that mixes simplicity and complexity
NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Hornsby’s new, reflective album starts off sweetly and melodically, a…
Hailee Steinfeld says she and Bills quarterback Josh Allen have welcomed a baby girl
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and actor-singer Hailee Steinfeld are proud parents of a baby…
BJ Novak to host PEN America gala on May 14 at the American Museum of Natural History
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor, filmmaker and author B.J. Novak will host next month’s PEN…
Heather Morris returns to WWII with ‘The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse’ set in Nazi-occupied Paris
The next novel by the author of “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” will again take place…