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Discoverability, not French-language labels, the issue in’ trade talks: LeBlanc
OTTAWA — The United States has withdrawn demands that Canada shelve French language protections as…
Peter Cullen, Canadian-born voice of Optimus Prime in ‘Transformers,’ dies at 85
Peter Cullen, the Montreal-born actor who lent his calm and steady voice to Optimus Prime…
Stars and Stripes publisher, editor and reporter sue Pentagon to challenge their firings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three staff members from the Stars and Stripes military news outlet are…
Peter Cullen, prolific voice actor who gave Optimus Prime his authoritative baritone, has died
NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Cullen, a prolific voice actor who enlivened scores of TV…
NBC to carry second year of Shaun White’s Snow League halfpipe circuit
NEW YORK (AP) — The Snow League, a halfpipe circuit created by Shaun White, reupped…
Britons get the chance to read Jason Arday’s story for themselves as memoir is published in the UK
LONDON (AP) — Britons who saw Professor Jason Arday’s life and death dissected by weeks…
Rapper Yung Filly to return to Britain before Australian rape trial next year
PERTH, Australia (AP) — British social media celebrity and rapper Yung Filly can return to…
In Dolly Parton’s theology, God and acceptance shared the same stage
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In her 1994 memoir, Dolly Parton recounts in vivid detail the…
Prosecutors rest in Tupac Shakur murder trial, putting Duane Davis’ defense up next
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in the murder trial of Duane…
Dolly Parton’s love of the Great Smoky Mountains helped transform her hometown
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton didn’t just sing lovingly about her Tennessee mountain home.…
Jaye P. Morgan, a jack-of-all-trades entertainer who was a pop and TV star, dies at 94
NEW YORK (AP) — Jaye P. Morgan, one of the top female recording artists of…
How Dolly Parton’s love of the Great Smoky Mountains helped transform her hometown
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton didn’t just sing lovingly about her Tennessee mountain home.…
Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80
Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for…
Judge grants Blake Lively $400,000 of $8M in legal fees she sought in film fight with Justin Baldoni
NEW YORK (AP) — Blake Lively will get just over $400,000 of the $8 million…
The CRTC will go ahead with Cancon rules the U.S. opposes. What will that look like?
OTTAWA — The federal broadcast regulator says it will go ahead with the process to…
Shania Twain, Céline Dion and more Canadian artists grieve the loss of Dolly Parton
The death of Dolly Parton has hit the Canadian music community hard, with artists remembering…
‘The Debut’ and ‘Wild Horse Nine’ to bookend Vancouver International Film Festival
Actor-director Jesse Eisenberg’s film about the cutthroat world of New Jersey community theatre will open…
Dolly Parton built a better world, with rhinestones and songs
NEW YORK (AP) — There are few inalienable truths: Everyone was born, everyone will die,…
Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations, dies at 80 of cancer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant…
Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80
Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for…
Rupert Grint will become Ron Weasley again – this time, on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Grint — the original Ron Weasley from the “Harry Potter”…
Dolly Parton’s philanthropy was based on ‘her belief in the goodness of people’
NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton didn’t think her philanthropy made her special. She thought…
The Dolly Parton you may not know, in her own words
For nearly five decades, Dolly Parton talked with Associated Press reporters about far more than…
Chinese artist sentenced to 3 years in prison over satirical Mao artworks
BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese artist Gao Zhen was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday…