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Rickles’ series featuring celeb interviews to debut online
NEW YORK – A digital series starring late comedy legend Don Rickles will debut online…
Review: Perkins’ novel is as eerie as it is delightful
“There’s Someone Inside Your House” (Dutton Children’s Books), by Stephanie Perkins In Stephanie Perkins’ latest…
NBC’s Megyn Kelly says she’s ‘done with politics’ on debut
NEW YORK – Megyn Kelly made her debut as an NBC morning TV host on…
Fox sets Jan. 27 airdate for live ‘Rent’ broadcast
LOS ANGELES – Fox is setting a January airdate for its live production of “Rent,”…
Syrian children in Lebanon find music school away from home
BEIRUT – Hassan Youssef was 10 years old when a local Syrian composer discovered his…
Montreal writer Christopher Goscha among finalists for Cundill History Prize
Montreal historian Christopher Goscha’s account of Vietnam’s divided past is one of 10 books on…
Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize purse doubles to $70,000
TORONTO – The Writers’ Trust of Canada is doubling its fiction award to $70,000. The…
Sutherland back as President Tom Kirkman in season 2 of ‘Designated Survivor’
After a tumultuous year, many people doubted that this unlikely U.S. president would still be…
Main character in Coben thriller is endearing, witty
“Don’t Let Go” (Dutton), by Harlan Coben A New Jersey detective finds himself still haunted…
Review: Shania is back with her own brand of country pop
Shania Twain, “Now,” (Mercury Nashville) When Shania Twain declares on her new album, “I’m independent…
To women of colour, Rihanna’s cosmetics launch is personal
NEW YORK – Worokya Duncan is the director of inclusion for a private school in…
Residente leads Latin Grammys nominations with 9 nods
NEW YORK – Puerto Rican rapper Residente’s first solo album post-Calle 13 has received a…
Netflix lines up ‘Stranger Things’ art installation at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche
TORONTO – Netflix is making Toronto’s all-night contemporary arts festival a little stranger on Saturday.…
Q&A: ‘American Made’ director on hustlers and Tom Cruise
LOS ANGELES – Director Doug Liman loves spy stories and antiheroes, but he didn’t anticipate…
‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star charged with assaulting girl, 16
WALTHAM, Mass. – A former star of the 1980s television show “The Dukes of Hazzard”…
Judges appear split in ‘Making a Murderer’ appeal
CHICAGO – A federal appellate judge hearing arguments Tuesday in Chicago about whether investigators coerced…
Official: Rapper shot outside of landmark Hollywood hotel
LOS ANGELES – A Tennessee rapper was shot and critically wounded outside of a landmark…
‘Boys in the Boat’ author writing WWII book
NEW YORK – The author of the million-selling “The Boys in the Boat” is working…
Guillermo del Toro talks up Toronto as a special place to make movies
TORONTO – Guillermo del Toro has a soft spot for Toronto. Ask why and the…
Creative economy focus of new Liberal culture policy, but not new taxes
OTTAWA – The federal government’s approach to culture was drafted in an era when rabbit…
Review: In ‘American Made,’ a new (but the same) Tom Cruise
There are basically two kinds of Tom Cruise performances, and both can look pretty similar…
Danish minister posts screen grab of Muhammad cartoon
COPENHAGEN – Denmark’s integration minister has caused a stir by publishing a screen grab of…
Former Clinton aide Jennifer Palmieri has book deal
NEW YORK – Hillary Clinton’s former director of communications has her own story to tell.…
Pop star Miley Cyrus joins campaign to protect B.C.’s grizzly bears
DENNY ISLAND, B.C. – Pop star Miley Cyrus has added some high-profile clout to the…