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Private funeral service held for Italian designer Giorgio Armani in church near his birthplace
RIVALTA, Italy (AP) — Family members and close friends attended a private funeral service on…
‘I stole a few’: Director Guillermo del Toro goes wild at TIFF’s Criterion Closet
TORONTO — Guillermo del Toro slipped into the Criterion Closet at the Toronto International Film…
Jodie Foster, Catherine O’Hara, Guillermo del Toro feted at TIFF Tribute Awards
TORONTO — When Jodie Foster began working in Hollywood as a child actress, she says…
Howard Stern returns to SiriusXM radio show after trolling listeners
NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Stern, the popular and highly paid radio host, returned to…
Rian Johnson takes Glenn Close to church in ‘Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
TORONTO (AP) — The morning after Rian Johnson premiered his latest whodunit “Wake Up, Dead…
Howard Stern returns to SiriusXM radio show after trolling listeners
NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Stern, the popular and highly paid radio host, returned to…
Howard Stern walks away from SiriusXM after two decades
NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Stern, the popular radio host who gave a massive boost…
In new memoir, Supreme Court Justice Barrett reflects on historic cases, is largely silent on Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says “violence or threats of violence”…
Actor Emily Osment is single as her divorce from musician Jack Farina becomes official
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Emily Osment is divorced and single. A judge’s order dissolving…
‘SNL’ wins big for season 50 at the Creative Arts Emmys. Obama, Kimmel and Lamar also take trophies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barack Obama won his third career Emmy and Kendrick Lamar won…
NBC releases promo for NBA opening night during Sunday Night Football broadcast
The NBA returns to NBC and Peacock next month. And during the NFL’s first Sunday…
Protest against film about Israeli general breaks out on TIFF’s Festival Street
TORONTO — Protesters had a brief standoff with police on Toronto International Film Festival’s main…
Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley on making sense of Shakespeare’s art with ‘Hamnet’
TORONTO — Paul Mescal says that to him, “Hamnet” feels so true it’s “almost like…
A bold, queer ‘Hedda,’ from Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson, debuts at TIFF
TORONTO (AP) — Nia DaCosta was thunderstruck when she first read Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” in…
‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ creeps its way to another box office win for horror genre
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s the year for horror and “The Conjuring: Last Rites” was…
Another ‘Knives Out’ makes a raucous premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO (AP) — For the third time, the knives were out at the Toronto International…
The 2025 Venice Film Festival is over. Here’s everything you need to know
The 82nd Venice Film Festival may be over, but the conversations on the films that…
Family drama ‘Meadowlarks’ brings scattered ‘60s Scoop siblings together for one weekend
TORONTO — Indigenous performers Michael Greyeyes and Michelle Thrush say the power of film is…
‘The Studio,’ ‘The Penguin’ and Julie Andrews are among the winners at the Creative Arts Emmys
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julie Andrews won her third Emmy Award at age 89 Saturday…
‘The Penguin’ snags top Creative Arts Emmy awards for technical performance
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Penguin” made a splash during Saturday’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards,…
Scarlett Johansson applauds Toronto’s festival vibe, says focus is on film, not fashion
TORONTO — First-time director, longtime festivalgoer Scarlett Johansson says she appreciates that the Toronto International…
Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion to settle lawsuit over pirated books used to train AI chatbots
NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to…
‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ wins top prize at the Venice Film Festival
VENICE, Italy (AP) — “Father Mother Sister Brother,” Jim Jarmusch’s quietly humorous relationship triptych, won…
Sydney Sweeney lands a knockout at TIFF with ‘Christy,’ stoking Oscar buzz
TORONTO (AP) — Sydney Sweeney came to the Toronto International Film Festival wanting to talk…