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ScarJo’s Oscar look glimmers on, at Oscar de la Renta show
NEW YORK – Watching the Oscar de la Renta show unfold in the imposing setting…
Vera Wang deconstructs evening clothes at NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK – Vera Wang is a big name on red carpets, and in the…
Canadian Premier League unveils FIFA 20 esports gaming tournament
TORONTO – The Canadian Premier League is partnering with Electronic Arts on an eCanadian Premier…
Poetry Out Loud semi-finals to start soon
Students from 40 New Hampshire high schools and school groups will convene to compete in…
Wrexham slips to third place after draw with Bristol amid promotion push
WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham’s bid for a third straight promotion took a hit when…
Trump not a ‘Parasite’ fan, praises ‘Gone with the Wind’
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is apparently not a fan of Oscar winner “Parasite,” his…
Singer Pharrell is making music on Miami’s restaurant scene
MIAMI – Grammy award-winning singer Pharrell may have been fired from three different McDonald’s as…
Hampton and Norfolk State unravel history together
NORFOLK, Va. – As a historically black institution of higher learning, Norfolk State University teaches…
Women Holocaust survivors find joy in fighting poverty
NEW YORK – Frumie Cisner remembers the first time she witnessed a Holocaust survivor picking…
Family donates $2.5 million to fund investigative journalism
MIAMI – A Miami family is pledging $2.5 million to help fund investigative journalism in…
Review: Wayne does good job building suspense in `Apartment’
“Apartment,” Bloomsbury, by Teddy Wayne Teddy Wayne has written another campus novel. Coming on the…
Laurie Anderson among new arts academy inductees
NEW YORK – Like many incoming members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters,…
Torstar Corp. reports Q4 profit, boosted by one-time gains, as ad revenue drops
TORONTO – Torstar Corp. reported a profit in its fourth-quarter, boosted by one-time gains related…
Arts dean at Regina university sorry poet vilified over lecture controversy
REGINA – Emails show the University of Regina’s dean of arts told George Elliott Clarke…
Soundtrack City: How Nashville is awash in film, game scores
Nashville is already known as Music City, but a new wave of music being recorded…
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:…
Review: Wayne does good job building suspense in `Apartment’
“Apartment,” Bloomsbury, by Teddy Wayne Teddy Wayne has written another campus novel. Coming on the…
Deere foundry cast huge sculptures for acclaimed artist
MOLINE, Ill. – Orin Rockhold of Milan was leafing through his Feb. 7 New York…
‘Lemony Snicket,’ ‘The Lighthouse’ among film, TV winners of costume awards
TORONTO – The fantasy Netflix series “Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events” and U.S.…
Prosecutor: Ex-convict was in bed with victim when arrested
NEW YORK – An ex-convict accused of forcing young women he met in his daughter’s…
‘Inside the Actors Studio’ host James Lipton dies at 93
LOS ANGELES – James Lipton, an actor-turned-drama-school-dean who got hundreds of Hollywood luminaries to open…
Australian Associated Press to shut down after 85 years
CANBERRA, Australia – The national news agency Australian Associated Press said Tuesday it will close…
Don’t like a columnist’s opinion? Los Angeles Times offers an AI-generated opposing viewpoint
In a colorful commentary for the Los Angeles Times, Matt K. Lewis argued that callousness…
Virus impacting Hawaii economy through events, tourism
HONOLULU – A spate of cancelled events and falling visitor numbers from abroad indicate the…