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Cruise, ‘Everything Everywhere’ honored at producers’ awards
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Tom Cruise was honored for his nearly three decades of…
Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, dead at 92, remembered as ‘a true renaissance man’
Countless tributes poured in for adored Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent on Sunday, with friends and…
Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Walter Mirisch, the astute and Oscar winning film producer who oversaw…
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates at SAG Awards
The unlikely awards season juggernaut “Everything Everywhere All at Once” marched on at the Screen…
DeSantis takes over Disney district, punishing company
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that gives…
Black Canadian film and TV creators on Black History Month: a time to look forward
TORONTO – Black creators in Canada’s television and film industry say Black History Month is…
U.S. producers sue Anne of Green Gables licensing body for right to put on musical
CHARLOTTETOWN – The United States-based producers of a musical about Anne of Green Gables have…
The Oscar universe belongs to ‘Everything Everywhere’
NEW YORK (AP) — They dreamt up universes of hotdog fingers, googly-eyed rocks and “Raccaccoonie.”…
Nickelback exhibit bound for National Music Centre
CALGARY – A special exhibit dedicated to Alberta rockers Nickelback is headed to Calgary’s National…
More provinces banning TikTok on government-issued devices pending federal assessment
Saskatchewan and three Atlantic provinces became the latest jurisdictions Wednesday to ban the use of…
Rehab on hold: COVID devastated prison learning programs
CHOWCHILLA, California (AP) — Joseph Sena has spent nearly half his 27 years in prison…
Rehab on hold: COVID devastated prison learning programs
CHOWCHILLA, California (AP) — Joseph Sena has spent nearly half his 27 years in prison…
Looted Kandinsky work restored to Jewish heirs fetches $45M
LONDON (AP) — A painting by Wassily Kandinsky that spent decades in a Dutch museum…
Oscar Predictions: Will ‘Everything’ take everything?
Ahead of the 95th Academy Awards on March 12, Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr…
As Tennessee, others target drag shows, many wonder: Why?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — “If I hadn’t been a girl, I’d have been a drag…
Taylor Jenkins Reid writes her own Hollywood success story
“I’m jealous you get to meet her,” an employee working behind the scenes at a…
New this week: ‘True Lies,’ Wallen and ‘Creed’ film fest
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV,…
In ‘The Quiet Girl,’ a history making film for Ireland
Irish filmmaker Colm Bairéad discovered Claire Keegan’s novella “Foster” a little later than most. The…
John Mellencamp donates archives to Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Hoosier rocker John Mellencamp is donating an archived collection of his…
After Murdaugh trial ‘circus,’ Walterboro welcomes normality
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Walterboro native Danny Murdaugh is ready for his small South Carolina…
Ukraine: Mourners commemorate 8 men killed in Bucha
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Clutching flowers and wiping away tears, relatives, neighbors and friends of…
Lenka Lichtenberg’s Juno-nominated album brings Holocaust survivor’s poetry to life
TORONTO – A series of poems written in a concentration camp about romantic love, betrayal…
Designers at ‘Star Trek’ spinoff and Guillermo del Toro anthology win costume awards
TORONTO – Canadian costume designers for a “Star Trek” spinoff and a Guillermo del Toro…
Many kids are struggling in school. Do their parents know?
BOSTON (AP) — Evena Joseph was unaware how much her 10-year-old son was struggling in…