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Emmy nominations announced for best actor in a television drama series
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Primetime Emmy nominations for best actor in a television drama series have been announced in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Emmy nominations for best actress in a TV drama series
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Primetime Emmy nominations for best actress in a television drama series have been announced in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Emmy nominations announced for best actress in a television drama series
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Primetime Emmy nominations for best actress in a television drama series have been announced in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
List of 2014 Emmy Award nominations in major categories
Nominees in major categories for the 2014 Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:
Vancouver-raised ‘Breaking Bad’ scribe celebrates Emmy nod for beloved episode
TORONTO – Canadian-raised writer Moira Walley-Beckett penned the heart-wrenching third-to-last episode in the decorated run of “Breaking Bad,” an instalment called “Ozymandias” that has inspired such critical reverence that some have called it the greatest episode of TV drama of all time.
‘Camp X: Secret Agent School’ traces CIA roots to Canadian spy school
TORONTO – It’s hard to imagine an empty field in Whitby, Ont., was once a “deadly school for dirty warfare.”
Mudtown Music and Arts Festival cancelled due to poor ticket sales
TORONTO – The Mudtown Music & Arts Festival has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales, organizers say.
Jazz bassist Charlie Haden, part of groundbreaking Ornette Coleman Quartet, dies at 76
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Bassist Charlie Haden, who helped change the shape of jazz more than a half-century ago as a member of Ornette Coleman’s groundbreaking quartet and liberated the bass from its traditional rhythm section role, has died. He was 76.
Hundreds of divers, snorkelers converge for ethereal underwater radio broadcast in Fla. Keys
BIG PINE KEY, Fla. – Nearly 500 divers and snorkelers submerged in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on Saturday for a “concert” beneath the sea broadcast by a local radio station.
Version 2.0: Revived Pemberton Music Festival aspires to be a chart topper
VANCOUVER – When heavyweights Nine Inch Nails and Outkast relaunch the Pemberton Music Festival this week on a pastoral mountain-side stage amid remote British Columbia farmland, devoted fans won’t be the only ones judging the spectacle’s second coming.
Day of the Dead gets the Jorge Gutierrez treatment in colorful, animated ‘Book of Life’
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Guillermo del Toro is helping to open the “Book of Life.”
Viewer’s Choice pay-per-view to be shut down in September, Bell Media says
TORONTO – Viewer’s Choice, the pay-per-view movie and live event service that was once dominant in Eastern Canada, will soon be part of the entertainment graveyard alongside the VHS tape and Laserdisc.
Billy Joel’s mother, inspiration for ‘Rosalinda’s Eyes,’ dies in New York at age 92
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. – Billy Joel’s mother, who inspired him to write “Rosalinda’s Eyes,” has died in New York at age 92.
Grammy-winning singer Jason Mraz to tour 5 New York boroughs in September
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Jason Mraz is in a New York state of mind.
Board at NSCAD University says art school should remain autonomous
HALIFAX – The board of governors at Canada’s oldest independent arts university says the school should remain autonomous rather than merging with other universities in Halifax.
Kevin Durant and UFC fighter Ronda Rousey win top athlete honours at ESPY Awards
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Kevin Durant won two ESPY Awards, including male athlete of the year, and mixed martial arts star Ronda Rousey earned female athlete honours, becoming the first UFC fighter to claim a trophy in the biggest category at the show honouring the year’s best performances Wednesday night.
Celine Dion says husband Rene Angelil doing well in recovery from cancer
MONTREAL – Celine Dion wants everyone to know her husband Rene Angelil is doing fine.
Self-published poet laureate in NC resigns days after uproar over governor’s selection process
RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina’s poet laureate is resigning amid criticism of the governor for choosing a writer with just two self-published books.
Elaine Stritch, brash Tony Award-winning stage legend with perfect comic timing, dies at 89
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Elaine Stritch, the brash theatre performer whose gravelly, gin-laced voice and impeccable comic timing made her a Broadway legend, has died. She was 89.
German artist Otto Piene, who combined art and science in giant sculptures, dies at 86
BERLIN – German artist Otto Piene, known for his colorful paintings and gigantic open-air sculptures, has died at age 86.
Brooklyn teen metal band Unlocking the Truth plans book with Penguin after signing with Sony
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The teen metal band Unlocking the Truth, which recently signed a multi-album deal with Sony, plans to release a book next year.
New Toyota minivan lets parents use built-in microphone to scream at unruly kids in back seats
DETROIT – Toyota wants to help you scream at your unruly kids.
Researcher, activist heading to AIDS conference in Australia were on doomed Malaysian jet
SYDNEY – A prominent researcher, two activists and at least three others headed to an AIDS conference in Australia were on the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine, news that sparked an outpouring of grief across the scientific community.
Group vows to keep pushing for state funds to build Oklahoma pop culture museum
TULSA, Okla. – Jamie Oldaker toured the world drumming for the likes of Eric Clapton, among others, but he never lost touch with Oklahoma, where he honed the skills that enabled him to spend his life making music.