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Toronto-born Walter Massey, star of stage and screen, dies at 85
MONTREAL – Toronto-born actor Walter Massey, a veteran of the stage and screen and staunch supporter of performers’ rights, has died.
Marketing pro Cheryl Boone Isaacs begins second yearlong term as film academy president
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Recognized as a trailblazer during her first term as film academy president, marketing executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been re-elected for another year.
Judge hears final arguments on breaking up DC’s Corcoran Gallery of Art through merger plan
WASHINGTON – After years of financial and management trouble, the fate of one of the oldest museums in the U.S. and one of the few independent art galleries in Washington is now in the hands of a judge.
Musician father of girl killed in Newtown school shooting to release album in her memory
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – After his 6-year-old daughter was killed in the Newtown school shooting, Jimmy Greene found a homemade book on her desk titled “Ana’s flower book for Dad.” The booked was filled with page after page of beautifully drawn flowers in different colours and shapes.
30 coins US Mint made to test designs, metals, expected to sell for more than $300,000
DALLAS – Thirty coins stamped by the U.S. Mint in the 19th century to test designs and metals are expected to sell at auction for more than $300,000.
An all-grown up Miley Cyrus a little naughty, a little nice in return to Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Miley’s back, y’all.
Silicon Valley North: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
VANCOUVER – Software engineer Pablo Guana nearly refused a job with Facebook when the company redirected him to Vancouver from Silicon Valley because his United States visa application was rejected.
Age is not a cage: 90-year-old musicians to perform concert in NYC, have no plans to slow down
NEW YORK, N.Y. – There’s an upcoming concert at Baruch College, but it has nothing to do with students. The performers are in their 90s, and one is even older than the Manhattan school founded in 1919.
86-year-old Belfast actor J.J. Murphy dies after starting new role on ‘Game of Thrones’
BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Authorities say Belfast actor J.J. Murphy has died days after starting his new role on the HBO series “Game of Thrones.”
‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ jumps past predecessors with more multiplayer options
FOSTER CITY, Calif. – It feels like a well-armed Christmas morning at Sledgehammer Games.
Night at the museum: Roaming robots guide online, after-hours tours at Tate Britain
LONDON – Tate Britain is inviting art fans to a night at the museum — though robots, not T. rexes, will be roaming this time.
Prosecutor: Jazz musician Cecil Taylor swindled out of $500,000 in Kyoto Prize money
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Authorities have arrested a suburban New York man on charges he stole nearly $500,000 in prize money belonging to famed jazz musician Cecil Taylor.
Canadian-produced ‘Wild Things’ up for reality series Emmy this Saturday
TORONTO – David Brady of Toronto-based Cream Productions was on his way to work last month when he got a text from “Wild Things” host Dominic Monaghan.
UFC champion Jon Jones injures leg; title fight with Daniel Cormier moved to Jan. 3
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has injured his leg, forcing the postponement of his title fight with Daniel Cormier to Jan. 3.
Warrant issued for mixed martial arts fighter accused of attacking ex-girlfriend in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Police are looking for a mixed martial arts fighter and porn actor after his girlfriend posted graphic photos of her swollen and beaten face online and said the man, known as War Machine, beat her and a friend so severely that she feared for her life.
‘I prefer to prevail’: Lauren Bacall – actress, author, legend – had a remarkably unique life
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Lauren Bacall had one of those incredible lives.
Chinese theatre companies say they won’t hire actors who’ve used drugs amid crackdown
BEIJING, China – Performing arts associations in Beijing have pledged not to hire any actors connected with drugs, state media reported Thursday, after an actor became the latest Chinese celebrity detained in one of China’s sternest crackdowns on illegal drug use in two decades.
Netflix goes for laughs with stand-up comedy specials by Bill Cosby, Chelsea Peretti and more
NEW YORK, N.Y. – You can have Bill Cosby in the palm of your hand. And Jim Jefferies will tickle you at your discretion.
Golden Globes group hosts 2nd starry dinner, this time benefiting nonprofits, streamed online
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Call it Golden Globes Lite. Only instead of trophies, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out nearly $2 million in grants to non-profit groups.
Montreal museum to highlight avant-garde, Warhol and war in new shows
MONTREAL – Van Gogh, Gauguin, Kandinsky and Andy Warhol will be among the artistic legends under the spotlight in shows at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts this fall.
Mixed martial arts fighter War Machine arrested in California; accused of attack
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Fugitive mixed martial arts fighter War Machine was arrested Friday in California on suspicion of beating his ex-girlfriend so severely in Las Vegas that she feared for her life.
Uzo Aduba of ‘Orange is the New Black,’ Allison Janney of ‘Masters of Sex’ among Emmy winners
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Uzo Aduba is an Emmy winner for her breakout role as a prisoner known as “Crazy Eyes” in Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black.”
Broadway stage musical about Gloria and Emilio Estefan opens casting process up to the public
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The musical about Gloria Estefan and her husband Emilio is dancing to Broadway and you could earn a part in it — even playing Gloria.
NYC’s Metropolitan Opera reaches deals with orchestra, chorus; talks continue with 10 unions
NEW YORK, N.Y. – New York’s Metropolitan Opera reached tentative labour deals with two of its largest unions early Monday while negotiations continued with 10 more unions in hopes of averting a lockout.