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NAC orchestra pays tribute to fallen soldier during Edinburgh concert
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom – The National Arts Centre Orchestra is paying tribute to Cpl. Nathan Cirillo during its current tour of the United Kingdom.
Architect Frank Gehry shocks with obscene gesture, biting comments about modern architecture
MADRID – Architect Frank Gehry travelled to Spain to receive a prestigious award but shocked his hosts by responding to a reporter’s question with an obscene gesture and making contemptuous comments about most modern architecture.
Aldo beats Mendes by unanimous decision in UFC 179 to keep his featherweight title
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian Jose Aldo beat American Chad Mendes by unanimous decision to successfully defend his featherweight title in UFC 179 at Maracanazinho arena early Sunday.
Scandal-plagued radio host Jian Ghomeshi was becoming an international star
TORONTO – The Canada-wide response to the weekend saga between CBC and Jian Ghomeshi was so thunderous, our neighbours to the south felt the reverberations.
Robert Downey Jr., Emma Watson, Dame Judi Dench among British Academy honorees
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – There was a bit of a British invasion at the Beverly Hilton hotel, as BAFTA Los Angeles hosted its annual Britannia Awards, honouring film and television talent from both sides of the pond, including director Mike Leigh and actors Dame Judi Dench, Emma Watson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Robert Downey Jr.
The Roots create foundation to help high-school alma mater in Philadelphia
ATLANTA – The Roots are tapping into their resources to help raise funds for their alma mater in Philadelphia.
‘H is for Hawk,’ a tale of grief and raptors, wins Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction
LONDON – A personal story of grief and raptors that combines memoir, biography and nature writing has won Britain’s leading literary award for nonfiction.
Actress Maureen O’Hara cries at thought of receiving an honorary Academy Award
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Maureen O’Hara’s most recent film credit was more than a dozen years ago, but the 94-year-old actress said she’s ready for a role anytime.
US services firms grow at slower but still healthy pace in October; hiring picks up
WASHINGTON – U.S. services firms expanded more slowly in October, but the pace of growth was still healthy. Hiring also rose to the fastest pace in more than nine years.
Ex-Ravens cheerleader, estranged wife of former energy company CEO charged with sex with teen
GEORGETOWN, Del. – A former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader and the estranged wife of a prominent Maryland energy executive was arraigned Wednesday in Delaware on charges of having sex with a 15-year-old boy who attends school with at least one of her children.
Film academy honours Harry Belafonte for his activism, which he says always inspired his art
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – As Harry Belafonte joins the elite EGOT club — adding an Oscar statuette to an awards cache that already includes an Emmy, Grammy and Tony — he says inspiring social consciousness has always motivated him artistically.
Picasso, Monet, Degas among works pledged to LA museum in largest-ever gift
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – An entertainment executive pledged a collection of paintings by Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and other major artists to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Thursday, a donation the institution called the largest in its history.
Rihanna announces 1st annual Diamond Ball to support her charity, the Clara Lionel Foundation
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Rihanna will host her first Diamond Ball on Dec. 11 to benefit her foundation that promotes education and arts globally.
James Earl Jones to receive Voice Icon Award; reflects on characters he voiced during career
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Darth Vader, Mufasa, and even the tagline for a certain 24-hour news network helped make James Earl Jones one of the most recognizable voices on the planet and soon the recipient of the first Voice Icon Award.
Mediator says tentative agreement has been reached in Atlanta Symphony labour dispute
ATLANTA – A federal mediator says a tentative agreement has been reached in a labour dispute involving the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Maureen O’Hara, Harry Belafonte, Hayao Miyazaki, Jean-Claude Carriere accept early Oscars
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The first Oscar statuettes of the season were presented Saturday night at the film academy’s Governors Awards.
Libyan city becomes the first outside of Iraq, Syria to join Islamic State group’s ‘caliphate’
CAIRO – On a chilly night, bearded militants gathered at a stage strung with colorful lights in Darna, a Mediterranean coastal city long notorious as Libya’s centre for jihadi radicals. With a roaring chant, they pledged their allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group.
Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns star at New York City art auction
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A radiant painting by Mark Rothko and one of Jasper Johns’ iconic flag paintings were among the stars at the second day of New York’s dazzling post-war and contemporary art auctions.
Forget Paris of the East: Brooklyn has replaced Paris as the city every city yearns to be
NEW YORK, N.Y. – For more than a century, cities around the world have compared themselves to Paris. Many claim to be the Paris of the East: Bucharest, Prague, Istanbul, Beirut and Shanghai to name a few. There’s also the Paris of North America (Montreal), the Paris of South America (Buenos Aires) and the Paris of the Plains — Kansas City in the Jazz Age.
Actor Patrick Dempsey to return to Maine to receive award for his work on cancer care
PORTLAND, Maine – Maine-born actor Patrick Dempsey is returning home this weekend to receive an award for his leadership in caring for cancer patients
CBC ponders new name for ‘Q’ in light of Jian Ghomeshi scandal
TORONTO – The search for a permanent replacement for “Q” host Jian Ghomeshi fired amid unproven allegations he was violent toward women will begin in earnest next week, the CBC said Wednesday.
How ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ star Chelsea Peretti became ‘One of the Greats’
TORONTO – Chelsea Peretti’s ultra-confident onstage persona started as an act. But the comedian and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star says that faking self-assurance actually helped make it real.
Canadian Alaine Chartrand leads at Rostelecom Cup after short program
MOSCOW – Canada’s Alaine Chartrand was all confidence and grace on the ice, but she was cheerfully flustered off it Friday after taking the lead in the Rostelecom Cup.
Screenwriters celebrate film academy recognition at Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting awards
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Five screenwriters new to Hollywood have already earned the film academy’s stamp of approval.