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UFC to spend millions more on drug testing, promises to catch cheats
TORONTO – In the wake of a spate of high-profile doping cases, the UFC has announced plans to spend millions to expand drug testing of its 585 fighters.
Bill Cosby postpones June performance in Rhode Island until further notice; no reason given
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Bill Cosby has postponed another comedy performance, this time in Rhode Island.
Correction: Oscars-Diversity-By the Numbers story
Number of the 20 acting nominees in Sunday’s Academy Awards who are non-white: 0
Correction: Oscars-Diversity story
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A corrected version of the story is below:
Rory MacDonald learns from his losses, ready to show his true self against champ
TORONTO – Rory MacDonald has lost just twice in 10 years and learned from both setbacks.
Sheridan College animators chase Oscar glory in Canuck-laden category
TORONTO – Of the five films competing in the best animated feature category at the Oscars this weekend, three are from Canadian filmmakers.
A profile of departing Premier Robert Ghiz of Prince Edward Island
CHARLOTTETOWN – A profile of Robert Ghiz, premier of Prince Edward Island.
As battle-ravaged Ukraine town regains peace, fear of new fighting tests nerves
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine – Almost every building was gravely damaged, nearly every window smashed in this Ukrainian town left unrecognizable by months of relentless shelling. Children played in the rubble where their homes once stood, while neighbours boiled water in open fires as temperatures dipped below freezing.
J.K. Simmons wins supporting actor Oscar for ‘Whiplash’; family, not agents, rule speech
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – J.K. Simmons offered heartfelt thanks in accepting the best supporting actor Oscar for “Whiplash,” and there wasn’t an agent or manager on his list.
Documentary filmmaker Bruce Sinofsky, collaborator on West Memphis Three trilogy, dies at 58
TRENTON, N.J. – Bruce Sinofsky, an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker who gained prominence for his works that shined a spotlight on a child murder case in a small Arkansas town, has died. He was 58.
Jazz musician Clark Terry, who played with Basie, Ellington and ‘The Tonight Show,’ dies at 94
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Legendary jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, who mentored Miles Davis and Quincy Jones and played in the orchestras of both Count Basie and Duke Ellington and on “The Tonight Show,” has died. He was 94.
List of 87th Academy Award winners
List of winners at Sunday’s 87th annual Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Canadian sound mixer Craig Mann wins Oscar for work on ‘Whiplash’
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Canadian sound mixer Craig Mann has won an Oscar for his work on the intense drumming film “Whiplash.”
Inarritu’s says Sean Penn’s immigration remark after ‘Birdman’ win was joke among friends
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Sean Penn’s remark about Mexican-born Oscar-winner Alejandro Inarritu’s immigration status at the end of Sunday’s Academy Awards telecast struck many as an insult, but the director says it was nothing more than a brutal joke between old friends.
Nowhere to run: North Korea, citing Ebola concerns, bars foreigners from Pyongyang marathon
TOKYO – Further restricting travel to the already isolated country, North Korea barred foreigners from one of its most popular tourist events — the annual Pyongyang marathon — because of concerns over the Ebola virus, travel agencies said Monday.
Olivia Chow joins Toronto’s Ryerson University as a visiting professor
TORONTO – Former MP and Toronto mayoral candidate Olivia Chow has taken a teaching job at Ryerson University.
Disney’s Oscar wins for “Big Hero 6” and “Feast” prove the studio can win big without Pixar
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Walt Disney Co. proved Sunday that its power doesn’t only come from Pixar.
Academy acknowledges Joan Rivers’ absence from Oscar ceremony memorial
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a statement Monday acknowledging the complaints that Joan Rivers was not featured in the “In Memoriam” tribute during Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony.
NAC Orchestra to present works inspired by Alice Munro and Rita Joe
TORONTO – Works inspired by Nobel Prize-winning writer Alice Munro and Mi’kmaq poet Rita Joe are among those in the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s new season.
Roger Angell, Sherman Alexie and Dave Eggers among new arts academy members
NEW YORK, N.Y. – At age 94, Roger Angell keeps collecting honours.
Canadian Oscar winner Craig Mann recounts his wild night
LOS ANGELES, – Winning the Oscar is one thing. Actually accepting the trophy in front of a celeb-studded crowd, on live TV, is another.
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma celebrates Year of the Sheep at concert with Chinese artists
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and a bevy of Chinese artists celebrated the Year of the Sheep at the New York Philharmonic’s fourth annual Chinese New Year concert.
Docs ‘Our Man in Tehran,’ ‘Tales from the Organ Trade’ split Screen Awards
TORONTO – So far, “The Amazing Race Canada” is having an amazing run at the Canadian Screen Awards.
UFC confident card will succeed despite doping controversy and no St-Pierre
MONTREAL – The Ultimate Fighting Championship is confident that UFC186 at the Bell Centre will be a success despite local star Georges St-Pierre being on sabbatical and with the sport in the midst of a doping controversy.