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Cruz Beckham, 11, releases debut holiday song for charity
LONDON – Another Beckham has stepped into the limelight. Cruz, the 11-year-old son of David…
Dolan’s ‘It’s Only the End of the World’ in Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival
TORONTO – Montreal filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s Oscar hopeful “It’s Only the End of the World”…
Auction of Shirley Temple items includes childhood tap shoes
DALLAS – Two pairs of tap shoes belonging to the child movie star Shirley Temple…
‘Miss Sloane’ director John Madden on filming U.S. gun control drama in Canada
TORONTO – In making a thriller with the issue of U.S. gun control at its…
Russell Crowe won’t be charged over Azealia Banks scuffle
Los Angeles prosecutors say they will not charge Russell Crowe with battery over a scuffle…
Chailly avenges Puccini with original Butterfly
MILAN – Principal conductor Riccardo Chailly has avenged Giacomo Puccini’s memory with a successful staging…
With acclaim raining down, Casey Affleck tries to enjoy it
NEW YORK – After spending the night shooting the most devastating scene in “Manchester by…
Review: ‘Hairspray Live!’ pushes the boundaries and wins big
NEW YORK – There may have been enough aerosol spray to burn off the rest…
Tom Jackson puts on impromptu concert for snowed-in travellers in Manitoba
VIRDEN, Man. – Travellers stranded by a blizzard in a Manitoba town got a treat…
‘Rogue One’ moves ‘Star Wars’ forward by going back
SAN FRANCISCO – A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there were…
Wife on video: ‘5,000 per cent sure’ she wanted husband dead
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Millions of people have seen a secretly recorded video of…
Dutch director Verhoeven to head Berlin film festival jury
BERLIN – Paul Verhoeven has been named as president of the jury at the Berlin…
NBC shutting down its Breaking News service
NEW YORK – NBC says that it is shutting down its Breaking News digital service,…
Judge Reinhold arrested at Dallas airport checkpoint
DALLAS – Actor Judge Reinhold has been arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a…
Donald Trump remains producer on ‘New Celebrity Apprentice’
LOS ANGELES – Donald Trump is gone from the boardroom of NBC’s reboot of “Celebrity…
Johannah Deakin, mother of 1D’s Louis Tomlinson, dies at 43
LONDON – The mother of One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has died of leukemia at…
Reinhold apologizes to Dallas police, embarrassed by arrest
DALLAS – Actor Judge Reinhold has apologized to police, saying he’s embarrassed that he was…
Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney donate to wildfire fund
NASHVILLE – Artists and organizations in Music City are stepping up to help their neighbours…
Trump’s ties to ‘Apprentice’ raises conflict issues for NBC
NEW YORK – Donald Trump’s continued stake in television’s “Celebrity Apprentice” adds to questions about…
Detective: ‘Cops’ TV presence damaged murder-for-hire case
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A former police detective told jurors Friday he believes that…
24-diamond ‘Field of Dreams’ baseball complex gets go-ahead
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Supreme Court seems to agree with Kevin Costner that…
Madonna, Kesha get emotional when accepting Billboard honours
NEW YORK – The annual Billboard Women In Music event featured emotional and heartfelt speeches…
Climate change film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ gets a sequel
LOS ANGELES – Al Gore’s climate change documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth,” is getting a sequel.…
‘Days of Our Lives’ bad guy Joseph Mascolo dies at 87
LOS ANGELES – Joseph Mascolo, who played bad guy Stefano DiMera on NBC’s daytime serial…