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'Nomadland' wins People's Choice Award at Toronto International Film Festival

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 16:23:14 GMT

TORONTO - "Nomadland" is the winner of this year's People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. The recession-era road trip drama, starring Frances McDormand, tells the story of a woman travelling the American West alone in her van. Directed by Chloe Zhao, "Nomadland" is...

Bob Woodward's goal with Trump book 'Rage': 'the best obtainable version of truth'

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 10:00:02 GMT

WASHINGTON, Wash. - "I hope you're recording this, so you get it down," Bob Woodward says, nary a hint of irony in his voice. Indeed, relying solely on notes for a conversation with the celebrated Washington Post reporter and editor would border on journalistic malpractice, considering the

Sunday's virtual Emmy Awards set bar high with live telecast

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 07:01:10 GMT

LOS ANGELES - The glitch at the virtual creative arts Emmy telecast was minor, but it may have provoked flashbacks for the host of Sunday's more ambitious main TV awards ceremony. Jimmy Kimmel, who will preside over the 72nd prime-time Emmy Awards on ABC (8 p.m. EDT), was emcee of the 2017...

8 of 10 Premier League matches this weekend streamed in US

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:08:16 GMT

NEW YORK - NBC moved eight of this weekend's 10 Premier League matches to its online streaming service Peacock behind a pay wall because it wanted to broadcast golf's U.S. Open and the Tour de France on its television networks. NBC took over Premier League U.S. broadcasts from Fox starting with...

Last studio recording of jazz trumpeter Woody Shaw released

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:07:47 GMT

RIO RANCHO, N.M. - A forgotten studio recording of the late jazz trumpeter Woody Shaw has been released as part of an effort to preserve jazz history. "49th Parallel," a 1987 recording led by Canadian bassist Neil Swainson that features Shaw and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, was made

Actor Masterson's lawyer denies and denounces rape charges

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:07:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES - “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson, charged with raping three women, made his first appearance Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom, where his attorney declared his innocence and denounced the charges against him as “politicized.” Masterson, 44, who

Film, TV productions can't get COVID-19 insurance, want Ottawa to intervene

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 18:33:00 GMT

Hundreds of productions and thousands of entertainment jobs are on hold because the federal government has yet to intervene and help them get COVID-19 insurance, say two Canadian film and television organizations. The Canadian Media Producers Association and the Association

Jude Law, Carrie Coon on the moody marital drama 'The Nest'

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 18:20:34 GMT

Carrie Coon so badly wanted the slow-burn familial drama "The Nest" to be made, she told its director that she'd step aside so that he could cast "someone more famous" in her role. "The Nest," which is now playing in select theatres nationwide, is writer-director Sean Durkin's first in almost 10

'The Vanishing Half' nominated for National Book Award

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 18:07:42 GMT

NEW YORK - Two of the summer's most talked about novels, Brit Bennett's "The Vanishing Half" and Megha Majumdar's "A Burning," are on the National Book Awards fiction longlist. Judges also nominated the story collection "If I Had Two Wings," by Randall Kenan, who died in August. Fridays list

Disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein stripped of UK honour

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 18:07:14 GMT

LONDON - Britain on Friday stripped disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of an honour recognizing his contribution to the U.K. film industry. Weinstein, 68, was given the honour in 2004. The 68-year-old former Hollywood producer was convicted earlier this year of rape and sexual assault

Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov turns to music to express himself

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:18:22 GMT

Struggling to express what it's like to be a professional tennis player, Canada's Denis Shapovalov has found his voice in music. The product of Richmond Hill, Ont., had his second rap single come out on Friday, a track in French and English featuring fellow ATP Tour player Corentin Moutet called

DJ Jazzy Jeff talks 'Fresh Prince' reunion, mansion rental

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:39:41 GMT

LOS ANGELES - DJ Jazzy Jeff knew "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" made a mark in television history after filming six seasons during the mid-'90s, but he thought the show's popularity would eventually fizzle out at some point. So far, that hasn't happened. The NBC sitcom starring Will Smith has

End of the runway? Fashion world mulls post-COVID future

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:45:27 GMT

LONDON - It's the September fashion week season, and in any other year London would be abuzz with fashionistas zipping across town in Mercedes Benzes, hobnobbing with celebrities at glittering catwalk shows before sipping champagne at late-night parties. This is no typical year, though, and

Van Morrison targets virus restrictions in 3 new songs

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:46:09 GMT

LONDON - Van Morrison has never been one to hold back over the years. Why start now? The 75-year-old singer-songwriter is certainly not holding back on what he thinks of the lockdown restrictions put in place by governments around the world in response to the coronavirus. Morrison, whose...

With Cake, N.L. artist Barbara Pratt celebrates her late mother Mary Pratt

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:00:04 GMT

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The pans are empty, save for the carefully placed parchment paper lining the bottom, and both cast long shadows on the edge of the wooden table. Barbara Pratt first took pictures of them a decade ago, when she was baking a wedding cake for her brother. "They looked so

'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dead at 77

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 03:24:53 GMT

FAIRHOPE, Ala. - Winston Groom, the writer whose novel "Forrest Gump" was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77. Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message on social media that Groom had died in that south

Canadian TV comedy series 'Schitt's Creek' wins first Emmy Award

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 03:24:38 GMT

LOS ANGELES - The smash Canadian comedy series "Schitt's Creek'' has won its first Emmy Award. Actor Eugene Levy, one of the stars and co-creator's of the show, congratulated John Comerford and Lisa Parasyn on Twitter for winning the Emmy for Outstanding Casting For a Comedy Series. The...

Emmys, live and virtual: 'What could possibly go wrong?'

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 02:15:01 GMT

LOS ANGELES - Emmy host Jimmy Kimmel and an alpaca sharing the spotlight. Winners accepting at home in designer pyjamas or maybe yoga pants. More than 100 chances for a balky internet connection to bring Sunday's ceremony to a crashing halt. Come for the awards, stay for the suspense of the

French rap songs investigated for allegedly racist content

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:49:47 GMT

PARIS - The Paris public prosecutor's office opened an investigation Thursday into video clips and songs by popular French rapper Freeze Corleone for alleged racist content and hate speech. The French government said it had taken legal action regarding several clips deemed "anti-Semitic" by the...

New box set has trove of rare, unreleased Elton John songs

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:03:23 GMT

LOS ANGELES - Elton John is opening up his vault and releasing an expansive collection of rarely heard and unreleased tracks. John announced Thursday that the eight-CD collection, "Elton: Jewel Box," will be released on Nov. 13. The collection includes "Sing Me No Sad Songs," an unreleased