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Nobel laureate refuses local honour over Poland's LGBT 'rift'

Nobel laureate refuses local honour over Poland's LGBT 'rift'

WARSAW, Poland — Nobel Prize-winning writer Olga Tokarczuk has declined an honorary citizenship from the region of Poland where she lives because she would have had to share the honour with a Roman Catholic bishop who has made hostile comments about
Milan Fashion: Marni avenges lockdown with global video

Milan Fashion: Marni avenges lockdown with global video

Milan Fashion Week continued in disjointed, discombobulated style for the third day on Friday, veering from the physical to the digital, with an uneasy eye fixed on the economic damage wrought by coronavirus.
Feds offer $50-million fund to film, TV productions struggling to get insurance

Feds offer $50-million fund to film, TV productions struggling to get insurance

Canadian producers are applauding a new temporary federal relief fund to help film and television productions that have been stalled by a lack of COVID-19 insurance.
Ontario high-school student aims to create affordable prosthetics for amputees

Ontario high-school student aims to create affordable prosthetics for amputees

Alishba Imran knew she had to do something to help when she heard about a family friend who had lost a limb in an accident and couldn’t afford to get a prosthetic.
COVID precautions to curtail Thanksgiving gatherings

COVID precautions to curtail Thanksgiving gatherings

TORONTO — Thanksgiving fanatic Genna Buck is used to going all-out with an elaborate turkey spread for as many as 30 friends.
Review: Sufjan Stevens creates electronic world of inquiry

Review: Sufjan Stevens creates electronic world of inquiry

Sufjan Stevens, “The Ascension” (Asthmatic Kitty) Synthesized drums and dissected, distorted vocals open the upbeat electronic track “Lamentations” as Sufjan Stevens sings out: “I was only thinking of human kindness/I am the future, define the future
Canadian film and TV academy announces equity-driven initiatives, including new rule

Canadian film and TV academy announces equity-driven initiatives, including new rule

TORONTO — The organization behind the Canadian Screen Awards has announced some equity-driven changes and initiatives, including a new rule concerning eligibility requirements for Indigenous content.
Review: Lydia Loveless deals with tough times on ‘Daughter’

Review: Lydia Loveless deals with tough times on ‘Daughter’

Lydia Loveless, “Daughter” (Honey, You’re Gonna Be Late Records) Lydia Loveless has been through much in the past few years and “Daughter,” her first original album since 2016, keeps her heart on her sleeve and reveals that not all the scars have hea
Q&A: Underwood on holiday album and her little drummer boy

Q&A: Underwood on holiday album and her little drummer boy

NEW YORK — The Grammy Award for cutest collaboration of the year goes to Carrie Underwood and her 5-year-old son Isaiah.
With spy series 'Tehran,' Israelis reach out to an enemy

With spy series 'Tehran,' Israelis reach out to an enemy

NEW YORK — Things are not as they seem in the new Apple TV+ series “Tehran” — as it should be in a spy thriller. The series opens with a commercial flight from Jordan to India that's suddenly diverted to Iran.
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