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Juno Awards heading to Atlantic Canada in 2024 for a second Halifax event

Juno Awards heading to Atlantic Canada in 2024 for a second Halifax event

TORONTO — The Juno Awards are returning to Halifax next year. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the awards will be held in the port city for the first time since 2006, when Pamela Anderson hosted the ceremony.
Suzette Mayr, Tsering Yangzom Lama among Canadians nominated for Carol Shields Prize

Suzette Mayr, Tsering Yangzom Lama among Canadians nominated for Carol Shields Prize

TORONTO — Suzette Mayr, Tsering Yangzom Lama and Emma Hooper are among the Canadian authors longlisted for the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.
Bruce Lee, Anna May Wong heirs talk legacy, roles for Asians

Bruce Lee, Anna May Wong heirs talk legacy, roles for Asians

Almost every working Asian actor in Hollywood can trace their path back to Bruce Lee and Anna May Wong . The Chinese American screen legends are typically talked about the way one talks about revered ancestors.
Skynyrd member's death signals end of era for Southern rock

Skynyrd member's death signals end of era for Southern rock

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington, who died Sunday , made it big when rock ‘n’ roll was still a defining cultural force on par with today's TikTok trends and superhero movies.
Toronto director of Oscar-nominated doc 'Navalny' on the sheer urgency of his film

Toronto director of Oscar-nominated doc 'Navalny' on the sheer urgency of his film

TORONTO — Daniel Roher, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary about imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, says that he’s far more interested in keeping Navalny breathing than he is in promoting his film.
Yiyin Li's 'The Book of Goose' among PEN/Faulkner finalists

Yiyin Li's 'The Book of Goose' among PEN/Faulkner finalists

NEW YORK (AP) — Yiyun Li's novel about the friendship of two girls in post-World War II France, “The Book of Goose,” and Dionne Irving's “The Islands,” a story collection set everywhere from London to New Jersey, are among the finalists for the PEN/F
Christopher Paolini returns to Eragon's world with 'Murtagh'

Christopher Paolini returns to Eragon's world with 'Murtagh'

NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Paolini will have new adventures out this fall from Alagaësia and the world of Eragon, featuring the Dragon Rider Murtagh.
Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Actor Nazanin Boniadi on Wednesday urged the world to back the protests in her native Iran calling for women's rights and political change, saying despots fear nothing "more than a free and politically active wo
Fan favorite Lainey Wilson leads CMT Music Awards nominees

Fan favorite Lainey Wilson leads CMT Music Awards nominees

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Lainey Wilson is a fan favorite at this year’s CMT Music Awards , where she is the leading nominee including for “Video of the Year.
'Stranger at the Gate,' an Oscar nominee on love after hate

'Stranger at the Gate,' an Oscar nominee on love after hate

When Richard McKinney was getting married last year, friends stepped in to help. Bibi Bahrami cooked Afghan dishes — from rice with carrots and raisins to chicken and beef — for the wedding guests.
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