National Entertainment

RIO DE JANEIRO — A cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Rio de Janeiro throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been lifted, but gloom remains — the annual Carnival parade of flamboyant samba schools won’t be held in February.

LOS ANGELES — More than a month after she was shot in the feet after a party in the Hollywood Hills, Megan Thee Stallion said for the first time Thursday night that fellow hip-hop star Tory Lanez was the person who pulled the trigger. “Yes ...

HALIFAX — When poet Sue Sinclair heard of Don Domanski's death earlier this month, she sat outside her home and contemplated her late colleague's views on life. Domanski, a Governor General's Award winner who died of a heart attack Sept.

TORONTO — A Toronto-raised musician has recruited some veteran artists for a virtual concert and fundraiser marking what would be John Lennon's 80th birthday next month.

NEW YORK — An enigmatic painting from Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the pandemic.

LAS VEGAS — Evel Knievel's son is on a collision course with the Walt Disney Co. and Pixar over a movie daredevil character named Duke Caboom.

JOHANNESBURG — South Africans of all walks of life are dancing to “Jerusalema,” a rousing anthem to lift their spirits amid the battle against COVID-19.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Evening and the Morning” by Ken Follett (Viking) 2. “Troubled Blood” by Robert Galbraith (Mulholland) 3. “Vince Flynn: Total Power” by Kyle Mills (Atria/Bestler) 4. “The Harbinger II” by Jonathan Cahn (Frontline) 5.

LONDON — Britain’s film academy is shaking up its membership and its awards voting rules in a review prompted by the glaring lack of diversity in the nominations.

1. “Rage” by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster) 2. “Blackout” by Candace Owens (Threshold Editions) 3. “The Evening and the Morning” by Ken Follett (Viking) 4. “Total Power" by Vince Flynn and Kyle Miles (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 5.