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Lisa Lucas, head of National Book Foundation, to join Knopf

Lisa Lucas, head of National Book Foundation, to join Knopf

NEW YORK — The head of the organization which presents the National Book Awards is joining the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Picasso portrait expected to fetch up to $1.6 million at Heffel online auction

Picasso portrait expected to fetch up to $1.6 million at Heffel online auction

TORONTO — A portrait by Pablo Picasso is among the artworks on offer at Heffel Fine Art Auction House's virtual sale tonight. Heffel says "Tete de femme," an oil-on-canvas painted by Picasso in 1939, could fetch between $1.2 million and $1.6 million.
Michael B. Jordan wants you to view a drive-in movie, on him

Michael B. Jordan wants you to view a drive-in movie, on him

NEW YORK — For Michael B. Jordan, timing is everything.
Autopsy confirms Naya Rivera's death was accidental drowning

Autopsy confirms Naya Rivera's death was accidental drowning

LOS ANGELES — An autopsy confirmed Tuesday that "Glee'' star Naya Rivera died from accidental drowning and gave no indication that drugs or alcohol played any role in her death, officials said.
Review: Handsome, broken Aussies connect in ‘Dirt Music’

Review: Handsome, broken Aussies connect in ‘Dirt Music’

Everyone is sad in the Australian indie “ Dirt Music,” a sprawling story about a small fishing town, an affair and the dark secrets that tie everyone together. But at least the Western Australia setting is pretty, and the people are, too.

NHL says NBC would have been involved in restart, whether in Canada or US

TORONTO — The NHL is defending its decision to have an American television network provide the world feed of its restart in Toronto, a move that isn't supported by Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
Telluride Film Festival cancelled due to pandemic

Telluride Film Festival cancelled due to pandemic

NEW YORK — The Telluride Film Festival, the annual film retreat held in the Colorado mountains and one of the fall movie season's top launching pads, has been cancelled .

Roger Petersen no longer co-host of Toronto's 'Breakfast Television'

TORONTO — Roger Petersen's time as co-host of the Toronto morning show "Breakfast Television" has come to an end.
Jimmy Fallon, 'Tonight' show return to studio, sans audience

Jimmy Fallon, 'Tonight' show return to studio, sans audience

NEW YORK — The studio is largely empty, but Jimmy Fallon is out of his home and back to the “Tonight” show stage.
Italy returns stolen Banksy to France on Bastille Day

Italy returns stolen Banksy to France on Bastille Day

ROME — Italy on Tuesday returned to France a stolen artwork by British artist Banksy that was painted as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks at the Bataclan music hall.
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