National Entertainment

TORONTO — With dreams of the sugar plum fairies almost dashed this year, the National Ballet of Canada has come up with a different way for Canadians to enjoy the tradition of "The Nutcracker.

LONDON — The Duchess of Sussex was advised by two senior members of Britain’s royal family to write a letter to her estranged father that a British newspaper later published in part, court papers filed Wednesday show.

NEW YORK — The “Great Pumpkin” never showed on broadcast television this year, but after a deal with PBS, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Christmas specials will return to the air.

HALIFAX — The winning design for Nova Scotia's new art gallery resembles an eel emerging from Halifax Harbour.

TORONTO — CTV will air a two-hour nighttime Santa Claus parade special this year, featuring remote performances from an array of artists, including Dolly Parton.

VANCOUVER — Actor Richard Schiff, who appears on the Vancouver-filmed TV series "The Good Doctor," has been hospitalized with COVID-19, three weeks after testing positive for the virus.

TORONTO — Rogers Sports and Media is cancelling its Breakfast Television shows in Calgary and Vancouver, making adjustments to some local radio operations and laying off an unspecified number of staff.

COVID-19 constraints may have muted the spectacle of the literary awards circuit, but Toronto author Gil Adamson says that didn't diminish the excitement of winning this year's Writers' Trust fiction prize.

Toronto author Gil Adamson is the fiction winner at this year's Writers' Trust Awards. Adamson received the $50,000 prize at a virtual ceremony on Wednesday for "Ridgerunner," published by House of Anansi Press.

NEW YORK — Now that his largely invisible network has suddenly been flooded by fans of President Donald Trump, Newsmax television personality Grant Stinchfield is puffing out his chest.