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LOS ANGELES — James Lipton, an actor-turned-drama-school-dean who got hundreds of Hollywood luminaries to open up about their life and art and became an unlikely celebrity himself as the longtime host of “Inside the Actors Studio,” died Monday.

NEW YORK — Covering the coronavirus story requires careful navigation and constant attention.

TORONTO — Mark Bourrie believed that "Bush Runner" would be his last book. But after winning the RBC Taylor Prize, Bourrie suspects he may have at least one more title left in him.

NEW YORK — Public Enemy has abruptly fired founding member Flavor Flav following a public spat over a decision by members of the rap pioneers to perform at a Bernie Sanders campaign event.

LOS ANGELES — The Recording Academy on Monday fired Deborah Dugan, its former president who called into question the integrity of the Grammy Awards nominations process and said she was sexually harassed by a top lawyer for the organization, which she

PARIS — Tourists trying to visit the Louvre Museum on Monday were out of luck, as the world's most visited museum stayed closed for a second straight day because of workers' worries about the potential spread of the new virus.

TORONTO — A memoir by Woody Allen, rumoured for years and once thought unpublishable in the #MeToo era, is coming out next month.

NEW YORK — “Judge Judy” will be ending, but Judge Judy isn't going anywhere.

SAN FRANCISCO — A senior member of the main U.S. union that represents opera performers resigned Monday, accusing the leadership of a coverup in its investigation into accusations of sexual harassment against superstar Plácido Domingo.

NEW YORK — Intense heat, poisonous gasses, molten lava — the conditions for Nik Wallenda’s latest tightrope walk are downright hellish, and that’s just the way he wants it.