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Christine Blasey Ford, who testified against Justice Brett Kavanaugh, will release a memoir in 2024

Christine Blasey Ford, who testified against Justice Brett Kavanaugh, will release a memoir in 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — The California professor who testified that then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had assaulted her while they were in high school has written a memoir.

Japanese boy-band production company sets up panel to compensate sexual assault victims

TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese boys-band production company at the center of an unfolding sexual abuse scandal, Johnny & Associates, chose three former judges Wednesday to head its effort to compensate hundreds of victims.
Josh Ross, whose love of music once cost him a job, is now a top CCMA Awards nominee

Josh Ross, whose love of music once cost him a job, is now a top CCMA Awards nominee

TORONTO — Country singer Josh Ross considers himself a thrill seeker by nature and as the top nominee at Saturday's Canadian Country Music Association Awards, he's certainly headed on another wild ride.
Drew Barrymore dropped as National Book Awards host after her talk show resumes during strike

Drew Barrymore dropped as National Book Awards host after her talk show resumes during strike

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Book Awards dropped Drew Barrymore as the host for this year's ceremony on Tuesday, a day after her talk show taped its first episode since the Hollywood writers strike began.
Filmmakers, celebs ask TIFF to cut ties with sponsor RBC over environmental concerns

Filmmakers, celebs ask TIFF to cut ties with sponsor RBC over environmental concerns

TORONTO — A group of Canadian filmmakers have joined forces with Hollywood A-listers in asking the Toronto International Film Festival to end sponsorship ties with the Royal Bank of Canada because of the financial institution's funding of the oil and
Music Review: Mitski dances with the devil and God on 'The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We'

Music Review: Mitski dances with the devil and God on 'The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 2019, a year after the release of the critically acclaimed album “Be the Cowboy,” Mitski — one of the most idiosyncratic and devoted artists in indie rock — announced an indefinite hiatus. It wouldn't last long.
'Rustin' puts a spotlight on a undersung civil rights hero

'Rustin' puts a spotlight on a undersung civil rights hero

TORONTO (AP) — Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and primary architect of the 1963 March on Washington , who often worked tirelessly out of the limelight, takes center stage in the new Netflix drama “Rustin.
Movie Review: Kenneth Branagh crafts a sumptuously spooky ‘A Haunting in Venice’

Movie Review: Kenneth Branagh crafts a sumptuously spooky ‘A Haunting in Venice’

Kenneth Branagh indulges in the kind of macabre theatricality that only a crumbling Venetian palazzo on a stormy Halloween night can provide in “ A Haunting in Venice.
'Everybody loves Wonder Woman': Calgary college displays statue of iconic superhero

'Everybody loves Wonder Woman': Calgary college displays statue of iconic superhero

CALGARY — That's a lot of Gal power.

FBI investigates cybersecurity issue at MGM Resorts while casinos and hotels stay open across US

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino operator MGM Resorts International said Tuesday that resorts are open and an investigation is continuing after what it called a “cybersecurity issue” led to the shutdown of computer systems at company properties across the U.
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