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Toronto filmmaker Bruce LaBruce and Cree visual artist Kent Monkman have each won a Governor General’s award in visual and media arts. They’re among eight artists receiving the $25,000 prize and bronze medallion for exceptional contributions.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At a classical orchestra, a conductor’s raised hands often means the start of a performance . Tracing shapes in the air could point to how each beat must come. And one’s free fingers can often signal a shift in dynamics.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Often when Robert Pattinson gets a script, one of the first things he does — to the annoyance of his girlfriend, Suki Waterhouse — is try on different voices to bring his character to life.

The annual Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Liu Jiakun of China, who earned the field’s highest honor for “affirming architecture that celebrates the lives of ordinary citizens,” organizers announced Tuesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand, star of stage, screen and song, has triumphed in another medium: audio books.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — If there is a still open wound in Latin America, it is that of the tens of thousands of disappeared people and decadeslong pain that has accumulated in parts of the region such as Mexico and Colombia .

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas-based iHeartMedia said it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s dis track “Not Like Us” after demonstrating that it “did nothing wrong.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's attorney general announced Tuesday that his office has opened a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, days after they returned to the U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events on StubHub, according to prosecutors in New York.

SAO PAULO (AP) — It’s morphin’ time for Brazil's police.