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'Greatest of all time': Joe Flaherty created memorable, still funny 'SCTV' characters

'Greatest of all time': Joe Flaherty created memorable, still funny 'SCTV' characters

Forty years after he invented them, Joe Flaherty's characters can still raise a smirk, and often more, from Canadians of a certain age.
Morocco hosts one of Africa’s first exhibitions of Cuban art, a milestone for Afro-Cuban painters

Morocco hosts one of Africa’s first exhibitions of Cuban art, a milestone for Afro-Cuban painters

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — When Morocco 's King Mohamed VI visited Havana in 2017, Cuban-American gallery owner Alberto Magnan impressed him with a “full immersion” in the Caribbean island's art and culture, drawing a line between the cultural and histori

George Carlin estate settles with podcasters over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of George Carlin has agreed to a settlement with the media company it sued over a fake hourlong comedy special that purportedly used artificial intelligence to recreate the late standup comic’s style and material.
The Tropicana Las Vegas, a mob-era casino and Sin City landmark, closes after 67 years

The Tropicana Las Vegas, a mob-era casino and Sin City landmark, closes after 67 years

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the 1971 film “Diamonds are Forever,” James Bond stays in a swanky suite at the Tropicana Las Vegas. “I hear that the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable,” Agent 007 says.
Music Review: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams sing about the power of love on 'All This Time'

Music Review: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams sing about the power of love on 'All This Time'

LOS ANGELES — Drawing from personal experience, husband-and-wife duo Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams sing about first-rate romance on their latest collaborative album , "All This Time.

Authors with Canadian links among 8 winners of US$175,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes

NEW YORK — Three authors with links to Canada are among this year's recipients of Windham-Campbell Prizes, for which winners each receive US$175,000 cash awards.
Bell Media president Sean Cohan says layoffs were necessary to reach company's goals

Bell Media president Sean Cohan says layoffs were necessary to reach company's goals

TORONTO — Bell Media president Sean Cohan says recent layoffs and programming cuts are something he doesn’t take lightly, but were necessary to accelerate the company’s goals in the digital media landscape.
This mob-era Las Vegas casino is officially closed. Here are some big moments in its 67 years

This mob-era Las Vegas casino is officially closed. Here are some big moments in its 67 years

LAS VEGAS (AP) — From its lavish opening in 1957 on a Las Vegas Boulevard surrounded by wide-open desert , to its sleepier years amid a boom in megaresorts, the Tropicana Las Vegas has been a familiar landmark home to colorful events in a city known
John Sinclair, a marijuana activist who was immortalized in a John Lennon song, dies at 82

John Sinclair, a marijuana activist who was immortalized in a John Lennon song, dies at 82

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — John Sinclair, a poet, music producer and counterculture figure whose lengthy prison sentence after a series of small-time pot busts inspired a John Lennon song and a star-studded 1971 concert to free him, has died. He was 82.
'SCTV' cast remember Joe Flaherty: 'funniest at the table,' a mentor to young comics

'SCTV' cast remember Joe Flaherty: 'funniest at the table,' a mentor to young comics

Joe Flaherty earned guffaws among fans of "SCTV" and “Freaks and Geeks," but the comedian was also a "mentor" and the "funniest" among his pals, famous friends said Tuesday as word spread of Flaherty’s death.
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