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Even after 35 years in the business, Toronto showrunner and actress Jennifer Podemski says she was "totally beside herself" to see her series "Little Bird" lead the Canadian Screen Awards nominations.

MONTREAL — A bailiff seized more than $800,000 in assets from the Montreal company that runs the Just for Laughs comedy festival one week before the company announced it was seeking protection from its creditors.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With just a few days to go until the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday , the show’s producers are feeling good about what they’ve put together.

MONTREAL (AP) — The Montreal company that operates the “Just for Laughs” comedy festival said Tuesday it has canceled this year’s event as it seeks to avoid bankruptcy. Groupe Juste pour rire Inc.

NEW YORK (AP) — Andrea Götsch was surprised when she won her audition in 2019 that led to membership in the Vienna Philharmonic .

“Kung Fu Panda 4” finds our trusty, rotund hero Po at a career crossroads and he's nervous. "Change doesn’t have to be a bad thing,” he is told.

The cancellation of this year's Just for Laughs Montreal festival and the financial woes of the company that operates it threaten to leave a hole in Canada's comedy scene, those in the industry said as uncertainty swirled about the brand's future.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When director Peter Farrelly set out to make what became the genre-defining rom-com “There’s Something About Mary” more than 25 years ago with his brother, Bobby, he knew it might take some convincing for a studio to open the purse

NEW YORK (AP) — Children's writer Kate DiCamillo is known for beloved stories like “The Tale of Despereaux” and “Because of Winn-Dixie,” about kids and animals trying to navigate the world and make emotional connections.

TORONTO — A modern history of eastern and central Europe has won this year's $50,000 Lionel Gelber Prize Jurors awarded the prize to Oxford University professor Timothy Garton Ash, for his book "Homelands: A Personal History of Europe.