National Entertainment

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón, is launching her intended signature project in April, which is National Poetry Month.

OTTAWA — The Canada Council for the Arts has named this year's eight winners of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Each recipient will be awarded a medallion and $25,000.

Dozens, maybe hundreds, of Inuit artists have sketched polar bears. Only one is likely to have sketched polar bears sketching people. She may also be the only Inuk to have drawn hunters taking aim at a walrus the size of an apartment block.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An abstract painting by Denmark's Queen Margrethe, who surprised her country by abdicating earlier this year , has been sold at a Copenhagen auction at 160,000 kroner ($23,300) — exceeding the estimated price of 75,000-100,

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Pianist Eric Guo did everything but travel through time to commune with Chopin.

ROME (AP) — For nearly six decades, the Tirelli atelier in Rome has woven itself into the fabric of Italian and international film history, earning the nickname the “Oscar tailor’s shop” for its contribution to cinematic costume design.

As a young girl, Shania Twain says she used to make her own dolls, modelled after Barbie. Her family couldn't afford to buy her the real deal, Twain says, so she took matters into her own hands.

NEW YORK (AP) — When we first meet the hero of Guy Ritchie's new Netflix series, he's not exactly what you'd expect from a Guy Ritchie hero. He's a peacekeeper for the United Nations, under orders to de-escalate tensions.

SANTA FE, N.M.

MONTREAL — Members of the comedy world say they're saddened by the cancellation of this year's Just for Laughs Montreal comedy festival, whose years of shows have highlighted some of the industry’s biggest names and launched the careers of many comed