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Aretha Franklin's sons clash over her wishes in trial over dual wills

Aretha Franklin's sons clash over her wishes in trial over dual wills

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Cineplex box office revenues near pre-COVID levels ahead of Barbie, Oppenheimer

Cineplex box office revenues near pre-COVID levels ahead of Barbie, Oppenheimer

TORONTO — Cineplex says box office revenues in June were $56 million, amounting to 98 per cent of box office revenues from the similar period in 2019.
Q&A: Steven Soderbergh goes 'Full Circle', talks DVDs, Danny Ocean and 'Out of Sight'

Q&A: Steven Soderbergh goes 'Full Circle', talks DVDs, Danny Ocean and 'Out of Sight'

Tuning in to Steven Soderbergh's new MAX series “Full Circle,” you may want to put your phone or tablet down and have the time to focus. This is not a show you can have on in the background.
Movie Review: Take the leap with Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One'

Movie Review: Take the leap with Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One'

Wondering if you should choose to accept the latest “Mission: Impossible” entry? Maybe you're sick of all the bombast at the movie theater lately? Well, put it another way: Do you really want to disappoint Tom Cruise? On the first day cameras were ro

Joseph Calleja withdraws from `Parsifal' opening Bayreuth Festival on July 25

Tenor Joseph Calleja withdrew Monday from the title role in “Parsifal” that opens the annual Richard Wagner Festival at Bayreuth, Germany, and will be replaced by Andreas Schager.
Madonna says she's 'on the road to recovery' following ICU stay, postpones North American tour dates

Madonna says she's 'on the road to recovery' following ICU stay, postpones North American tour dates

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Madonna says she is focused on her health and getting back on stage after a “serious bacterial infection" that led to her hospitalization in an an intensive care unit for several days last month.
Accuser who called Kevin Spacey 'vile sexual predator' admits he joked about incident

Accuser who called Kevin Spacey 'vile sexual predator' admits he joked about incident

LONDON (AP) — An aspiring actor who accused Kevin Spacey of being a “vile sexual predator” who drugged and assaulted him when he sought his mentorship acknowledged Monday that he later joked with friends that he might resort to having sex with the Os
Book Review: John McPhee delivers a lovely ‘reminiscence montage' in ’Tabula Rasa'

Book Review: John McPhee delivers a lovely ‘reminiscence montage' in ’Tabula Rasa'

“Tabula Rasa, Volume 1” by John McPhee (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) What do you do when your writing career lasts seven decades but you haven’t said everything you once thought about saying? If you’re John McPhee, you crack open your notebooks and giv
Book Review: 'In a Flight of Starlings' offers a glimpse into scientific discovery

Book Review: 'In a Flight of Starlings' offers a glimpse into scientific discovery

“In a Flight of Starlings: The Wonders of Complex Systems” by Giorgio Parisi (Penguin Press) It's a safe assumption that the average person on the street has never heard of spin glass and couldn't explain what it is.
Book Review: A fast-paced, tension-laden plot at heart of Reed Farrel Coleman's 'Sleepless City'

Book Review: A fast-paced, tension-laden plot at heart of Reed Farrel Coleman's 'Sleepless City'

“Sleepless City,” by Reed Farrel Coleman (Blackstone) Nick Ryan, the protagonist in a new series by veteran crime novelist Reed Farrel Coleman, begins his fictional life with a lot of baggage.
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