From left: Hosts of the CBS talk show “The Talk” Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Sheryl Underwood, Jerry O’Connell and Natalie Morales pose for a photo for the season 14 premiere which aired Feb. 23, 2023. The talk show is ending after its 15h season in December, CBS confirmed Friday, April …
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Universal Pictures teases ‘Wicked’ and announces ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’
An attendee walks past advertisements for upcoming films including “The Garfield Movie” and “Joker: Folie a Deux” on the opening day of CinemaCon 2024 at Caesars Palace, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Las Vegas. The four-day convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) runs through Thursday. (AP Photo/Chris …
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Jazz musician Phil Nimmons is presented with the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award by Gov.-Gen. Adrienne Clarkson during a ceremony at Rideau Hall Nov. 1, 2002. Nimmons died peacefully in his sleep on Friday at his Thornhill, Ontario home, his family says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand flag wire: trueflag sponsored: …
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Drummer Jon Card, shown in this handout image, played stints with Canadian punk rockers D.O.A., SNFU, The Subhumans and Personality Crisis. Card has died at the age of 63 in Vancouver. Card was a staple in the Canadian punk scene for four decades, recording and performing with some of the …
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An attendee walks past advertisements for upcoming films including “The Garfield Movie” and “Joker: Folie a Deux” on the opening day of CinemaCon 2024 at Caesars Palace, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Las Vegas. The four-day convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) runs through Thursday. (AP Photo/Chris …
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This image released by Bleeker Street shows Jesse Eisenberg in a scene from the film “Sasquatch Sunset.” (Bleeker Street via AP) flag wire: trueflag sponsored: falsearticle_type: Reviewpubinfo.section: cms.site.custom.site_domain : thestar.comsWebsitePrimaryPublication : publications/toronto_starbHasMigratedAvatar : falsefirstAuthor.avatar : By Mark Kennedy The Associated Press Do you reckon Sasquatches snore? C’mon, you know the …
Read More »Marisha Pessl’s ‘Darkly,’ her first novel in six years, to come out Nov. 12
This image released by Random House Children’s Books shows the cover of the book, “Darkly,” by Marisha Pessl. On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, Delacorte Press announced that Pessl’s “Darkly” will be published on Nov. 12. (Random House Children’s Books via AP) flag wire: trueflag sponsored: falsearticle_type: pubinfo.section: cms.site.custom.site_domain : thestar.comsWebsitePrimaryPublication …
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Author Antanas Sileika is photographed at Weston road and Elsmere, in the neighbourhood where he grew up, on Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Toronto, Ontario. flag wire: falseflag sponsored: falsearticle_type: pubinfo.section: cms.site.custom.site_domain : thestar.comsWebsitePrimaryPublication : publications/toronto_starbHasMigratedAvatar : falsefirstAuthor.avatar : By Steven W. Beattie Special to the Star George Galt is …
Read More »Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, the New Orleans R&B singer behind the 1956 hit ‘Ain’t Got No Home,’ dies
FILE – Clarence “Frogman” Henry gestures during an interview at his home in Algiers, La., June 12, 2003. Henry, one of New Orleans’ best known old-time R&B singers who scored a hit at age 19 with “Ain’t Got No Home” in 1956, has died at age 87. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, …
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This book cover image released by Penguin Random House shows “There’s Going to Be Trouble” by Jen Silverman. Penguin Random House via AP) flag wire: trueflag sponsored: falsearticle_type: Reviewpubinfo.section: cms.site.custom.site_domain : thestar.comsWebsitePrimaryPublication : publications/toronto_starbHasMigratedAvatar : falsefirstAuthor.avatar : By Ann Levin The Associated Press Earlier this year a former member of …
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