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Marlon Wayans, Leslie Jones headed to this year's Just for Laughs Toronto festival

Marlon Wayans, Leslie Jones headed to this year's Just for Laughs Toronto festival

TORONTO — Marlon Wayans, Leslie Jones and Jonathan Van Ness are among the performers headed to this year’s Just For Laughs Toronto comedy festival.
Font gives fresh look to B.C. Indigenous languages while working on reconciliation

Font gives fresh look to B.C. Indigenous languages while working on reconciliation

VANCOUVER — A new font to typeset Salish Indigenous languages means so much more than just the words that it will be used to write, one of the people behind its creation says.
Poet Vivek Shraya duets with Donovan Woods in new song 'Colonizer'

Poet Vivek Shraya duets with Donovan Woods in new song 'Colonizer'

TORONTO — Poet, playwright and musician Vivek Shraya has contemplated the layers of white supremacy in her work, but on a new project, she's getting far more personal about the subject.
Artist Françoise Gilot, acclaimed painter who loved and later left Picasso, is dead at 101

Artist Françoise Gilot, acclaimed painter who loved and later left Picasso, is dead at 101

NEW YORK (AP) — Françoise Gilot, a prolific and acclaimed painter who produced art for well more than a half-century but was nonetheless more famous for her turbulent relationship with Pablo Picasso — and for leaving him — died Tuesday in New York Ci
More 'Law & Order,' less 'Bachelor in Paradise' for upcoming Citytv lineup

More 'Law & Order,' less 'Bachelor in Paradise' for upcoming Citytv lineup

TORONTO — Citytv detailed a fall schedule heavy on reality, franchises and U.S. imports.
Citytv exec says Toronto edition of 'Law & Order' will be 'ripped from the headlines'

Citytv exec says Toronto edition of 'Law & Order' will be 'ripped from the headlines'

TORONTO — Real-life Canadian crimes will fuel a Toronto edition of a “Law & Order” show bound for Citytv, parent company Rogers Sports and Media said as it revealed a TV slate heavy on franchises and proven reality fare.
Tony Award-nominated Betsy Wolfe on '& Juliet': 'This was the story I wanted to tell'

Tony Award-nominated Betsy Wolfe on '& Juliet': 'This was the story I wanted to tell'

NEW YORK (AP) — One recent day, Broadway star Betsy Wolfe was up at 4 a.m. to perform on “Good Morning America.” Then there was a formal gala lunch and a few snuggle hours with her young daughter.
UK police motorcyclist under criminal investigation over royal escort crash

UK police motorcyclist under criminal investigation over royal escort crash

LONDON (AP) — A British police motorcyclist faced a criminal investigation Tuesday over the death of a woman who was struck in a collision with the officer's vehicle, which was escorting Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, at the time.
With 'Across the Spider-Verse,' Phil Lord and Chris Miller 'blow the doors open'

With 'Across the Spider-Verse,' Phil Lord and Chris Miller 'blow the doors open'

NEW YORK (AP) — Aside from the inverted skyline, the only giveaway that something is off in one of the most striking images of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is the ponytail that’s sticking straight up in the air.
5 things to know from Prince Harry's day in court

5 things to know from Prince Harry's day in court

LONDON (AP) — It was a rare sight — a senior British royal testifying in a court of law . What Prince Harry said , both during cross-examination in the witness box Tuesday and in his written witness statement, was just as unusual.