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The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile looks to re-establish a legacy of a musical heroine
THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER - FEATURING BRANDI CARLILE (2022). Decades after Tanya Tucker slipped from the spotlight, music star Brandi Carlile takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her hero based on Tanya's extraordinary life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history. Courtesy of Mongrel Media
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Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87
FILE - In this May 2, 2015 file photo, Jerry Lee Lewis performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Lewis has been transferred from a hospital to a rehabilitation center following a stroke last month, but will have to cancel upcoming shows, including his appearance at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. According to a statement from his neurologist released Monday, March 18, 2019, the 83-year-old Lewis is expected to fully recover with aggressive and intensive rehab. (Photo by John Davisson/Invision/AP, File)
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Rihanna returns to music after six-year hiatus with new song ‘Lift Me Up’
Singer Rihanna attends a premiere for the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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Tina Fey’s Mean Girls musical updates her teen comedy with social media - and features a Karen you can cheer for. But is it #Fetch?
Pictured (L-R): English Bernhardt (Cady Heron), Jasmine Rogers (Gretchen Wieners), Nadina Hassan (Regina George), and Morgan Ashley Bryant (Karen Smith) - Credit: © 2022 Jenny Anderson
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Prince Harry’s memoir to be published in January
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, reacts as he attends the state funeral and burial of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool/File Photo
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What leaders can learn from... The Kids in the Hall (seriously)
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (Documentary). The Kids in the Hall cast outside of the Rivoli in Toronto. Credit: Laura Bombier / Courtesy of Hot Docs
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Horror movies are booming, but here’s the terrifying truth about the bloody business of scaring you stupid
Barry Hertz
arts
Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas To All concert heading to Toronto in December
Mariah Carey performs at the 82nd Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Dec. 3, 2014, in New York. Carey will play one of only two planned Christmas shows in Toronto on Dec. 11. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
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Taylor Swift drops ‘3am’ edition of ‘Midnights,’ music video
FILE - Taylor Swift attends an in conversation with Taylor Swift event at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9, 2022. Swift has said “Midnights” was inspired by certain key sleepless nights — something many of her fans undoubtedly experienced as the singer-songwriter dropped seven bonus tracks and a music video just hours after the album's release. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Geena Davis carried shame about Bill Murray incident ‘for years’: ‘It had such a profound impact on me’
Geena Davis arrives for the 74th Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, on September 12, 2022. (Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
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Taylor Swift’s new album Midnights is impeccably produced pop with an unseen depth
Niko Stratis
film review
George Clooney and Julia Roberts add layers of charm to rom-com Ticket to Paradise
This image released by Universal Pictures shows George Clooney, right, and Julia Roberts in "Ticket to Paradise." (Vince Valitutti/Universal Pictures via AP)
life
Deborah Cox on vineyard-hopping with Celine Dion, working with Whitney Houston, and why she loves Caledon, Ont.
Deborah Cox Photo credit: Keith Major
arts
Michael Bublé set to guest judge Dancing with the Stars
Host Michael Buble is shown on stage at the Juno Awards in Vancouver, Sunday, March, 25, 2018. Buble is set to be a guest judge for "Michael Bublé Night" on "Dancing with the Stars." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
music
Why playing film scores as a live orchestra is a herculean feat
Tuesday March 3, 2020 at the Music of John Williams concert photo credit Jag Gundu.
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Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Demon Copperhead’ is new Oprah pick
The novelist Barbara Kingsolver at her home in Meadowview, Va., on Sep. 13, 2022. She was born and continues to live in Appalachia, a region she is devoted to and knows deeply. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)
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Drake wins songwriter of the year at the 2022 SOCAN Awards
Rapper Drake gestures after watching an NBA basketball Western Conference Play-In game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. Drake says he's tested positive for COVID-19 and the Young Money Reunion planned for Budweiser Stage today in Toronto will be postponed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Mark J. Terrill
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Hundreds of Paddington bears left for Queen to go to charity, Buckingham Palace says
FILE - A Paddington bear stuffed toy is placed on a chair next to a Union flag umbrella as people wait opposite the Palace of Westminster to be first in line bidding farewell to Queen Elizabeth II in London on Sept. 14, 2022. More than 1,000 Paddington bears and other teddies left in tribute to the late queen in London and Windsor will be donated to a children's charity, Buckingham Palace said Saturday, Oct. 15. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)
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Robbie Coltrane, who played Harry Potter’s Hagrid, dies at 72
FILE PHOTO: Actor Robbie Coltrane talks during a media preview of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter-Diagon Alley at the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida June 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Manning
film
Jeff Barnaby’s indelible mark on Indigenous cinema will be felt for generations to come
TORONTO - TIFF - SEPT 6, 2019 - BLOOD QUANTUM - Jeff Barnaby, Director/writer of the the film Blood Quantum, screening at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF, poses at the Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto on Friday September 6, 2019. The film explores the idea that indigenous people are immune to a zombie plague. Glenn Lowson photo/TheGlobe and Mail