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Jon Batiste leaving as bandleader of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 16: Stephen Colbert (L) and Jon Batiste attend the 2018 CBS Upfront at The Plaza Hotel on May 16, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Matthew Eisman/Getty Images)
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Anne Heche remains on life support for donor evaluation
FILE PHOTO: Actor Anne Heche attends the 74th Annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
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Tanya Tagaq documentary, Indigenous romance film among Canadian titles added to TIFF slate
The Toronto International Film Festival is rounding out its Canadian slate with titles including a film by Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq, an Indigenous romance and a documentary about the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in Iran. Tagaq performs during the Polaris Music Prize gala in Toronto on Monday, September 18, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Donovan
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Kenan Thompson of Saturday Night Live to host Sept. 12 Emmy Awards
FILE - Actor-comedian Kenan Thompson appears at the American Museum of Natural History's 2019 Museum Gala on Nov. 21, 2019, in New York. Thompson will host the 74th Emmy® Awards scheduled for Monday, Sept. 12. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Grease star and pop music icon Olivia Newton-John dies at 73
FILE - AUGUST 08: Olivia Newton-John has died at her Southern California ranch after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 73 years old. UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: Photo of OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (Photo by Steve Morley/Redferns)
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TIFF to honour ‘My Policeman’ ensemble with gender-neutral acting award
The Toronto International Film Festival is honouring the star-studded ensemble cast of "My Policeman" with its now gender-neutral acting award. David Dawson, Emma Corrin and Harry Styles (left to right) are among the stars of the period romance who will jointly receive the award. They’ll be honoured alongside castmates Gina McKee, Linus Roache and Rupert Everett with the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-TIFF **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Always excellent Aubrey Plaza is guilty of making Emily the Criminal a compelling thriller
Emily the Criminal (2022). Emily (Aubrey Plaza, shown) is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a “dummy shopper,” buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a handsome and charismatic middleman named Youcef (Theo Rossi). Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black-market capitalism, and increasingly interested in her mentor Youcef. Together, they hatch a plan to bring their business to the next level in Los Angeles. Courtesy of Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions.
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Anne Heche in hospital, in stable condition after fiery car crash
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 US actress Anne Heche arrives for the premiere of Netflix's "The Unforgivable" at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. - US actress Anne Heche has been hospitalized in critical condition after crashing her car into a Los Angeles home, US media reported Friday. The Los Angeles Fire Department reported that a vehicle struck a two-story house in Los Angeles' Mar Vista neighborhood, "causing structural compromise and erupting in heavy fire." (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Drake secures first Emmy nomination as he’s added to contenders for Euphoria
Drake poses for photographs on the red carpet during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Saturday, September 8, 2017. The Canadian rapper is making a career first as he belatedly joins the Emmy nominees. He's among the executive producers named for HBO's "Euphoria," which is up for outstanding drama series.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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TIFF reveals Discovery, Midnight Madness lineups, including Al Yankovic biopic
Daniel Radcliffe is Weird Al Yankovic with Quinta Brunson as Oprah Winfrey in the biopic which will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story," a Roku Channel original that charts the comedic musician's rise to fame and "famously depraved lifestyle," will serve as the opening film to TIFF's Midnight Madness programming. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Toronto International Film Festival
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Juno Awards reschedules to March 13, shifting one day to avoid the Oscars
The 2023 Juno Awards are moving a day later to steer clear of Oscars night. A videographer looks through his camera during the Juno Award nominee press conference in Toronto on Tuesday, January 28, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Producer Janet Yang elected president of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
FILE - Film producer Janet Yang, head of Janet Yang Productions, speaks following a contract signing event held as part of the Beijing International Film Festival in Beijing, Monday, April 20, 2015. Yang was elected the 36th president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the groups board of governors announced Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Yang, the 66-year-old producer of The Joy Luck Club and The People vs. Larry Flynt, becomes the first Asian-American and fourth woman to lead the organization behind the Oscars. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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Warner Bros. axes Batgirl, won’t release $90-million HBO Max film
FILE - Leslie Grace arrives at a screening of "In the Heights" during the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival on June 4, 2021. Warner Bros. has axed the $90 million “Batgirl” film planned for HBO Max, according to a person connected with the film who was not authorized to speak publicly about it. The studio decided the film, starring Grace in the title role, didn’t merit either a streaming debut or a theatrical release, and has instead opted to entirely write off the film which also starred Michael Keaton, J.K. Simmons and Brendan Fraser.  (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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It’s the end of late-night as we know it, and maybe that’s good
John Doyle
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Beyoncé to remove offensive term for disabled people from new song Heated on Renaissance record
FILE - Beyonce appears at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, on March 14, 2021. Beyoncé has been reborn again; this time it’s on a shimmering dance floor. But in her seventh studio album, "Renaissance," released on July 29, 2022, from Columbia Records, she has subverted the public's perception of her hitmaking history. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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National Film Board veteran helped create a new visual vocabulary for documentaries
Terence Macartney-Filgate, c. 2011. Handout.
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Nichelle Nichols, Lieutenant Uhura in original Star Trek series, has died at 89
FILE - Actor Nichelle Nichols speaks during the Creation Entertainment's Official Star Trek Convention at The Westin O'Hare in Rosemont, Ill., Sunday, June 8, 2014. Nichols, who gained fame as Lt. Ntoya Uhura on the original "Star Trek" television series, died Saturday, July 30, 2022, her family said. She was 89. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP, File)
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Beyoncé escapes to dance world in ‘Renaissance’
FILE - Beyonce appears at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, on March 14, 2021. Beyoncé has been reborn again; this time it’s on a shimmering dance floor. But in her seventh studio album, "Renaissance," released on July 29, 2022, from Columbia Records, she has subverted the public's perception of her hitmaking history. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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Leave It to Beaver star Tony Dow in hospice
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 18, 2012 photo, Tony Dow, actor, director and artist, poses at his home and studio in the Topanga area of Los Angeles. “Leave It to Beaver” actor Tony Dow has died. Dow's managers announced on his official Facebook page that he died Tuesday at age 77. As Wally Cleaver on the beloved sitcom that ran on CBS and ABC from 1957 to 1963, Dow helped create the popular and lasting image of the 20th century American teenager. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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Rebecca Hall thriller Resurrection is the silliest, most disgusting head-shaker of the summer
RESURRECTION (2022). Psychological drama about a single mother, Margaret (Rebecca Hall, shown), who loses control over her carefully ordered life when a dangerous figure threatens the person she loves most: her teenage daughter (Grace Kaufman). Rather than being menaced by some stranger, it is someone from her past — a sadistic man named David (Tim Roth) — who haunts her. Courtesy of TIFF