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Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of Quebec comedian on joke complaint
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has decided to hear the appeal of Quebec comedian Mike Ward in a high-profile human-rights case. Ward is appealing a decision by Quebec's highest court that l...
Jul 30, 2020
Leafs' Mitch Marner joins ownership group of esports company OverActive Media
TORONTO - Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner has joined the ownership group of OverActive Media, the parent company of the Overwatch League's Toronto Defiant and Call of Duty League's Toronto Ultra espo...
Jul 30, 2020
1.4 million seek jobless aid as virus surges in South, West
WASHINGTON - More than 1.4 million laid-off Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, further evidence of the devastation the coronavirus outbreak has unleashed on the U.S. economy. The c...
Jul 30, 2020
Glenda Jackson film to launch PBS' 'Masterpiece' anniversary
LOS ANGELES - Acclaimed actor Glenda Jackson will launch the 50th season of PBS' "Masterpiece" drama showcase next year. The film "Elizabeth is Missing," with Jackson as a woman in search of a vanishe...
Jul 30, 2020
Writer David Hare turns his COVID-19 into a theatre piece
LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated writer David Hare says he's turned his COVID-19 illness into a stage monologue about enduring "this quite extraordinary disease." "Beat the Devil" will open in London as ...
Jul 30, 2020
Tracy Morgan, wife to divorce after 5 years of marriage
LOS ANGELES - Tracy Morgan and his wife of five years are ending their marriage The actor-comedian's representative said in an emailed statement Wednesday that Morgan and Megan Wollover have filed for...
Jul 30, 2020
McConaughey writing book based on life-changing adventures
NEW YORK - Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey didn't want to write an ordinary celebrity book. "This is not a traditional memoir, or an advice book, but rather a playbook based on adventures in my life,...
Jul 30, 2020
Malik B, founding member of The Roots, has died at 47
LOS ANGELES - Malik B, a rapper and founding member of The Roots, has died. He was 47. The group announced the death of the Philadelphia-born emcee in a social media post Wednesday. The cause of death...
Jul 30, 2020
Local media: Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui dies at age 97
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Local media are reporting that ex-Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, who oversaw the island's transition to full democracy, died Thursday evening. Lee was 97 and had largely dropped ou...
Jul 30, 2020
Blake Bailey's 880-page Philip Roth bio to arrive in April
NEW YORK - In the Fall 2012, as the willing subject of one of the most anticipated literary biographies in recent memory, Philip Roth joked that he had surrendered power over his own life to author Bl...
Jul 30, 2020
