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Ontario screenwriter Jennifer Archer wins $35K Academy fellowship

Ontario screenwriter Jennifer Archer wins $35K Academy fellowship

LOS ANGELES — Ontario screenwriter Jennifer Archer is among the winners of a $35,000 fellowship from the body behind the Academy Awards.
Recreating Marilyn Monroe’s iconic outfits in ‘Blonde’

Recreating Marilyn Monroe’s iconic outfits in ‘Blonde’

Marilyn Monroe’s on-screen costumes are almost as iconic as her. Think of the hot pink strapless gown she wore to sing “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.
Review: Dixson forges a sweet R&B sound on album '004Daisy'

Review: Dixson forges a sweet R&B sound on album '004Daisy'

“004Daisy,” Dixson (Roc Nation) Dixson embraces modernity and forges a sweet new R&B sound on his third album, “004Daisy.
The Newsy news network is rebranding itself as Scripps News

The Newsy news network is rebranding itself as Scripps News

NEW YORK (AP) — The E.W. Scripps Co. is renaming its Newsy news network as part of a corporate restructuring designed to create a more focused national news division.
'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper Coolio dies at age 59

'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper Coolio dies at age 59

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta's Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.
Springsteen takes on Temptations, Supremes, Four Tops

Springsteen takes on Temptations, Supremes, Four Tops

NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen takes on the Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes, Frankie Wilson, Jimmy Ruffin and other soul legends in an album of cover songs due out next month.
Pumpkin farms adapt to improve soil, lower emissions

Pumpkin farms adapt to improve soil, lower emissions

ATLANTA, Illinois (AP) — This Thanksgiving, your pumpkin pie might have a lower carbon footprint.
Author Dangarembga found guilty in Zimbabwe rights protest

Author Dangarembga found guilty in Zimbabwe rights protest

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — World-renowned author Tsitsi Dangarembga was found guilty Thursday of promoting public violence in her home country of Zimbabwe for participating in a largely peaceful antigovernment protest in 2020 that called for reforms.
Rare 1,000-year-old manuscript returned to Greece from US

Rare 1,000-year-old manuscript returned to Greece from US

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A U.S. museum has returned a valuable 1,000-year-old Christian manuscript to a monastery in northern Greece it was looted from by Bulgarian forces more than a century ago together with hundreds of other documents and artifacts.
National library association calls for release of remaining residential school records

National library association calls for release of remaining residential school records

OTTAWA — The Canadian Federation of Library Associations is calling on federal cabinet ministers to support a full public release of remaining residential school records held by the Catholic Church and the government.
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