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Let nobody say writer-director Maryam Keshavarz doesn’t know how to start a movie.

Alexander Payne brings audiences to a New England boarding school in 1970 in “ The Holdovers ,” a textured, nostalgic and often funny piece about three lonely and mismatched souls stuck together over Christmas break.

Ever wonder how Homo sapiens got so smart? How come we developed actual language when all the other animals didn’t? How about what first made a nematode turn its body in a different direction? Or… what’s a nematode? Answers to those questions and muc

A new docuseries dedicated to unearthing the little-told stories of Black Canadian experiences is as much about the present as it is about relearning the past, says its showrunner.

Rejoice, comrades! Almost 75 years after George Orwell’s “1984” was published in 1949, readers can return to Airstrip One with its Newspeak and Ministries of Truth, Peace, Love and Plenty.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee comic book shop is looking to sell a rare copy of the first appearance of Spider-Man. Collector's Edge has acquired a copy of Amazing Fantasy No. 15, the Journal Sentinel reported.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4: Oct. 29: Guitarist Denny Laine (Wings, Moody Blues) is 79. Singer-actor Melba Moore is 78. Actor Richard Dreyfuss is 76. Actor Kate Jackson is 75. Actor Dan Castellaneta (“The Simpsons”) is 66.

Mark Barlet founded AbleGamers in 2004. It’s a nonprofit that works to combat social isolation among people with disabilities using “the power of video games.

NEW YORK (AP) — In a movie match-up almost as unlikely as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” Martin Scorsese took on Taylor Swift in cinemas over the weekend.

BERLIN (AP) — Author Salman Rushdie called Sunday for the unconditional defense of freedom of expression as he received a prestigious German prize that recognizes his literary work and his resolve in the face of constant danger.