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Movie Review: In the elated 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,' every seat is the best seat in the house

Movie Review: In the elated 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,' every seat is the best seat in the house

It opens with a clock counting down until show time — the dropped stomach, rollercoaster slowly encroaching its apex sensation — and then, a gentle fake out. Taylor Swift is heard before she is seen. “It's been a long time...” her voice carries.
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Rudolph Isley, founding member of Isley Brothers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, dies at 84

Rudolph Isley, a founding member of the Isley Brothers who helped perform such raw rhythm and blues classics as “Shout" and “Twist and Shout” and the funky hits “That Lady” and “It's Your Thing,” has died at age 84.
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Prosecutor removed from YNW Melly murder trial after defense accusations of withholding information

Prosecutor removed from YNW Melly murder trial after defense accusations of withholding information

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
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Sony's Access controller for the PlayStation aims to make gaming easier for people with disabilities

Sony's Access controller for the PlayStation aims to make gaming easier for people with disabilities

SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — Paul Lane uses his mouth, cheek and chin to push buttons and guide his virtual car around the “Gran Turismo” racetrack on the PlayStation 5.
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Jeremy Dutcher worried about getting 'stuck' in his archival past before second album

Jeremy Dutcher worried about getting 'stuck' in his archival past before second album

TORONTO — Jeremy Dutcher saw the risks of singing in English on his second album.
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Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam 'bullying tactics'

Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam 'bullying tactics'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon.
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Taylor Swift concert movie breaks Cineplex record for event pre-sales

Taylor Swift concert movie breaks Cineplex record for event pre-sales

TORONTO — Taylor Swift's concert movie is proving to be a fairy tale for Canada's largest cinema chain. The film "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour," which hit theatres Thursday, generated $6.2 million in pre-sales for Cineplex Inc.
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Denys Arcand to receive lifetime achievement award from Directors Guild of Canada

Denys Arcand to receive lifetime achievement award from Directors Guild of Canada

TORONTO — Quebec auteur Denys Arcand has been selected for the Directors Guild of Canada's top honour this year. The 82-year-old Oscar winner will receive the DGC Lifetime Achievement Award at a gala in Toronto on Oct. 21.
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Raoul Peck's 'Silver Dollar Road' chronicles a family's battle to hold onto their land

TORONTO (AP) — The filmmaker Raoul Peck was sitting in a Toronto hotel lobby talking to a reporter when Barry Jenkins beelined over to embrace him. The two know each other, though it had been years since they saw one another.
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Florida law targeting drag shows can't be enforced for now, appellate court says

Florida law targeting drag shows can't be enforced for now, appellate court says

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A ruling prohibiting the enforcement of a new Florida law targeting drag shows will stay in place for the time being, according to a federal appeals court decision. A panel of the 11th U.S.
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