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Celebs, directors and fans navigate festival at critical moment in industry

Celebs, directors and fans navigate festival at critical moment in industry

The Toronto International Film Festival wraps this weekend after 11 muted days that lacked its usual star power but still impressed movie buffs with its lineup.
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Hollywood strikes enter a new phase as daytime shows like Drew Barrymore's return despite pickets

Hollywood strikes enter a new phase as daytime shows like Drew Barrymore's return despite pickets

NEW YORK (AP) — “The Drew Barrymore Show” will begin airing fresh episodes on Monday but a lot of off-air controversy will be clinging to its typically bubbly host.
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Farmers, vampires, cab drivers: Five hidden gems from this year's TIFF

Farmers, vampires, cab drivers: Five hidden gems from this year's TIFF

TORONTO — Without Hollywood stars popping up around town to draw attention to their latest projects almost every movie at this year's Toronto International Film Festival was a candidate for hidden gem status.
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Eno Ichikawa, Japanese Kabuki theater actor and innovator, dies at 83

Eno Ichikawa, Japanese Kabuki theater actor and innovator, dies at 83

TOKYO (AP) — Eno Ichikawa, who revived the spectacular in Japanese Kabuki theater to woo younger and global audiences, has died. He was 83. Ichikawa died after suffering heart problems on Wednesday in Tokyo, the entertainment company Shochiku Co.
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Rep. Lauren Boebert apologizes after getting kicked out of show and falsely denying she vaped

Rep. Lauren Boebert apologizes after getting kicked out of show and falsely denying she vaped

DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized Friday after getting kicked out of a musical play in Colorado last weekend for disruptive behavior and then falsely denying she had been vaping.
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Ashton Kutcher resigns as chair of anti-sex abuse organization after Danny Masterson letter

Ashton Kutcher resigns as chair of anti-sex abuse organization after Danny Masterson letter

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ashton Kutcher has resigned as chairman of the board of an anti-child sex abuse organization that he co-founded, after he and wife Mila Kunis wrote letters seeking leniency for their former “That '70s Show” co-star and convicted ra
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Big wins for organized labor and progressive causes as California lawmakers wrap for the year

Big wins for organized labor and progressive causes as California lawmakers wrap for the year

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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Jeezy files for divorce from Jeannie Mai after 2 years of marriage

Jeezy files for divorce from Jeannie Mai after 2 years of marriage

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Jeezy has filed for divorce from TV personality Jeannie Mai after two years of marriage.
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Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, known for his inflated forms, has died at age 91

Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, known for his inflated forms, has died at age 91

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Renowned Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose depictions of people and objects in plump, exaggerated forms became emblems of Colombian art around the world, has died. He was 91.
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Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Jackman separate after 27 years of marriage

Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Jackman separate after 27 years of marriage

NEW YORK (AP) — Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Jackman have decided to end their marriage after 27 years and two children. “We have been blessed to share almost 3 decades together as husband and wife in a wonderful, loving marriage.
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