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Neve Campbell boards Karen Kain doc as executive producer, film to premiere at TIFF

Neve Campbell boards Karen Kain doc as executive producer, film to premiere at TIFF

TORONTO — Neve Campbell is headed to the Toronto International Film Festival as executive producer of a Karen Kain ballet documentary.
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Drew Barrymore will host the National Book Awards, where Oprah Winfrey will be a guest speaker

Drew Barrymore will host the National Book Awards, where Oprah Winfrey will be a guest speaker

NEW YORK (AP) — Drew Barrymore, whose honors include a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award, will be presiding over a more literary ceremony this fall.
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Book Review: Genevieve Gornichec spins a fun yarn with 'The Weaver and the Witch Queen'

Book Review: Genevieve Gornichec spins a fun yarn with 'The Weaver and the Witch Queen'

“The Weaver and the Witch Queen” by Genevieve Gornichec (Ace) They say your second book is the hardest one to write, but Genevieve Gornichec — leaning on her Norse mythology love yet again as with debut “The Witch’s Heart” – performs a magic hat tric
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Bayreuth Festival plans to present Wagner's 'Rienzi' for the first time in 2026

Bayreuth Festival plans to present Wagner's 'Rienzi' for the first time in 2026

BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — The Bayreuth Festival intends to present "Rienzi" for the first time in 2026 for its 150th anniversary, going outside the canon of Richard Wagner's final 10 operas for the first time.
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Music Review: Boston indie-folk quartet Darlingside sings the blues with a lovely, inviting intimacy

Music Review: Boston indie-folk quartet Darlingside sings the blues with a lovely, inviting intimacy

“Everything Is Alive,” Darlingside (Thirty Tigers) Even the percussion is pretty. Darlingside’s “Everything Is Alive” achieves a melancholy-inducing beauty from the sum of its parts.
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Book Review: Still foolin’ - Richard Russo revisits upstate New York in third novel

Book Review: Still foolin’ - Richard Russo revisits upstate New York in third novel

“Somebody’s Fool” by Richard Russo (Alfred A.
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Seiichi Morimura, who exposed the atrocities committed by the Japanese army's Unit 731, dies at 90

Seiichi Morimura, who exposed the atrocities committed by the Japanese army's Unit 731, dies at 90

TOKYO (AP) — Renowned Japanese mystery writer Seiichi Morimura, whose nonfiction trilogy “The Devil’s Gluttony” exposed human medical experiments conducted by a secret Japanese army unit during World War II, died Monday. He was 90.
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In 'Barbie,' 'Oppenheimer' smash success, audiences send message to Hollywood: Give us something new

In 'Barbie,' 'Oppenheimer' smash success, audiences send message to Hollywood: Give us something new

NEW YORK (AP) — In the massive movie weekend of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” there were many winners. Greta Gerwig, who made history for female directors . Christopher Nolan, who set a non-Batman career high.
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Projects directed by Viggo Mortensen, Michael Keaton, Chris Pine coming to TIFF

Projects directed by Viggo Mortensen, Michael Keaton, Chris Pine coming to TIFF

TORONTO — The head of the Toronto International Film Festival says the sheer number of films directed by prominent actors in this year's lineup was a surprise and big names are still expected on the red carpet even if the Hollywood actors strike drag
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'Barbenheimer' breaks summer box-office records at Cineplex on opening weekend

'Barbenheimer' breaks summer box-office records at Cineplex on opening weekend

TORONTO — Cineplex says the opening weekend for "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" raked in the company's highest summer box office weekend of all time.
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