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Dane Cook, Bassem Youssef to perform at 'revived' Montreal Just for Laughs festival

Dane Cook, Bassem Youssef to perform at 'revived' Montreal Just for Laughs festival

MONTREAL — The president of a Quebec-based entertainment group says he's "reviving" the Montreal Just For Laughs festival with a scaled-down 2024 event that includes shows by Dane Cook, Bassem Youssef and Bobby Slayton.
Soprano Anna Netrebko announces separation from tenor Yusif Eyvazov

Soprano Anna Netrebko announces separation from tenor Yusif Eyvazov

Soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yusif Eyvazov have separated. The couple had been together since 2014, when they appeared together in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera. They married in 2015.
Ex-'Jackass' star Bam Margera will spend six months on probation after plea over family altercation

Ex-'Jackass' star Bam Margera will spend six months on probation after plea over family altercation

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Former “Jackass” star Bam Margera will spend six months on probation after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct Wednesday over an altercation at his home near Philadelphia.
Movie Review: Kevin Costner sets the table with overstuffed first take on epic 'Horizon'

Movie Review: Kevin Costner sets the table with overstuffed first take on epic 'Horizon'

There's a scene deep into Kevin Costner's new Western when he and a woman are fleeing bad guys on horseback. They pause at a jaw-dropping vista and he turns to her: “You just gotta keep going,” he tells her.
Movie Review: Taxicab confessions with Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in ‘Daddio’

Movie Review: Taxicab confessions with Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in ‘Daddio’

It’s late at night when Dakota Johnson hops into a yellow taxicab at Kennedy airport in the new film “ Daddio .” She’s just going home to Manhattan, 44th Street, between 9th and 10th avenues.
From DVF to Star Wars, filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy charts her own path in Hollywood

From DVF to Star Wars, filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy charts her own path in Hollywood

Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s oeuvre defies simple categorization. She’s made documentaries about acid attack victims and child refugees. She’s focused her lens on the extraordinary life of designer Diane von Furstenberg.
Sean Penn says he felt 'misery' making movies for years. Then Dakota Johnson knocked on his door

Sean Penn says he felt 'misery' making movies for years. Then Dakota Johnson knocked on his door

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Sean Penn says he hadn’t felt joy making a movie in 15 years.
Pride of the Prairies k.d. lang to join Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame

Pride of the Prairies k.d. lang to join Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame

Alberta singer-songwriter k.d. lang is this year's inductee into the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame.
Shawn Desman on restarting his career from the bottom, with a little help from Drake

Shawn Desman on restarting his career from the bottom, with a little help from Drake

TORONTO — Shawn Desman can pinpoint when his life hit rock bottom. It was 10 years ago, when he found himself downing tequila alone at home in the middle of the night after a succession of personal and professional battles.
Matty Matheson on 'wild' ride from actor to screenwriter for season 3 of 'The Bear'

Matty Matheson on 'wild' ride from actor to screenwriter for season 3 of 'The Bear'

When Matty Matheson was a student at Humber College’s culinary program in Toronto, one of his teachers told him a story that made a lasting impression.