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TORONTO — Under the stars of a pandemic skyline, the Toronto International Film Festival kicked off Thursday night with a sea of moviegoers inside their vehicles instead of a darkened cinema.

NEW YORK — Drew Barrymore is setting a high standard for herself as she joins the world of daytime talk show hosts on Monday. She wants to emulate David Letterman and Howard Stern as interviewers.

SANTA FE, N.M. — “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin won't be able to build a seven-sided, castle-style library at his compound in Santa Fe that drew objections from neighbours .

TORONTO — Director Michelle Latimer was poring over about 100 years of archival film footage for the Indigenous-focused short "Nimmikaage" a few years back when she noticed a trend.

LONDON — Diana Rigg, a commanding British actress whose career stretched from iconic 1960s spy series “The Avengers” to fantasy juggernaut “Game of Thrones,” has died. She was 82.

“Just Us: An American Conversation,” by Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press) The African American man whose beating by Los Angeles police ignited civil upheaval in 1992 famously said later: “Can’t we all just get along?” The answer to Rodney King’s quest

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “All the Devils Are Here” by Louise Penny (Minotaur) 2. “The Harbinger II” by Jonathan Cahn (Frontline) 3. “The Lying Life of Adults” by Elena Ferrante (Europa) 4. “Transcendent Kingdom” by Yaa Gyasi (Knopf) 5.

Canadian director Natalie Krinsky says her romantic comedy, "The Broken Hearts Gallery," has been the longest relationship of her life. And like many love stories, it all began with a breakup.

1. “Dog Man: Grime and Punishment” by Dav Pilkey (Graphix) 2. “All the Devils Are Here” by Louise Penny (Minotaur) 3. “Melania and Me” by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff (Gallery Books) 4.

NEW YORK — Playwright Paul Rudnick has never been comfortable with the term “coastal elites,” that sneering nod to educated professionals who live in California cities or along the Eastern seaboard.