National Lifestyle

OTTAWA — On the eve of his first policy convention as Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre reminded Canadians that he is not bound by the policy ideas the grassroots membership chooses to advance.

HALIFAX — Bruce Guthro, a legendary singer-songwriter from Cape Breton whose career spanned four decades and both sides of the Atlantic, has died. He was 62.

Angela Bassett is going to have to wait a little bit longer to get her Oscar. The 14th Governors Awards has been delayed from November until January, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday.

VANCOUVER — Sofia Coppola's buzzworthy biopic "Priscilla," about a young Priscilla Presley's budding romance with music superstar Elvis, is headed to this year's Vancouver International Film Festival.

Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey is determined to prove that the annual fest is still valuable at its core, despite this year's unwelcome changes and challenges.

NEW YORK (AP) — Four months after a civil trial jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday that still more of the ex-president’s comments about her were libelous.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — In an entertainment industry bent on categorization, Eric Nam finds an audience in fluidity.

NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Groban, John Mellencamp, Tracy Morgan and the ever-present Jon Stewart will stand up at this year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff Daniels tackles his life and career in an absorbing, unconventional way this month with a music- and skit-filled audio memoir from Audible that he calls “a little bit like a one-man musical.