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A list of winners in the major TV categories of the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards

A list of winners in the major TV categories of the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards

TORONTO — The Canadian Screen Awards celebrated the best in homegrown television with an in-person gala on Friday.
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CBC's 'The Porter’ nabs 12 Canadian Screen Awards, while comedy 'Sort Of' claims 7

CBC's 'The Porter’ nabs 12 Canadian Screen Awards, while comedy 'Sort Of' claims 7

TORONTO — CBC's historical saga “The Porter” swept the Canadian Screen Awards on Friday with 12 wins including best drama, wrapping a week of festivities that turned out to be a celebration of Black excellence in media.
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'Maisel' costumes enhance storytelling with boldness, color

'Maisel' costumes enhance storytelling with boldness, color

NEW YORK (AP) — In the cavernous Brooklyn warehouse where “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” was filmed there are towers of pillbox hats, double-stacked racks of dresses and coats in rainbow order, and vision boards teeming with fabric swatches.
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Bird flu: Scientists find mutations, say threat is still low

Bird flu: Scientists find mutations, say threat is still low

NEW YORK (AP) — A man in Chile is infected with a bird flu that has concerning mutations, but the threat to people from the virus remains low, U.S. health officials said Friday.
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Minneapolis OKs dawn Muslim prayer call, 1st for big US city

Minneapolis OKs dawn Muslim prayer call, 1st for big US city

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow the announcement or “adhan” to be heard over speakers five times a day, year-round.
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Jessica Chastain returns to theater with 'A Doll's House'

Jessica Chastain returns to theater with 'A Doll's House'

New York (AP) — Jessica Chastain counts her performance as Nora in the current Broadway revival of “A Doll’s House" to be one of the “hardest things” she has ever done.
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Peyton List becomes a leader thanks to 'School Spirits'

Peyton List becomes a leader thanks to 'School Spirits'

Peyton List's character on the Paramount+ series “School Spirits” is a ghost, so she spent a lot of times in scenes watching and listening to those around her and also being ignored. This is far from your typical ghost story.
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City: Schwarzenegger repaired utility trench, not a pothole

City: Schwarzenegger repaired utility trench, not a pothole

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The “giant pothole” that Arnold Schwarzenegger said he recently filled on a street in his Los Angeles neighborhood was actually a trench that had been dug for utility work, according to the city. Southern California Gas Co.
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There’s a reason every hit worship song sounds the same

There’s a reason every hit worship song sounds the same

(RNS) — On Easter Sunday, the worship band at Bethel Community Church in Redding, California, opened the service with “This Is Amazing Grace,” a 2012 hit that has remained one of the most popular worship songs of the past decade.
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Clint Eastwood set to direct 'Juror No. 2' for Warner Bros.

Clint Eastwood set to direct 'Juror No. 2' for Warner Bros.

NEW YORK (AP) — Clint Eastwood is getting back in the director's chair. The “Unforgiven” and “Gran Torino” filmmaker is set to direct the legal drama “Juror No. 2" for his longtime studio, Warner Bros.
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