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'Chicago' to welcome trans actor Angelica Ross as Roxie Hart

'Chicago' to welcome trans actor Angelica Ross as Roxie Hart

NEW YORK (AP) — “Pose” star Angelica Ross is set to make her Broadway debut in “Chicago” this fall, becoming the first openly transgender actor to play the murderous vixen Roxie Hart in the long-running musical.
TIFF reveals Discovery, Midnight Madness lineups, including Al Yankovic biopic

TIFF reveals Discovery, Midnight Madness lineups, including Al Yankovic biopic

TORONTO — TIFF's Midnight Madness lineup always leans into the weird, and this year, it's even more explicit about it.
Keanu Reeves takes rare TV role in historical thriller

Keanu Reeves takes rare TV role in historical thriller

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Keanu Reeves will star in a TV adaptation of “The Devil in the White City,” the bestselling nonfiction thriller about ambition, a killer and the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Reeves will portray Daniel H.
Prosecutors await forensic analysis in Alec Baldwin shooting

Prosecutors await forensic analysis in Alec Baldwin shooting

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LGBTQ Canadians struggled with mental health during pandemic: surveys

LGBTQ Canadians struggled with mental health during pandemic: surveys

A series of surveys from the Mental Health Commission of Canada suggest members of the LGBTQ community struggled more during the COVID-19 pandemic than their non-queer peers.
Review: Twins’ harmonies shimmer on album of covers

Review: Twins’ harmonies shimmer on album of covers

“Cover to Cover,” The Brother Brothers (Compass Records) Identical twins Adam and David Moss are easy to tell apart on their charming new album of cover tunes.
Jo Koy's 'Easter Sunday' puts Filipinos front and center

Jo Koy's 'Easter Sunday' puts Filipinos front and center

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a comedy, Jo Koy's new movie “Easter Sunday” had a lot of waterworks. The film was no ordinary job for the comedian and the rest of the cast. The magnitude of being on a mostly Filipino set led to happy cry-fests, Koy said.
Melissa Bank, witty, bestselling author, dies at 61

Melissa Bank, witty, bestselling author, dies at 61

NEW YORK (AP) — Melissa Bank, whose 1999 bestseller “The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing" was a series of interconnected stories widely praised for its wit and precise language and embraced by young readers, has died at age 61.
Norway's king hospitalized due to fever; in stable condition

Norway's king hospitalized due to fever; in stable condition

HELSINKI (AP) — Norway’s 85-year-old King Harald V has been admitted to a hospital in the capital Oslo due to an examination relating to fever, the Norwegian palace said in a brief statement Thursday.
Juno Awards pick new date, shifting one day to avoid the Oscars

Juno Awards pick new date, shifting one day to avoid the Oscars

TORONTO — The 2023 Juno Awards are moving a day later to steer clear of Oscars night. Organizers at the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences say next year's show in Edmonton will shift to March 13, from its original date of March 12.
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