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'Turning Red' is a 'love letter' to Asian Canadian girls, says director Domee Shi

'Turning Red' is a 'love letter' to Asian Canadian girls, says director Domee Shi

TORONTO — The Canadian director of Pixar’s latest outing "Turning Red" points to innumerable elements that could have torpedoed her mission to spotlight a Chinese-Canadian girl in Toronto wrestling with puberty.
Literary journal Conjunctions to shut down this fall

Literary journal Conjunctions to shut down this fall

NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent literary journal is shutting down this fall after losing support from its publisher, Bard College.
US man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after 2 months

US man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after 2 months

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday.
ER patients report reduction in pain, anxiety after visit from therapy dogs: study

ER patients report reduction in pain, anxiety after visit from therapy dogs: study

Therapy dogs may help reduce pain and improve well-being for emergency room patients, a new study from researchers at the University of Saskatchewan suggests, but authors say further analysis is needed to determine why and how the animals seem to hel
Rebel Wilson gets ready to host the BAFTA Film Awards

Rebel Wilson gets ready to host the BAFTA Film Awards

London (AP) — In 2020, Rebel Wilson flew from Australia to present the best director trophy at the BAFTA Film Awards.
NY Philharmonic's Geffen Hall to reopen in October

NY Philharmonic's Geffen Hall to reopen in October

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic's remodeled David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center will reopen in October following a fully-funded $550 million renovation.
Inuk musician Susan Aglukark to receive humanitarian award at Junos

Inuk musician Susan Aglukark to receive humanitarian award at Junos

TORONTO — Inuk singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark will be feted with a humanitarian award at the Juno Awards this spring.
Jussie Smollett to learn fate after staged attack conviction

Jussie Smollett to learn fate after staged attack conviction

CHICAGO (AP) — More than three years after Jussie Smollett told police he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack on a dark, cold Chicago street, all of the questions swirling around the actor — from whether he staged a fake attack to why he
WHO issues COVID testing advice, long after critics' call

WHO issues COVID testing advice, long after critics' call

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has issued guidance advising people on how to test themselves for the coronavirus, months after critics said the lack of recommendations was compromising efforts to stop the pandemic in poor countri
Review: 'Ocean State' a story of love, both good and bad

Review: 'Ocean State' a story of love, both good and bad

“Ocean State,” by Stewart O’Nan (Grove Press) In Stewart O’Nan’s “Ocean State,” the very first line reveals that a teenage girl was murdered — and also who did it.
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