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TORONTO — A portrait by Pablo Picasso is among the artworks on offer at Heffel Fine Art Auction House's virtual sale tonight. Heffel says "Tete de femme," an oil-on-canvas painted by Picasso in 1939, could fetch between $1.2 million and $1.6 million.

NEW ORLEANS — It's a fresh taste of bitter medicine for New Orleans: A sharp increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations is forcing bars in the good-time-loving, tourist-dependent city to shut down again just a month after they were allowed to pa

NEW YORK — For Michael B. Jordan, timing is everything.

The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday -- as the shots are poised to begin key final testing.

LOS ANGELES — An autopsy confirmed Tuesday that "Glee'' star Naya Rivera died from accidental drowning and gave no indication that drugs or alcohol played any role in her death, officials said.

Everyone is sad in the Australian indie “ Dirt Music,” a sprawling story about a small fishing town, an affair and the dark secrets that tie everyone together. But at least the Western Australia setting is pretty, and the people are, too.

TORONTO — The NHL is defending its decision to have an American television network provide the world feed of its restart in Toronto, a move that isn't supported by Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

NEW YORK — The Telluride Film Festival, the annual film retreat held in the Colorado mountains and one of the fall movie season's top launching pads, has been cancelled .

TORONTO — Roger Petersen's time as co-host of the Toronto morning show "Breakfast Television" has come to an end.

NEW YORK — The studio is largely empty, but Jimmy Fallon is out of his home and back to the “Tonight” show stage.