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Salzburg Festival forges ahead with full program for 2021

The Salzburg Festival in Austria is forging ahead with a full program for 2021 after becoming one of the few classical music organizations to manage a limited program last summer.

Dec 10, 2020 11:50 AM Read more >

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Bestsellers

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Ready Player Two” by Ernest Cline (Ballantine) 2. “Deadly Cross” by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 3. “A Time for Mercy" by John Grisham (Doubleday) 4. “The Return” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) 5.

Dec 10, 2020 11:49 AM Read more >

DeGeneres: Positive test for coronavirus but 'feeling fine'

LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres says she has tested positive for COVID-19 but is “feeling fine right now.

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Kevin Bacon brings music back to venues for charity concert

NASHVILLE — Musician and actor Kevin Bacon is bringing live music back to venues that have been shuttered this year with an all-star concert TV special.

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CBC and BET Plus partner on 'The Porter,' depicting 1920s Little Burgundy in Montreal

A new series depicting railway workers in the historically Black Montreal community of Little Burgundy in the 1920s is bound for the CBC. The public broadcaster says it's partnered with the U.S.

Dec 10, 2020 10:41 AM Read more >

Those from poor neighbourhoods had greatest number of COVID-related ER visits

TORONTO — New data further illustrates COVID-19's disproportionate impact on the poor.

Dec 10, 2020 10:34 AM Read more >

Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime

And now, for our annual look at the year in pop culture…. Oh, wait. This was 2020. The year everything stopped cold. Well, not really.

Dec 10, 2020 10:21 AM Read more >

Precious painting lost at German airport found at dumpster

BERLIN — A surrealist painting worth more than a quarter million euros (dollars) that was forgotten by a businessman at Duesseldorf's airport has been recovered from a nearby recycling dumpster, police said Thursday.

Dec 10, 2020 10:17 AM Read more >

Turner Classic Movies celebrating Hollywood star Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt, the glamourous star of 1930s and '40s Hollywood films, doesn’t spend a lot of time thinking about her own legacy.

Dec 10, 2020 8:54 AM Read more >

No drama corona-Christmas has some secretly jumping for joy

NEW YORK — Corritta Lewis has a huge extended family. Her mom is one of 12 siblings.

Dec 10, 2020 8:51 AM Read more >