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Katherena Vermette, Tomson Highway among big winners at Writers' Trust

Katherena Vermette, Tomson Highway among big winners at Writers' Trust

TORONTO — Katherena Vermette was stocking up on supplies at Costco when she got the call informing her that she'd won the $60,000 fiction prize at the Writers' Trust Awards.
Barry Watson talks 'Heaven,' spirituality and cancer battle

Barry Watson talks 'Heaven,' spirituality and cancer battle

NEW YORK (AP) — Like many children of the late ‘70s and ’80s, Michael Landon's TV shows “Little House on the Prairie” and “Highway to Heaven” were appointment viewing for Barry Watson.
Kim Petras promises powerful EMAs performance in Hungary

Kim Petras promises powerful EMAs performance in Hungary

LONDON (AP) — Pop star Kim Petras is taking a stand for LGBTQ rights at the 2021 MTV EMAs. The German singer-songwriter is performing at the EMAs ceremony in Budapest, Hungary, on Nov.
Paul Newman memoir left unpublished to come out next year

Paul Newman memoir left unpublished to come out next year

NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir Paul Newman left unpublished in his lifetime will come out next fall. Publisher Alfred A.
Review: ‘Blue-Skinned Gods’ questions religious frauds

Review: ‘Blue-Skinned Gods’ questions religious frauds

“Blue-Skinned Gods” by SJ Sindu (Soho Press) Kalki Sami has blue skin. He is an incarnation of Vishnu and a spitting image of Rama. He has the power to heal.
Review: Tom Hanks, a robot and a dog in ‘Finch’

Review: Tom Hanks, a robot and a dog in ‘Finch’

Tom Hanks doesn’t need a human or even a sentient acting partner to make a film or a scene sing. Think Wilson the volleyball, Hooch and even that laptop from “You’ve Got Mail.
The Gap Band founder Ronnie Wilson dies at age 73

The Gap Band founder Ronnie Wilson dies at age 73

Ronnie Wilson, multi-instrumentalist and founder of the popular R&B and funk group The Gap Band, has died. He was 73. His wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, posted on Facebook that her husband died on Tuesday.
2 die when man falls, lands on other in Sweden concert venue

2 die when man falls, lands on other in Sweden concert venue

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two men died when one of them jumped or fell from the seventh floor of a culture center in Sweden and landed on the other, police said.
Showtime's 'Dexter: New Blood' tests monstrous family bonds

Showtime's 'Dexter: New Blood' tests monstrous family bonds

NEW YORK (AP) — America's favorite serial killer is hiding out in upstate New York when we finally catch up to him. The good news is he hasn't killed anyone in a decade. The bad news is his knife skills are still top-notch. Michael C.
Italy-Croatia fight over Prosecco name gets ready to pop

Italy-Croatia fight over Prosecco name gets ready to pop

PROSECCO, Italy (AP) — On tiny pockets of terraced terrain overlooking a bay shared by Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, Milos Skabar is reviving a centuries-old winemaking tradition known as Prosekar, which shares roots with its better-known bubbly cousi
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