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Tamil-Canadian Maitreyi Ramakrishnan on being a role model with 'Never Have I Ever'

Tamil-Canadian Maitreyi Ramakrishnan on being a role model with 'Never Have I Ever'

TORONTO — About a year ago, budding actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was getting ready to graduate high school in Mississauga, Ont., when she saw a social media post that would change her life.
Ticketmaster's TicketWeb among portals selling access to cancelled concert dates

Ticketmaster's TicketWeb among portals selling access to cancelled concert dates

TORONTO — Live concerts are cancelled in most parts of the country for the foreseeable future, yet Ticketmaster and other Canadian ticket portals have continued to sell access to upcoming events that aren't happening.
Prospects ready for their closeup on draft night from home

Prospects ready for their closeup on draft night from home

Yetur Gross-Matos would have liked to have been in Las Vegas for the NFL draft on Thursday night, but the Penn State defensive lineman is OK participating from home.

Literary scholar Cheryl A. Wall dies at age 71

NEW YORK — Cheryl A. Wall, a longtime Rutgers University professor and prominent scholar of African American women writers who edited two Library of America volumes of Zora Neale Hurston's work, has died at age 71.
A teeming, violent pre-pandemic world in 'Extraction'

A teeming, violent pre-pandemic world in 'Extraction'

NEW YORK — The big-budget action thriller “Extraction” belongs, in many ways, to another world. It’s set in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka, one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
Biden campaign says it has refunded donation from Louis C.K.

Biden campaign says it has refunded donation from Louis C.K.

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Wednesday that it has refunded a $2,800 donation from Louis C.K., a comedian and writer whose career was derailed after five women accused him of sexual misconduct.

News outlets, long resistant to government help, take loans

NEW YORK — The idea of taking government money was once anathema to news organizations that guarded their independence, but attitudes change when survival is at stake.
Stuntmen are increasingly Hollywood's go-to action directors

Stuntmen are increasingly Hollywood's go-to action directors

Some of today's top action directors were first doubles for Brad Pitt, Neo and Wolverine.
Beginner cooks gain culinary confidence, swearing off takeout once pandemic ends

Beginner cooks gain culinary confidence, swearing off takeout once pandemic ends

Soccer coach Ciara McCormack admits she's a little embarrassed about her old eating habits. The COVID-19 pandemic forced her to make dietary changes and she feels much better for it. The North Vancouver, B.C.
Why family loyalty shouldn’t apply to your credit cards

Why family loyalty shouldn’t apply to your credit cards

Loyalty to family is admirable, but limiting yourself to just one bank’s brood of credit cards may be a tie that binds you up.
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