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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Superman might do more than just save Metropolis — filmmaker James Gunn hopes the beloved superhero will bring hope to a cynical world. “Everybody’s gotten so cynical and ironic," said Gunn.

TORONTO — As a marketing expert, Markus Giesler was aghast after hearing Coldplay frontman Chris Martin blast Toronto's brand new Rogers Stadium onstage.

TORONTO — The National Ballet of Canada has found a new executive director in U.K. theatre boss Charlotte Geeves.

TORONTO — Country singers Madeline Merlo, Dallas Smith and Tyler Joe Miller are among the performers set for this year's CCMA Awards.

In 1974, when it seemed as though everyone was leaving South Africa, Embeth Davidtz’s family was going back.

TORONTO — A transgender-owned and LGBTQ-operated record label has launched with goals of supporting "left-of-centre" Canadian musicians.

PARIS (AP) — Stéphane Rolland went back to what he does best on Tuesday: unadulterated couture.

PARIS (AP) — Armani Privé opened Tuesday under an unmistakable shadow. For the first time in the 20-year history of his couture house, Giorgio Armani was not present in Paris to take his bow.

LONDON (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday urged Britain to stick close to its neighbors despite its exit from the European Union, saying France and the U.K.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … a purple and orange shape-shifting chemical compound? Writer-director James Gunn’s “Superman” was always going to be a strange chemistry of filmmaker and material.