National Entertainment

TORONTO — As a Deaf actor and artist, Dawn Jani Birley has spent much of her career challenging misconceptions and barriers.

MILAN (AP) — A still-life fresco discovered recently in the Pompeii archaeological site looks like a pizza, but it's not, experts at the archaeological site said Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The category? “Proper Name.” The answer? Ryan Seacrest, who will become the new “Wheel of Fortune” host after Pat Sajak's retirement next year.

HELSINKI (AP) — The deputy mayor of Finland’s capital is facing possible legal action, and calls for him to pay compensation for damages and to resign, after he was caught red-handed spray-painting graffiti in a railway tunnel last weekend.

LONDON (AP) — Jurors who will decide the fate of actor Kevin Spacey were sworn in Wednesday in a London court as the Oscar winner faces charges of sexually assaulting four men as long as two decades ago.

NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today's weekly list of bestselling books, a publishing fixture that had been on hiatus since December, returned Wednesday.

The Dora Mavor Moore Awards followed the white rabbit, handing six statuettes to "Alice in Wonderland" at the Toronto theatre awards on Tuesday night.

LONDON (AP) — Is there really a new way to look at The Beatles, one of the most filmed and photographed bands in history? Yes, says Britain’s National Portrait Gallery, which is providing a fresh perspective with an exhibition of band’s-eye-view imag

ROME (AP) — Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the Colosseum in Rome , a crime that resulted in hefty fines in the past.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Satellite-radio provider SiriusXM said it will shut down its Stitcher podcast app at the end of August in favor of its own SiriusXM app, part of a larger effort to emphasize its own brand.