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Broadcast TV shut out of Globe nods, Netflix edges HBO
NEW YORK - The Golden Globe TV nominations were most striking not for what they included, but what they didn't: The traditional broadcast networks were completely shut out in all 55 nominations. It wa...
Dec 09, 2019

Hungarian actors protest plan to boost control over theatres
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungarian actors and directors rallied Monday to oppose government plans seen as boosting political control over theatres. Legislation presented in parliament would give state auth...
Dec 09, 2019

Kaitlyn Dever, Paul Rudd react to Golden Globe nominations
LOS ANGELES - Reactions from some of the nominees for the 77th annual Golden Globes: ___ "Hell no! I like to stay sane. The news is going to be there when I wake up." - said Billy Porter when asked in...
Dec 09, 2019

Ice bucket challenge inspiration Pete Frates dies at 34
BOSTON - Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig's disease helped inspire the ALS ice bucket challenge that has raised more than $200 million worldwide, died Monday....
Dec 09, 2019

Wanna cover Miss America? Buy a ticket, 3 media outlets told
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The Miss America Organization has denied credentials to at least three media outlets seeking to cover this year's competition, including its longtime hometown newspaper, The Pres...
Dec 09, 2019

Consulting firm allows Buttigieg to release names of clients
The McKinsey & Co. consulting firm said Monday that it will allow Pete Buttigieg to identify the clients he served more than a decade ago while the Democratic presidential contender also pledged t...
Dec 09, 2019

Margaret Atwood and Laurie Anderson talk art, age and more
NEW YORK - Margaret Atwood and Laurie Anderson, strangers until now, covered a wide range of topics in their first public conversation. Starting with their ages. "How old are you?" the 80-year-old Atw...
Dec 09, 2019

Pamela Gallant wins $200K film award for 'Monica's News' at Whistler festival
VANCOUVER - Acadian-Canadian filmmaker Pamela Gallant has won a major prize from the Women in the Director's Chair organization at the Whistler Film Festival. The director-producer won the WIDC F...
Dec 09, 2019

Ever-growing Surrey, B.C., will get a second hospital as health-care needs boom
SURREY, B.C. - The fast-growing city of Surrey, B.C., is getting a second hospital. Premier John Horgan and Health Minister Adrian Dix made the announcement near the location of the new hosp...
Dec 09, 2019

RCMP not negligent in death of B.C. teen whose overdose was filmed: watchdog
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog has concluded two Langley RCMP officers were not negligent in their response to a report of a teenage boy who was in distress after consuming a large...
Dec 09, 2019