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Barbara Hannigan, James Cameron win Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
TORONTO — Barbara Hannigan has had what most people would consider a very busy year: dozens of performances across the globe, an album release and several prestigious awards. For the soprano and conductor, though, it’s just another 12 months in the books. “This is kind of what my years are like,” she says. “Every year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!James Cameron, Barbara Hannigan win Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
TORONTO — “Titanic” filmmaker James Cameron has won a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award. He’s among five recipients of the prize for lifetime artistic achievement, while conductor Barbara Hannigan received the National Arts Centre award, which recognizes extraordinary work in the last year. Other lifetime achievement award winners include “Ils s’aiment” singer-songwriter Daniel Lavoie and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Actor Blake Lively and director Justin Baldoni go to New York in required effort to avoid trial
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Blake Lively and director Justin Baldoni came to a New York courthouse on Wednesday to see if her lawsuit alleging sexual harassment on the set of the 2024 romantic drama “It Ends With Us” could be settled before a May trial. The talks between lawyers went on over a six-hour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Busy Phillips, Chad Michael Murray and more react to the death of James Van Der Beek
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
Notable reaction to the death of actor James Van Der Beek at age 48. Busy Philipps “James Van Der Beek was one in a billion and he will be forever missed and I don’t know what else to say. I am just so so sad. He was my friend and i loved him and I’m ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FBI combs desert terrain for clues in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Fresh surveillance images from Nancy Guthrie’s porch the night she went missing, coupled with intense police activity across Arizona and the detention of a man had raised hopes that authorities were nearing a major break. By then the man was released after questioning, leaving it unclear Wednesday where the investigation stood ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photos show door-to-door searches and desert sweeps in hunt for Nancy Guthrie
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The search intensifies for missing Nancy Guthrie as FBI agents comb through rugged desert terrain and canvass a Tucson-area neighborhood. Hundreds of investigators are assigned to the case, which has captured national attention since the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie disappeared. Authorities say they believe she was taken against ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In ‘My Father’s Shadow,’ family memory and Nigerian history are resurrected
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
The British Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr. and his brother Wale were both toddlers when their father died. As adults, they could hardly remember him. Then Wale had an idea for movie. What if, by some movie miracle, they had gotten to spend a day with their dad? In “My Father’s Shadow,” the Davies brothers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Valeria Chomsky admits ‘serious errors in judgment’ over Jeffrey Epstein ties
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of Noam Chomsky is acknowledging “serious errors in judgment” in the wake of new revelations about the couple’s ties to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Valeria Chomsky also says she and her husband never witnessed any inappropriate behavior. “Noam and I recognize the gravity of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Publisher: Dutch novelist and journalist Cees Nooteboom dies at 92
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Cees Nooteboom, a Dutch novelist, travel writer and journalist who was lauded for his insights into European history and culture and often tipped as a possible winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, died Wednesday, his publisher announced. He was 92. Publishing house De Bezige Bij said in a statement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!James Van Der Beek, the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star who later mocked his own hunky persona, has died at 48
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in “Dawson’s Creek” and in later years mocking his own hunky persona, has died. He was 48. “Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kennedy Center head warns staff of cuts and ‘skeletal’ staffing during renovation closure
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2026
As the Trump administration prepares to close the Kennedy Center for a two-year renovation, the head of Washington’s performing arts center has warned its staff about impending cuts that will leave “skeletal teams.” In a Tuesday memo obtained by The Associated Press, Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell told staff that “departments will obviously function on ... Read More »
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