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Quentin Tarantino has, for a while now, been reminding us what's so great about movies - or at least, what he thinks is so great about them. He's made an old-fashioned double-feature ("Death Proof," o...

NEW YORK - CBS chose the middle of the summer for Norah O'Donnell to debut as "CBS Evening News" anchor, so probably should not be surprised that not too many people noticed. The Nielsen company said ...

NASHVILLE - Americana singer-songwriter John Prine is postponing several shows this summer so he can have surgery to insert a stent to prevent a stroke. A statement on Prine's website on Tuesday said ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Common, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Hugh Jackman are enlisting in the Global Citizen movement. They're among the celebrities featured in a National Geographic docuseries highligh...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are hosting an official visit and state dinner in September for the prime minister of Australia, a conservative, who like Trump, defied...

NEW DELHI - Dozens of Indian celebrities have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and stop rising incidents of attacks on minorities, misuse of religion by Hindu hard-liners and intoleranc...

OTTAWA - The rate and severity of crime both ticked up in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, according to Statistics Canada. The national statistics agency said Monday the overall crime rate was u...

LONDON - Boris Johnson was due to enter 10 Downing St. as Britain's new prime minister on Wednesday, vowing to lead the U.K. out of the European Union and unite a country deeply divided over Brexit. I...

Canada set the bar high in winning the women's rugby sevens gold on home soil at the 2015 Pan American Games. The Canadian women took no prisoners en route to the podium, outscoring its opposition 285...

TORONTO - Allergan PLC says it's voluntarily recalling Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders worldwide, a move that follows Canada's suspension of the product's licences due to po...