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Casting director David Rubin elected film academy president
LOS ANGELES - Casting director David Rubin has been elected the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that bestows the Oscars. He is the first casting dire...
Aug 07, 2019
China bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards
BEIJING - China said Wednesday it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry's most prestigious honours, as Beijing ramps ...
Aug 06, 2019
Trump accuses China of manipulating currency as yuan weakens
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump accused China of manipulating its currency after Beijing let the yuan fall to a politically sensitive level against the U.S. dollar for the first time in 11 years. ...
Aug 06, 2019
Rays erase 6-run deficit, beat Blue Jays on wild pitch in 10
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Kevin Kiermaier scored the winning run on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday night and the Tampa Bay Rays came back from a six-run deficit to be...
Aug 06, 2019
Ohio gunman's ex-classmates decry missed chances to stop him
DAYTON, Ohio - High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended years ago for compiling a "hit list" and a "rape list," and questioned how he could hav...
Aug 06, 2019
Barty in danger of losing No. 1 ranking after second-round exit at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Ashleigh Barty of Australia is in danger of losing her world No. 1 ranking after falling 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 to American Sofia Kenin in second-round play Tuesday at the Rogers Cup. Barty wasn...
Aug 06, 2019
Medicine Hat finishes 3rd in West after loss to Okotoks
MEDICINE HAT, AB - JT Patterson and William Hollis each mashed two-run dingers, leading the Okotoks Dawgs to a commanding 11-1 victory over the Medicine Hat Mavericks at Athletic Park on Tuesday night...
Aug 06, 2019
Clinton impeachment is FX's next 'American Crime Story'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The next chapter of FX's "American Crime Story" will dramatize Bill Clinton's impeachment with a focus on Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp and other women central to the scandal. T...
Aug 06, 2019
Applications for Rutherford Scholarship open after being put on hold by province
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's most widely used post-secondary scholarship is working as intended once again, after concern that students would not be able to receive it before the school year.Applications ...
Aug 06, 2019 Alberta minister of advanced education Demetrios Nicolaides (Photo courtesy of Demetrios Nicolaides / Facebook)
Federal judge continues blocking 3 Arkansas abortion laws
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that three Arkansas abortion restrictions she temporarily blocked will remain on hold while she considers a lawsuit challenging them. U.S. District...
Aug 06, 2019