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On a mission: Tom Cruise insists on social distancing on set

On a mission: Tom Cruise insists on social distancing on set

LONDON — Tom Cruise has launched an expletive-laden rant at colleagues on the set of his latest "Mission: Impossible" movie, after he reportedly spotted two workers failing to respect social distancing rules.
Michelle Latimer among Canadians set for Sundance Film Festival

Michelle Latimer among Canadians set for Sundance Film Festival

TORONTO — Writer-director Michelle Latimer and actors Lisa Cromarty and Michael Greyeyes are among several Canadians with projects in the upcoming Sundance Film Festival.
AP Breakthrough Entertainer Yahya Abdul-Mateen II: Dreamer

AP Breakthrough Entertainer Yahya Abdul-Mateen II: Dreamer

NEW YORK — If Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was told nearly a decade ago that he’d trade in reading blueprints for movie scripts while he worked as a city planner in the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community, he’d start checking his watch.
Record number of journalists jailed because of their work

Record number of journalists jailed because of their work

NEW YORK — A record 274 journalists were in jail at the beginning of the month because of their work, nearly three dozen of them on charges of “false news,” the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday.
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Daisy Edgar-Jones helps connect

AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Daisy Edgar-Jones helps connect

LONDON — When 22-year-old Daisy Edgar-Jones ditched her British accent for the dulcet Irish tones of Marianne in “Normal People,” the actor’s stardom hit a new trajectory.
TV and Broadway star Laura Benanti celebrates Gen Z voices

TV and Broadway star Laura Benanti celebrates Gen Z voices

NEW YORK — When the coronavirus pandemic closed high schools, Broadway and TV star Laura Benanti knew it also meant most spring high school musicals would be scrapped.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's book 'Persist' to come out in April

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's book 'Persist' to come out in April

NEW YORK — Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a book coming out about six key experiences and perspectives. The title should be familiar to those who have followed the Massachusetts Democrat's career: “Persist.
Dutch court refuses to return painting to Jewish heirs

Dutch court refuses to return painting to Jewish heirs

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a restitution case brought by heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was bought by the city of Amsterdam at an auction in 1940.
Possible break in theft of Canadian gold coin in Germany

Possible break in theft of Canadian gold coin in Germany

Berlin police raided homes and jewelry shops Wednesday on suspicion they could be connected to efforts to fence a massive 100-kilogram (220-pound) Canadian gold coin — piece by piece — that was stolen from a museum in the German capital.
Shackleton expedition artifacts to be donated to UK museums

Shackleton expedition artifacts to be donated to UK museums

LONDON — A sled and flag used in one of explorer Ernest Shackleton's famed expeditions to the South Pole have been bought by a British government-funded body to keep the treasured artifacts in the U.K.
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