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With many hungry for content, Sundance market heats up

With many hungry for content, Sundance market heats up

Three years ago, filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West got a dream Sundance debut. They premiered their film “RBG” to a sold-out crowd with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg not only in attendance but seeing it for the first time.
Two CBS execs shelved pending diversity investigation

Two CBS execs shelved pending diversity investigation

NEW YORK — CBS has placed two top executives on administrative leave as it investigates charges of a hostile work environment for women and minorities at news operations in some of its largest individual stations.
Snotty Nose Rez Kids lead first-ever International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards nominees

Snotty Nose Rez Kids lead first-ever International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards nominees

Haisla Nation duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids are leading nominees at the first-ever International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards Show.
Who really had the album of the year? Emily Lazar did.

Who really had the album of the year? Emily Lazar did.

NEW YORK — Chris Martin admits that Coldplay’s latest album could have sounded terrible if it wasn’t for one person — mastering engineer Emily Lazar.
Gretzky memorabilia among items from museum in Niagara Falls, Ont., up for auction

Gretzky memorabilia among items from museum in Niagara Falls, Ont., up for auction

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A jersey, puck and stick signed by hockey legend Wayne Gretzky are among Ontario museum items up for auction. The 42-year-old a Guinness World Records Museum in Niagara Falls permanently closed in September.
Review: A military writer topples the Robert E. Lee statue

Review: A military writer topples the Robert E. Lee statue

“Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause,” by Ty Seidule (St. Martin’s Press) Few authors can say they have lived their story with quite the same authority as Ty Seidule, retired U.S.
Mossimo Giannulli loses bid to finish prison term at home

Mossimo Giannulli loses bid to finish prison term at home

BOSTON — Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli’s request to serve the remaining three months of his prison term in the college admissions bribery scheme at home was denied Tuesday by a federal judge.
Washington Post's Marty Baron says he's retiring next month

Washington Post's Marty Baron says he's retiring next month

NEW YORK — Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron, who has led the newspaper on a resurgence in recent years, said Tuesday that he will retire at the end of February.
Review: Ragtime and much more from jazz pianist Emmet Cohen

Review: Ragtime and much more from jazz pianist Emmet Cohen

Emmet Cohen, "Future Stride” (Mack Avenue Records) Stride provides a starting point on jazz pianist Emmet Cohen's new album.
'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' tops Spirit Awards noms

'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' tops Spirit Awards noms

NEW YORK — The teen abortion drama “Never Rarely Sometimes Always" landed a leading seven nominations, Chadwick Boseman was posthumously nominated and women dominated the best director category in the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations announ