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TORONTO — The Toronto production of "The Lion King" has appointed a regent after the actor playing Simba was injured. Mirvish Productions made the announcement just one day before the open-ended run of the Disney musical was set to begin.

(RNS) — When former Christian artist Michael Gungor first hosted a new spiritual community in Los Angeles this year, worship began not with an organ blast or sermon series video promo, but with blowing bubbles.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Richman nearly had a million reasons to quit music — until “ Million Dollar Baby ” became one of the year's most popular songs. Now, the singer is eyeing Grammy nominations next week.

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It’s part comedy, part tragedy. It’s part road-trip saga, part odd couple-buddy flick, and part Holocaust film. What could possibly have gone wrong? Yup – everything could have gone wrong.

TORONTO — Randy Bachman is taking Bachman-Turner Overdrive on the road — minus Fred Turner. Bachman announced plans for the Back In Overdrive Tour 2025 on Friday, more than a year after he revealed he was reviving the "Takin' Care of Business" band.

NEW YORK (AP) — Young musicians looking for longevity would be wise to follow the sensible word of Willie Nelson: Do what feels right, and if you're lucky enough to have a statue built in your honor in your city, remember that it is just something yo

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal party is promising to establish a public inquiry into illegal fishing if the party is elected to govern on November 26th.

BERLIN (AP) — A noted Belarusian film director and dissident who was held in Serbia for a year while Belarus sought his extradition has been released and gone to Germany.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel “Nineteen Minutes," a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting that now tops a list compiled by PEN America of the books most banned in schools.