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TORONTO 鈥� The Toronto International Film Festival says it has signed up Rogers Communications as its new "presenting sponsor," but only for the film festival itself and only for a single year.

LONDON (AP) 鈥� The BBC said it is shocked at the 鈥渁bhorrent鈥� behavior of its former top news presenter Huw Edwards, who admitted Wednesday to accessing indecent images of children sent to him by a man via the WhatsApp messaging service.

Shawn Mendes is staging his return to music two years after he scrapped a massive world tour to focus on his mental health. The Pickering, Ont.

Soprano Anna Netrebko is scheduled to give a recital at the Palm Beach Opera for its gala on Feb. 3 in what would be her first U.S. appearance in six years.

Sum 41 has cancelled six Canadian dates on its farewell tour as Deryck Whibley nurses a "minor" back injury. A representative for the Ajax, Ont.

鈥淗arold and the Purple Crayon,鈥� the famed 1955 children鈥檚 picture book, is getting the three-dimensional treatment nearly 70 years after its release.

BERLIN (AP) 鈥� The German city of Gelsenkirchen, which temporarily renamed itself 鈥淪wiftkirchen鈥� before the American superstar played three concerts there in mid-July, said Wednesday it received about 1,400 bids from Germany and abroad for signs it pu

CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� John Mangum was hired Wednesday to succeed Anthony Freud as general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Mangum, 49, had been CEO of the Houston Symphony since April 2018.

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) 鈥� A demagogue and religious fanatics impose a theocracy.

The second part of Kevin Costner鈥檚 鈥淗orizon: An American Saga鈥� will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September, organizers said Wednesday.