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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian couturier Valentin Yudashkin, whose designs drew eyes at international fashion shows, sports events and military ceremonies, has died at age 59, Russian news reports said Tuesday.

The last Canadian singer standing in this season's "American Idol" has been cut from the reality TV show after making it to the top 10. Tyson Venegas, a 17-year-old high-school student from Port Moody, B.C.

NEW YORK (AP) — The long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, “The Covenant of Water,” is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick.

LONDON (AP) — Rabbi Nicky Liss won’t be watching King Charles III’s coronation . He’ll be doing something he considers more important: praying for the monarch on the Jewish sabbath.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rihanna shut down the Met Gala carpet Monday encased in white camellias on a jacket with a long train gown.

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary folk musician whose silvery refrains told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported to listeners worldwide, has died at 84.

Some facts about Gordon Lightfoot, the folk singing legend who died Monday night at age 84. Born: Nov. 17, 1938, Orillia, Ont.

Some key dates in the life and career of Gordon Lightfoot: Nov. 17, 1938: Gordon Lightfoot is born in Orillia, Ont. 1951: Lightfoot, a 13-year-old soprano, wins a talent contest at the Kiwanis Music Festival, held at Toronto's Massey Hall.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Days after Disney sued Florida's governor in federal court for what it described as retaliation for opposing the state's so-called “Don't Say Gay” bill, Disney World's governing board — made up of Gov.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in