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NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Donald Rupe didn't intend to write a musical about the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. What he wanted to write about was his friends.

TORONTO — The subject "secret musical" piqued Kimberly-Ann Truong's interest when it showed up in her inbox, and the email's contents sent her imagination running wild.

Famous fans, colleagues and family pay tribute to actor Donald Sutherland , the star of “M.A.S.H.” “Klute” and “The Hunger Games” who died Thursday at age 88. “Donald was a giant, not only physically but as a talent.

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose wry, arrestingly off-kilter screen presence spanned more than half a century of films from “M.A.S.H.” to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88.

TORONTO — Donald Sutherland, the Canadian acting legend with a prolific film and TV career, has died at age 88.

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TORONTO — Nina Dunic has won Ontario's top book prize for her debut novel "The Clarion." Dunic's tale of two siblings took home the $20,000 Trillium Book Award at a ceremony on Thursday evening. A.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Helen Mirren and Margaret Atwood were among the notable names across various spheres to celebrate late Canadian film star Donald Sutherland on Thursday.

If our world should one day cease to exist, and some improved civilization from another galaxy stumbles upon our popular culture and seeks to understand all the fuss about Emma Stone — well, we now have the film clip they should see.

Donald Sutherland, the New Brunswick-born acting legend with the distinct baritone voice and prolific stage and screen career that inspired sons Kiefer and Rossif to pursue the craft, has died.