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Shania Twain performs during the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Laura Roberts/Invision/AP)

Shania Twain’s crew bus crashes on icy Saskatchewan highway

Occupants taken to hospital but injuries not considered life-threatening, singer not aboard

Shania Twain performs during the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Laura Roberts/Invision/AP)
FILE - Signage for the 51st annual CMA Awards appears in lights at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. The CMA Awards are back Wednesday to honor the top artists in country music, with Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll, Ashley McBryde and Morgan Wallen among the performers. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Lainey Wilson tops nominee list as country music salutes best and brightest

CMA Awards will pay tribute to Jimmy Buffett during a show hosted by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning

FILE - Signage for the 51st annual CMA Awards appears in lights at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. The CMA Awards are back Wednesday to honor the top artists in country music, with Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll, Ashley McBryde and Morgan Wallen among the performers. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Singer Nelly Furtado is pictured in Toronto as she promotes her new album “The Ride” on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Furtado’s pop music comeback continues with the singer stepping up to host the 2024 Juno Awards.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

B.C.’s Furtado will host 2024 Juno Awards in Halifax

‘I’m Like a Bird’ hitmaker will lead awards show for the 2nd time as she pursues comeback

Singer Nelly Furtado is pictured in Toronto as she promotes her new album “The Ride” on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Furtado’s pop music comeback continues with the singer stepping up to host the 2024 Juno Awards.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
This image released by Netflix shows Annette Bening as Diana Nyad, left, and Jodie Foster as Bonnie Stoll, in a scene from the film “Nyad.” (Kimberley French/Netflix via AP)

Latest from country star Aldean, last from Jimmy Buffett among fresh releases

What’s new for your entertainment pleasure this week

This image released by Netflix shows Annette Bening as Diana Nyad, left, and Jodie Foster as Bonnie Stoll, in a scene from the film “Nyad.” (Kimberley French/Netflix via AP)
Taylor Swift performs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Friday, July 28, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/San Francisco Chronicle via AP/Jessica Christian)

Swift excitement sweeps B.C. as fans celebrate Taylor’s impending return

Pop superstar has not visited Vancouver in nearly a decade

Taylor Swift performs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Friday, July 28, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/San Francisco Chronicle via AP/Jessica Christian)
FILE - Don Cornelius poses at his Los Angeles office on March 6, 2006. The late “Soul Train” creator will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Friday night. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Missy, Willie and Chaka Khan honoured in Rock hall of fame’s latest class

Ceremony streamed live tonight will also salute the late George Michael

FILE - Don Cornelius poses at his Los Angeles office on March 6, 2006. The late “Soul Train” creator will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Friday night. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
FILE -The Beatles, foreground from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr on drums perform on the CBS “Ed Sullivan Show” in New York on Feb. 9, 1964. Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release of a “new” Beatles song.“Now And Then,” will be available Thursday, Nov. 2. (AP Photo/File)

‘Now and Then’: the last Beatles song now available for your ears

Lennon demo reworked by Starr and McCartney with old Harrison bits and the help of AI

FILE -The Beatles, foreground from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr on drums perform on the CBS “Ed Sullivan Show” in New York on Feb. 9, 1964. Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release of a “new” Beatles song.“Now And Then,” will be available Thursday, Nov. 2. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - Musician Huey Lewis attends the “Back To The Future” 25th anniversary reunion in New York on Oct. 25, 2010. Lewis, who with his band The News stormed radio in the 1980s with such rock-pop hits as “The Power of Love” and “I Want a New Drug,” is about to take his music to a Broadway stage with “The Heart of Rock & Roll,” starting March 2024.(AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

Huey Lewis’ ‘Heart of Rock & Roll’ will beat on Broadway in spring

’80s pop-rocker about to enjoy a rebirth with new rom-com musical

FILE - Musician Huey Lewis attends the “Back To The Future” 25th anniversary reunion in New York on Oct. 25, 2010. Lewis, who with his band The News stormed radio in the 1980s with such rock-pop hits as “The Power of Love” and “I Want a New Drug,” is about to take his music to a Broadway stage with “The Heart of Rock & Roll,” starting March 2024.(AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Buffy Sainte-Marie performs at the Toronto International Film Festival’s kick off event in Toronto on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. CBC says legendary musician Buffy Sainte-Marie’s birth certificate, other documents and details from family members contradict the singer’s claim that she is Indigenous. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul

Documents contradict Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous heritage: CBC report

Singer called herself ‘a proud member of the Native community with deep roots in Canada’

Buffy Sainte-Marie performs at the Toronto International Film Festival’s kick off event in Toronto on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. CBC says legendary musician Buffy Sainte-Marie’s birth certificate, other documents and details from family members contradict the singer’s claim that she is Indigenous. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul
Buffy-Sainte Marie arrives to the Toronto International Film Festival’s Tribute Award, in Toronto, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Sainte-Marie, a musician known for decades of Indigenous activism, says she’s always been honest that she doesn’t know the identity of her birth parents ahead of a CBC report that’s expected to question the icon’s First Nations ancestry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

‘I know who I am:’ Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous identity questioned

Iconic singer calls questions hurtful as CBC poised to release probe into her First Nations ancestry

Buffy-Sainte Marie arrives to the Toronto International Film Festival’s Tribute Award, in Toronto, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Sainte-Marie, a musician known for decades of Indigenous activism, says she’s always been honest that she doesn’t know the identity of her birth parents ahead of a CBC report that’s expected to question the icon’s First Nations ancestry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Dillon Klena and company of the North American Tour of “Jagged Little Pill” are shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS /HO-Mirvish Productions

Jagged Little musical filled with themes that still resonate for Morissette

Broadway show based on classic album works under guidelines its artist set

Dillon Klena and company of the North American Tour of “Jagged Little Pill” are shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS /HO-Mirvish Productions
This image released by Amazon shows Titus Welliver, left, and Jamie Hector in a scene from the series “Bosch,” based on the book series by Michael Connelly. (Saeed Adyani/Amazon via AP)

What’s streaming now: The Rolling Stones, John le Carré, and Harry Bosch

A look at what’s new this week for your entertainment pleasure

This image released by Amazon shows Titus Welliver, left, and Jamie Hector in a scene from the series “Bosch,” based on the book series by Michael Connelly. (Saeed Adyani/Amazon via AP)
Pop superstar Pink says she’s postponing two Vancouver shows this weekend due to a respiratory infection. Pink performs at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chris Pizzello

Pink postpones Vancouver shows on doctor’s orders

Respiratory infection sidelines pop star, cancelled shows to be rescheduled

Pop superstar Pink says she’s postponing two Vancouver shows this weekend due to a respiratory infection. Pink performs at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chris Pizzello
Toronto Raptors guard Gradey Dick dribbles the ball during the second half of a pre-season NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, in Chicago. In his first ever NBA pre-season, Dick promised himself to put in long hours at the Toronto Raptors’ training facilities and do whatever his coaches asked of him. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Marton

Drake’s video collaboration with Raptor rookie a locker room coincidence

Gradey Dick’s music video debut with Toronto pop star happened by chance

Toronto Raptors guard Gradey Dick dribbles the ball during the second half of a pre-season NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, in Chicago. In his first ever NBA pre-season, Dick promised himself to put in long hours at the Toronto Raptors’ training facilities and do whatever his coaches asked of him. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Marton
This image released by Universal Music shows cover art for “Hackney Diamonds” by The Rolling Stones. (Universal Music via AP)

Review: Hackney Diamonds shows time still on the side of the Rolling Stones

First collection of new music in almost 2 decades proves iconic rockers still have it

This image released by Universal Music shows cover art for “Hackney Diamonds” by The Rolling Stones. (Universal Music via AP)
This combination of photos shows promotional art for ‘Frasier’ a series premiering Oct. 12 on Paramount+, and ‘Lessons in Chemistry, premiering Oct. 13 on Apple TV+. (Paramount+/Apple TV+/Netflix via AP)

What’s streaming now: Jamie Foxx, Offset, Musk, ‘Frasier’ returns

What’s new this week for your entertainment pleasure

This combination of photos shows promotional art for ‘Frasier’ a series premiering Oct. 12 on Paramount+, and ‘Lessons in Chemistry, premiering Oct. 13 on Apple TV+. (Paramount+/Apple TV+/Netflix via AP)
Dream Warriors arrive on the red carpet for the Juno Awards in Edmonton on March 13, 2023. Hip-hop duo Dream Warriors’ bossa nova-inspired “My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style” is among four songs being added to the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in November. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Songs by Snow, Dream Warriors added to hall of Canada’s songwriting best

‘Drinking in L.A.’, ‘Echo Beach’, ‘Informer’ and ‘My Definition’ make the cut

Dream Warriors arrive on the red carpet for the Juno Awards in Edmonton on March 13, 2023. Hip-hop duo Dream Warriors’ bossa nova-inspired “My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style” is among four songs being added to the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in November. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
FILE - Taylor Swift performs during the opener of her Eras tour in Glendale, Ariz., on March 17, 2023. Swift is releasing her “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert film on Oct. 13. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Eras Tour film expected to make Swift work of the movie business

Swifties expected to pack cinemas to dance, sing, get up and have a good time

FILE - Taylor Swift performs during the opener of her Eras tour in Glendale, Ariz., on March 17, 2023. Swift is releasing her “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert film on Oct. 13. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Ed Sheeran performs at Z100’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball on Dec. 10, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

What’s streaming now: new Ed Sheeran album, ‘The Voice,’ Wes Anderson returns

New for your entertainment pleasure this week

Ed Sheeran performs at Z100’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball on Dec. 10, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. Authorities in Nevada confirmed Tuesday, July 18, 2023, that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of the late rapper Shakur. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File)

Tupac breakthrough? Vegas police make arrest in star’s fatal 1996 shooting

Hip-hop icon was gunned down on the Las Vegas Strip 27 years ago

FILE - Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. Authorities in Nevada confirmed Tuesday, July 18, 2023, that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of the late rapper Shakur. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File)