Entertainment

Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley, two of the correspondents ousted from “60 Minutes” as part of a major shakeup at the storied CBS News show, are moving from the newsroom to the classroom.

LONDON (AP) — Ariana Grande has pulled out of an upcoming stage musical in London, producers said, and plans to withdraw from the public eye for a break from the intense scrutiny she faces.

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” made box office history in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony-released superhero movie became the second-biggest North American opening ever with an astonishing $355 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was just a few million shy of “Avengers: Endgame,” which debuted to $357 million in 2019.

NEW YORK (AP) — Vincent Pastore, a veteran actor who played mobsters and tough guys, and was best known for portraying Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on “The Sopranos,” has died. He was 80.

TORONTO — A long-running Toronto electronic music party series is facing backlash after one of its co-founders was recorded arguing with an attendee over displaying a pro-Palestinian message at the weekend event.

TORONTO — Toronto's annual African music festival will not take place this summer after organizers and the city failed to find an alternative venue for the event that couldn't secure a permit due to capacity issues.

PARIS (AP) — George Clooney and his family have been forced to evacuate their home in southeastern France because of a wildfire burning nearby, his agent said Thursday.

A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.”

Canadian film financier Jason Cloth has been charged with seven counts of wire fraud in Illinois, where he's accused of bilking clients out of more than US$100 million in what the U.S. attorney's office describes as an alleged Ponzi scheme.