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“Kung Fu Panda 4” finds our trusty, rotund hero Po at a career crossroads and he's nervous. "Change doesn’t have to be a bad thing,” he is told.

The cancellation of this year's Just for Laughs Montreal festival and the financial woes of the company that operates it threaten to leave a hole in Canada's comedy scene, those in the industry said as uncertainty swirled about the brand's future.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When director Peter Farrelly set out to make what became the genre-defining rom-com “There’s Something About Mary” more than 25 years ago with his brother, Bobby, he knew it might take some convincing for a studio to open the purse

NEW YORK (AP) — Children's writer Kate DiCamillo is known for beloved stories like “The Tale of Despereaux” and “Because of Winn-Dixie,” about kids and animals trying to navigate the world and make emotional connections.

TORONTO — A modern history of eastern and central Europe has won this year's $50,000 Lionel Gelber Prize Jurors awarded the prize to Oxford University professor Timothy Garton Ash, for his book "Homelands: A Personal History of Europe.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón, is launching her intended signature project in April, which is National Poetry Month.

OTTAWA — The Canada Council for the Arts has named this year's eight winners of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Each recipient will be awarded a medallion and $25,000.

Dozens, maybe hundreds, of Inuit artists have sketched polar bears. Only one is likely to have sketched polar bears sketching people. She may also be the only Inuk to have drawn hunters taking aim at a walrus the size of an apartment block.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An abstract painting by Denmark's Queen Margrethe, who surprised her country by abdicating earlier this year , has been sold at a Copenhagen auction at 160,000 kroner ($23,300) — exceeding the estimated price of 75,000-100,

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Pianist Eric Guo did everything but travel through time to commune with Chopin.