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Garth Hudson, the multi-instrumentalist wizard of The Band, the first Canadian group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has died. He was 87.

A man thought to be a citizen of Bangladesh was arrested in India's financial capital Mumbai on Sunday and is considered the prime suspect in the stabbing of Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, police said.

Despite early rumblings of Oscars buzz, Tim Fehlbaum's Munich hostage crisis film September 5 likely hasn't generated the pull necessary to put it into serious best-picture conversations. But it has managed to make an impact of its own: arousing sharp opinions, debate and at least one call for it to be pulled from theatres.

David Lynch, the American filmmaker, writer and artist who scored best director Oscar nominations for Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive and co-created the groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks, has died at age 78, his family said on Thursday.

Toronto rap superstar Drake is suing his record label, Universal Music Group, over rival Kendrick Lamar's diss track Not Like Us. 

A modern David and Goliath story blazed through the film festival circuit last year: Union, a documentary about a group of Amazon workers fighting to unionize a warehouse of one of the biggest companies in the world.

Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform America the Beautiful at Donald Trump's inauguration next week and the 1970s hitmakers Village People will perform at two inaugural events.

Singer Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as Soul Man and Hold On, I'm Comin, has died. He was 89.

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and the one-time face of orange juice who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died. She was 84.

RaMell Ross dove into Nickel Boys with a uniquely useful background.

Despite what they say, it sometimes can be useful to judge a book by its cover.

To quote its theme song, can you tell us how to get to Sesame Street?

Historically regarded (and derided) as a fluffy, disjointed ceremony, the Golden Globes have spent the past few years trying to course-correct. 

The Golden Globes will return Sunday with major star appeal thanks to a slew of big name nominees, including Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande and more. 

Neil Young has pulled out of this year's Glastonbury Festival, blaming the BBC's "corporate control" for his decision.

It's the headline violinists, bassoonists and bangers of big expensive drums look for each year: classical music is back, and young people like it again.