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TORONTO — Former "Jeopardy" champion Mattea Roach will helm CBC's new literary radio show. Roach has been tapped to host "Bookends," which will replace "Writers & Company" as the broadcaster's Sunday books programming.

Nonfiction 1. Good Energy by Casey Means, MD, and Calley Means, narrated by Casey Means, MD (Penguin Audio) 2. Imminent by Luis Elizondo, narrated by the author and Christopher Mellon (HarperAudio) 3.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Inside Out 2 2. The Twisters 3. Longlegs 4. Despicable Me 4 5. The Fall Guy (2024) 6. A Quiet Place: Day One 7. Oddity 8. Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 9. Civil War 10.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 2. This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter (William Morrow) 3. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 4. Tom Clancy Shadow State by M.P.

Top New Shows (US): 1. Shattered Silence Podcast , Shattered Silence Podcast 2. Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams , Crooked Media 3. Weird Little Guys , Cool Zone Media 4. The Wirecutter Show , The New York Times 5.

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival is about to begin, with major Hollywood films and stars expected in Italy.

TORONTO — Angelina Jolie is set to receive a special honour for her humanitarian work at the Toronto International Film Festival.

NEW YORK (AP) — The notion that online gaming could help players develop charitable habits seemed bold when the anti-poverty nonprofit Comic Relief US tested its own multiverse on the popular world-building app Roblox last year.

LONDON (AP) — Oasis announced a reunion tour Tuesday, 15 years after the Gallagher brothers' feud forced the classic Britpop band to disband.

NEW YORK (AP) — The merger between entertainment giant Paramount and media company Skydance is set to go ahead after Edgar Bronfman Jr. withdrew a competing offer.