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TORONTO — A bombastic bawdy musical, a feel-good soccer-driven popcorn flick and what may be the last film from a revered Japanese auteur are among the cinematic highlights set for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

TOKYO (AP) — A team investigating sexual assault allegations by the late founder of a powerful talent agency for boy bands has found the charges credible, calling Tuesday for compensation for the victims and the resignation of the current chief execu

PHOENIX (AP) — Sweltering heat in Phoenix that has routinely broken records this summer led to yet another canceled concert, with rapper 50 Cent calling the triple-digit temperatures “dangerous.

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago television news crew reporting on a string of robberies ended up robbed themselves after they were accosted at gunpoint by three armed men wearing ski masks.

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS is giving the late game show host Bob Barker a last run on television with a prime-time tribute special that will air on the network Thursday night. “The Price is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker,” scheduled for 8 p.m.

TORONTO — Singer Jully Black, filmmaker Director X, actress Tonya Williams and pop artist Lu Kala will be among the recipients of The Black Academy's 2023 Legacy Awards next month.

Top New Shows (US): 1. Handsome , Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, Mae Martin 2. House of R , The Ringer 3. Bombing with Eric Andre , Big Money Players 4. Erotic Stories , Sexuality and Erotica 5. Velshi Banned Book Club , MSNBC 6.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. After That Night by Karin Slaughter (William Morrow) 2. Dead Mountain by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Grand Central Publishing) 3. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Celadon Books) 4.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Meg 2: The Trench 2. No Hard Feelings 3. Elemental (2023) 4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 5. John Wick: Chapter 4 6. Sisu 7. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 8. Kandahar (2023) 9. The Flash 10.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The year is 2023, but it might as well be 1997. One of the great viral hits of the moment is DJ Crazy Times and Ms.