Tracey Deer to Receive TIFF Emerging Talent Award

Carole Horst Tracey Deer’s Toronto Film Festival entry “Beans” tells the story of a 12-year-old Mohawk girl and her family thrust by incidents of racial injustice into the forefront of 1990’s Oka Crisis, in which the Quebec government clashed in a political standoff with two Mohawk communities, the Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawá:ke.

NEW YORK -- Walter Mosley is receiving an honorary National Book Award, cited for dozens of books which range from science fiction and erotica to the acclaimed mystery series that has followed the life of Los Angeles private detective Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins.The 68-year-old Mosley, whose works include the novels “Devil In a Blue Dress” and "Down the River Unto the Sea" and the nonfiction “Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation,” has won the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American

Marriage is not in Drew Barrymore's future. The 45-year-old actress recently spoke to People magazine about her upcoming daytime talk show, "The Drew Barrymore Show," and revealed that one of the topics she plans to tackle on the program is love.

Katie Price has said she is “deeply sorry” for comments she made about her experience with being in a wheelchair.The 42 year old star has received backlash from the disabled community after she opened up about her mental health after breaking both feet while on holiday in Turkey.

Danielle Lloyd has been snapped packing on the PDA with her husband Michael O’Neill.The 36 year old glamour model, who recently showed off her toned figure in a bikini, was enjoying a holiday with her husband Michael as the snaps were taken last week.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterComposer Terence Blanchard will receive the TIFF Variety artisan award at the TIFF Tribute Awards, scheduled to air Sept. 15 on CTV.The news was announced Wednesday by Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, the co-heads of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Those awkward preteen years are tough on kids. It’s a time filled with emotional ups and downs, thanks in no small part dto the physical and chemical changes happening inside.

It's the news that has been more than a decade in the making - Turkey Twizzlers are back!School children of the past will remember the treat which was iconic amongst kids and families of the nineties and early noughties.So finally after 15 years, Bernard Matthews, the firm behind the carefully crafted household favourite, has announced the 'comeback of the century'.People will remember that the product was controversial axed from school dinner menus and from supermarket shelves in 2005 after

RZA has written a new jingle for ice cream manufacturer Good Humor.The rapper’s new jingle was specifically commissioned by the Minneapolis-based company in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests that began after the killing of George Floyd in the city.The new jingle replaces Good Humor’s original song, ‘Turkey In The Straw’, a song that dates back to the early 19th century, and was used in blackface shows and sometimes accompanied by racist lyrics.For the new song, RZA “drew inspiration from