The Mix

The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival started Thursday and runs through Sept. 19 with about 60 features, which are screening in a mix of online and physical presentations.

NEW YORK — Bruce Springsteen will release a new rock album that he recorded in his New Jersey home studio with the E Street Band. The Boss said Thursday the album is called “Letter To You” and he and the band recorded it in just five days.

NEW YORK — MSNBC is giving Washington correspondent Kasie Hunt a pre-morning coffee shift on weekdays and expanding its weekend lineup to have more live hours of news. Hunt will revive the “Way Too Early” news program that will air at 5 a.m.

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” R

NEW YORK — Ready to Grammys and chill? The Grammy Museum is launching its own online streaming service featuring performances and interviews from A-list musicians, as well as material from the museum’s archive. COLLECTION:live will debut on Sept.

SAN ANTONIO — Theme park company SeaWorld Entertainment is laying off nearly 250 employees at parks in San Antonio in the wake of declining attendance due to the coronavirus pandemic.

TORONTO — As the co-heads of the Toronto International Film Festival tell it, planning this year's event while consulting with their counterparts around the world during a pandemic was like group therapy.

LAS VEGAS — Celine Dion has announced next year's rescheduled dates for the North American leg of her Courage world tour that was originally postponed in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new North American dates begin in Winnipeg on Aug.

NEW YORK — Elena Ferrante, James McBride and Isabel Wilkerson are among the nominees for the Kirkus Prize, a $50,000 honour for the best fiction, nonfiction and children's books.

NEW YORK — Like a lot of young people, 11-year-old Izzy Bee has a special bond with animals. Unlike a lot of young people, she shares it with one of the planet's most cuddly — koalas. “It’s hard to explain,” she says from her home in Australia.