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Pamela Anderson recently watched “Barb Wire” for the very first time. The B.C.-born actor says her son had asked if she’d ever seen the 1996 dystopian action flick — her first starring role in a movie that was a box-office and critical flop.

NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recordings artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after, died Monday. She was 88.

Ada Calhoun’s debut novel “Crush” is only a novel in the loosest sense. It’s really more of a well-sourced personal essay on love and relationships brilliantly disguised as a novel.

Rebecca Black, she of the inescapable 2011 online smash hit “Friday,” has a new dance-heavy EP, “Salvation." For an artist who first emerged at age 13 promising dance-able fuel, she continues deliver — just with a very different approach.

Wyoming Gov. Spencer Rulon has a problem. His son-in-law hired a guide, disappeared into the southern Wyoming wilderness to hunt elk, and hasn’t been heard from since.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wu-Tang Clan is forever, but their touring days are coming to an end.

NEW YORK (AP) — The first thing viewers of “Beyond the Gates” see is a black Mercedes gliding past manicured lawns and stately estates. The sedan pulls up at an elegant country club and the valets come out.

Holly Brickley’s debut “Deep Cuts” is a book for music lovers. Not just any type of music lovers — diehard music fans who enjoy analyzing every element of a song’s composition as well as its origin story.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 2-8: March 2: Actor Charlie Brill is 88. Actor Billy Gray (“Father Knows Best”) is 88. Guitarist Trevor Rabin of Yes is 72. Actor Kevin Anderson (“Nothing Sacred,” “Sleeping with the Enemy”) is 66.

TORONTO — Canada's film community gathers tonight to learn which critical favourites have won two $50,000 prizes — one for best film and another for best documentary.