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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 15-21: Oct. 15: Singer Barry McGuire is 88. Actor Linda Lavin (“Alice”) is 86. Drummer Don Stevenson of Moby Grape is 81. Actor Victor Banerjee (“A Passage To India”) is 77.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The annual Nobel Prize announcements are over with the final award, for economics, going to Harvard professor Claudia Goldin for advancing the understanding of women’s labor market outcomes.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Exorcist: Believer” drove out all foes at the box office , but its numbers didn't entirely make heads spin. Facing competition from no major new releases, the latest resurrection of the demonic franchise brought in $27.

TORONTO — Decades of MuchMusic programming is being rescued from the sands of time.

LONDON (AP) — British filmmaker Terence Davies, best known for a pair of powerful, lyrical movies inspired by his childhood in postwar Liverpool, has died at the age of 77.

The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta has brought colorful displays to the New Mexico sky in an international event that attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators every year.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper 21 Savage can now legally travel outside the United States and plans to make his international performance in his native London.

TORONTO — Country singer Dallas Smith is getting into the movies. The one-time lead singer of rock band Default, who's more recently established himself as a star of Canada's country scene, has landed a leading role in the upcoming film "Soul's Road.

TOKYO (AP) — Yoji Yamada has directed 90 films, including “Tora-san,” which tops the Guinness World Records for the longest-running movie series starring the same actor.