Cummings heading back to Canadian Music Hall of Fame

CALGARY — Burton Cummings is headed to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame — again.

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences says the frontman for The Guess Who will be the first artist to have his name added to the Hall of Fame’s new home at the National Music Centre in Calgary on April 1.

Cummings and the other members of The Guess Who were previously inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1987.

Cummings left the band in 1976 to launch a solo career, which spawned a series of hits.

SAG AWARD

Burnett honoured

LOS ANGELES — A triumvirate of women in comedy is appearing at the Screen Actors Guild Awards next week.

Producers said Monday Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will present the guild’s Life Achievement Award to Carol Burnett at Saturday’s ceremony in Los Angeles.

The prize is given annually to an actor who embodies the “finest ideals of the profession ,” including professional and humanitarian achievements.

The 82-year-old entertainer joins previous SAG Life Achievement Award winners including Elizabeth Taylor, George Burns, Sidney Poitier, Betty White and James Earl Jones.

MUSIC

A boy for Bublé

TORONTO — Canadian singer Michael Bublé is a father again.

The Burnaby native and his wife Luisana Lopilato announced the birth of their second son Elias on social media. Bublé and Lopilato each posted photos on their Instagram and Twitter pages posing with their new baby boy. The couple also has a two-yearold son Noah.

PEN AWARD

Potter author feted

NEW YORK — J.K. Rowling’s latest honour isn’t only for her writing.

The Harry Potter author will receive the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award, PEN America said Monday.

Rowling will be presented her award May 16 at the literary and human rights group’s annual spring gala in New York.

Previous winners include Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie and Tom Stoppard.

PEN cited Rowling’s advocacy for free expression, her founding of the charitable trust Volant, which supports multiple sclerosis research and other causes, and her non-profit organization Lumos, which works to reconnect institutionalized children with their families.