D’Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon with ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dies
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” music video, has died. He was 51. The singer, whose real name was Michael Eugene Archer, died Tuesday, according to a statement from the family. The singer’s family confirmed in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!D’Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon with ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dies
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” music video, has died. He was 51. The singer, whose real name was Michael Eugene Archer, died Tuesday, according to a statement from the family. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Guillermo del Toro builds a handsome, grand ‘Frankenstein’ that is all his own
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
Guillermo del Toro has been telling monster stories for as long as he’s been making films. A romantic with keen appreciation for the macabre, his creations are things of strange beauty, haunting, poetic and unforgettable. It’s no wonder his earliest love was “Frankenstein,” first the Boris Karloff film, then the novel, which set him on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alec and Stephen Baldwin escape injury after their vehicle hits a tree in New York
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Alec Baldwin and his younger brother Stephen escaped injury when their vehicle struck a tree in New York. In a video posted to Instagram late Monday, Alec Baldwin said he was driving his wife’s Range Rover in East Hampton on Monday when he was cut off by a garbage truck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From Grammy winner to children’s author: Laufey’s new book is ‘Mei Mei the Bunny’
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — She’s won a Grammy, collaborated with Barbra Streisand and performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Now Laufey is taking on a new challenge: creating a children’s story inspired by her mascot-alias, Mei Mei The Bunny. Penguin Workshop announced Tuesday that Laufey’s picture book, “Mei Mei The Bunny,” will be published April ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oprah Winfrey picks Megha Majumdar’s ‘A Guardian and a Thief’ for book club
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Megha Majumdar’s “ A Guardian and a Thief,” already a finalist for the National Book Award and Kirkus Prize, is now Oprah Winfrey’s book club pick. Set in the near future, “A Guardian and a Thief” depicts a world of drought, flooding, crime and food shortages as it contrasts a woman ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toby Talbot, leading patron of art house film, dies at 96, report says
By Canadian Press on October 13th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Toby Talbot, a great patron of art house cinema who with her husband, Dan, helped introduce movie lovers to celebrated works from Jean-Luc Godard,Pedro Almodóvar and hundreds of other international filmmakers and to American favorites old and new, has died at age 96. Talbot died Sept. 15 at her home in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won’t sign new Pentagon rules
By Canadian Press on October 13th, 2025
News organizations including The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative Newsmax television network said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their reporters from the Pentagon. Those outlets say the policy threatens to punish them for routine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion says creative upbringing shaped his vision of innovation and freedom
By Canadian Press on October 13th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — France’s Nobel economics laureate Philippe Aghion reflected Monday on the creative roots that shaped his award-winning ideas about innovation and growth. Aghion paid homage to his family lineage, particularly his mother, Gaby Aghion, who founded the fashion house Chloé, after he was awarded the Nobel memorial prize in economics on Monday. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ makes history by selling 4 million copies in first week
By Canadian Press on October 13th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — That’s show business for you! Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” has officially sold 4.002 million equivalent album units — which includes album sales and streaming activity — in its first week in the U.S. That is the biggest first week in modern music history; at least, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A voice that broke down barriers: Crowds fill Sarajevo to mourn beloved folk singer Halid Beslic
By Canadian Press on October 13th, 2025
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Tens of thousands of people from across the Balkans poured into the streets of Sarajevo on Monday to bid farewell to Halid Beslic, a Bosnian folk singer whose music and humanitarian work broke down barriers in a region riven by ethnic animosity. In his native Bosnia, he was highly respected for ... Read More »
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