Sundance Film Festival: Channing Tatum drama ‘Josephine’ wins top jury and audience awards
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Beth de Araújo’s potent family drama “Josephine,” about an 8-year-old girl who witnesses a sexual assault, won top prizes at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The juries announced the winners Friday in Park City, Utah. “Josephine,” starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan as the girl’s parents, became one of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catherine O’Hara, Emmy-winning comedian of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘SCTV’ fame, dies at 71
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara, the Emmy-winning actor known for comedic roles across the decades — from Kevin’s beleaguered mom in “Home Alone” to the iconic Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek” — died Friday at 71. The Canadian-born O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief illness,” according to a statement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After 200 years, the Farmers’ Almanac bets on a digital reboot and new owner
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Farmers’ Almanac isn’t going out of business after all, but it is leaving Maine for the bright lights of New York City and a new owner. Beloved by farmers and gardeners, the almanac was first printed in 1818 and — like the arguably more famous Old Farmer’s Almanac — relies ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!London’s Poems on the Underground celebrates 40 years of bringing verses to commuters
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
LONDON (AP) — Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London who wondered whether posting poems inside subway cars might enlighten, amuse and inspire riders. The result was Poems on the Underground, a project that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBC, Bell and Corus will join forces to air Canadian Screen Awards
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
TORONTO — CBC, Bell and Corus will join forces to air the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards in a first-of-its-kind simulcast aimed at expanding the show’s reach and celebrating homegrown stories. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced Friday that the awards will air on CBC, CBC Gem, Crave, CTV, Global and STACKTV on May ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP News Alert: CBC, Bell and Corus will join forces to air Canadian Screen Awards
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
TORONTO — CBC, Bell and Corus will join forces to air the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards in a first-of-its-kind simulcast aimed at expanding the show’s reach and celebrating homegrown stories. More to come. Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, officials said. Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he had been covering the Grammy Awards, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sundance Film Festival to name 2026 award winners
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The juries of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival will be announcing this year’s award winners Friday morning in Park City, Utah. Filmmakers Janicza Bravo, Nisha Ganatra and Azazel Jacobs are the jury for the U.S. Dramatic Competition, where titles include Beth De Araújo’s “Josephine,” starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service in an incident that increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, his lawyer said Friday. It was not immediately clear what charge or charges Lemon was facing in the Jan. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Westminster dog show is turning 150. Here’s what has – and hasn’t – changed over time
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — When some Gilded Age gentleman hunters organized a New York event to compare their dogs, could they have imagined that people would someday call it the World Series of dogdom or the Super Bowl of dog shows? Of course they couldn’t. The World Series and the Super Bowl didn’t exist. Nor, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pharrell calls for empathy from US leaders after being honored at Black Music Collective event
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not for himself, but for U.S. leaders. “I want to pray for the leaders of this nation and the powers that be,” Williams said Thursday night at the Recording Academy’s ... Read More »
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