July 1st, 2025

Bezos and Sanchez arrive in Venice as protesters say their wedding highlights wealth inequality

By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday ahead of their star-studded weekend wedding, which has galvanized an assortment of protesters. Bezos waved from a water taxi as he and Sanchez arrived at the dock of the Aman Hotel on the Grand Canal with two security ... Read More »

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Denis Villeneuve to direct next James Bond film

By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Denis Villeneuve is going from “Dune” to Bond. AmazonMGM announced Wednesday that Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond movie. The untitled film will be the first since the studio took creative reins of the storied film franchise after decades of control by the Broccoli family. Producers Amy Pascal and David ... Read More »

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Trump attacks the media for reporting on intelligence assessment of Iran strikes

By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025

President Donald Trump is repeatedly condemning CNN and The New York Times for reports that call into question the damage caused by last weekend’s U.S. strikes of Iran — and downplaying his own intelligence analysts in the process. Trump on Wednesday called on CNN to throw out “like a dog” a reporter who has worked ... Read More »

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Senators challenge Trump’s proposed cuts to foreign aid and public media in contentious hearing

By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel challenged on a bipartisan basis the merits of cancelling billions of dollars in spending for foreign aid and public media as part of a contentious hearing Wednesday examining the White House’s request for the cuts. The House has already voted to claw back $9.4 billion as requested by President ... Read More »

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Movie Review: In ‘Sorry, Baby,’ Eva Victor makes a disarming debut

By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025

The first thing to love about writer-director-star Eva Victor’s extraordinary debut “Sorry, Baby” is how she, as the young professor Agnes, tries, and fails, to hide a tryst with her neighbor. Agnes lives in a quaint New England home where her best friend and fellow former grad student Lydie (Naomi Ackie) is visiting. We are ... Read More »

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Arson ignites the Dennis Lehane-created Apple TV+ firebug series ‘Smoke’

By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane has a healthy respect for the power of fire. He learned that the hard way — surviving a house fire in Boston in his 30s. Lehane was living on the top floor of an apartment building when a propane tank on the roof exploded and started ... Read More »

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Count down to Glastonbury with all the numbers you need to know

By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025

LONDON (AP) — This week, thousands of music lovers from across the U.K. and beyond will flock to a farm in the southwest of England for the legendary Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts. But just how many? Find out in this guide to Glastonbury — and all of its quirks — by the numbers. ... Read More »

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Movie Review: ‘M3GAN 2.0’ goes big, maybe too big, to ‘Mission: Impossible’-level existential crisis

By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025

If you want to know how big an upgrade the “M3GAN” sequel has on the original, look no further than the very first scene. “M3GAN” was mostly set in a Seattle house, but “M3GAN 2.0” starts at the Turkish-Iranian border — with a murderous rampage in a secret military installation and the presence of Saudi ... Read More »

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Google urges CRTC to use restraint with Online Streaming Act

By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025

OTTAWA — Google’s representatives are asking the federal broadcast regulator to exercise caution and restraint in regulating online platforms. They say there is no rationale for the CRTC imposing traditional regulatory tools on online platforms. Google is appearing today before a CRTC hearing on market dynamics, held as part of the regulator’s work to implement ... Read More »

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Bezos arrives in Venice as protesters say his star-studded wedding highlights growing inequality

By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Multi-billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice on Wednesday ahead of their star-studded weekend wedding, an event that has galvanized a wide assortment of activist groups protesting it. Bezos waved from a water taxi as he and Sanchez arrived at the dock of the Aman Hotel, a ... Read More »

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Amid the pressures of fame, Aysanabee is finding his voice and purpose

By Canadian Press on June 25th, 2025

TORONTO — A couple of years ago, Aysanabee didn’t see himself as an alternative music artist, but lately, he doesn’t mind the label. It was thrust upon him at the 2024 Juno Awards in Halifax, where the Oji-Cree musician was nominated in three categories: contemporary Indigenous artist of the year, songwriter of the year and ... Read More »

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