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Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the Kennedy Center on Friday fiercely criticized a musician’s sudden decision to cancel a Christmas Eve performance at the venue after the White House announced that President Donald Trump’s name would be added to the facility. “Your decision to withdraw at the last moment — explicitly in response to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for The Cure, dies at 65
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died. He was 65. The band made the announcement on their official website on Friday. “It is with enormous sadness that we confirm the death of our great friend and bandmate Perry Bamonte, who passed away ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Soprano Asmik Grigorian to lead ‘Carmen’ and sing mezzo-soprano role this summer
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Asmik Grigorian is reaching a new low – in a positive way — and doing it on one of the world’s top stages. A star soprano, she will sing the title role next summer in Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” a mezzo-soprano touchstone, at the Salzburg Festival. “I thought if I want to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!ICYMI: Close out 2025 with these great reads from AP
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year that you may have missed in the flurry of news and the busyness of living. There are storybook endings and heartbreak. Some are stranger than fiction, and others take you behind the scenes. Even if ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Afghanistan’s historic Ariana Cinema torn down to make way for shopping center
By Canadian Press on December 25th, 2025
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Through the decades, downtown Kabul’s Ariana Cinema had weathered revolution and war, emerging battered and bruised but still standing to entertain Afghans with Bollywood movies and American action flicks. Now, it is no more. On Dec. 16, demolition crews began to tear down the historic cinema, which first opened its doors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From red donkeys to vibrant art: Fernando Dávila’s colorful journey as a colorblind painter
By Canadian Press on December 25th, 2025
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — When Fernando Dávila was 8 years old in Colombia, he failed a drawing class because he painted donkeys red. There was a reason for that: He is colorblind. Now the 72-year-old Dávila is an established and respected artist whose vibrant paintings have been exhibited in South America, Europe and the United ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts
By Canadian Press on December 25th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — On a Christmas Day when the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe, concerns over immigration divide societies, and some politicians fan anger and resentment, Britain’s King Charles III called on people to focus on kindness instead of conflict. Delivering his annual holiday address from Westminster Abbey, Charles said Thursday the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mohammad Bakri, renowned and controversial Palestinian actor and filmmaker, dies at 72
By Canadian Press on December 25th, 2025
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian director and actor who sought to share the complexities of Palestinian identity and culture through a variety of works in both Arabic and Hebrew, has died, his family announced. He was 72. Bakri was best known for “Jenin, Jenin,” a 2003 documentary he directed about an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!King Charles III leads family to church ahead of annual Christmas Day broadcast
By Canadian Press on December 25th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III led his family to church on foot Thursday, hours before his annual Christmas Day speech to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth was expected to focus on the theme of pilgrimage. Charles and Queen Camilla, along with the Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Kate, and their children, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!King Charles III picks Westminster Abbey as the site of his Christmas Day broadcast
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has chosen Westminster Abbey as the site of his Christmas Day speech on Thursday, reflecting the idea of pilgrimage that is expected to be a theme of the annual address to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. The central London landmark, known for the lavish coronations and royal weddings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: In ‘Testament of Ann Lee,’ a blazing Amanda Seyfried can make you believe anything
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
Filmmakers Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet are clearly fascinated by ambition. They’re fascinated, too, by dreamers — difficult dreamers, brilliant but demanding people who have plans they must fulfill no matter the personal cost. They’re also interested in dreamers who cross the ocean to America with these difficult, lofty plans. And, finally, they find singular ... Read More »
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