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Prosecutors say Minnesota man accused of hiding stolen ruby slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ is dead
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge dismissed the charges Monday against a Minnesota man accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in the 1939 musical “The Wizard of Oz” after prosecutors informed the court that he died on Sunday. Jerry Hal Saliterman, 77, of Crystal, who had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American culinary series ‘Top Chef’ comes to Canada amid a simmering trade war
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
TORONTO — The new season of American competition show “Top Chef” is set in Canada, and judge Gail Simmons says the timing “couldn’t have been better.” It’s the first time the culinary showdown series ventures to the Great White North, arriving amid a simmering Canada-U.S. trade war. Simmons believes it’s an opportunity to unite food ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music Review: My Morning Jacket’s 10th album ‘is’ a joy for fans and newbies alike
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
My Morning Jacket likes to hide some of its best music behind unassuming titles. Twenty years ago, the Louisville-based jam-infused rock band led by Jim James released “Z,” one of its most heralded records. And now comes “is,” their 10th full-length record. So, is “is” any good? Yes, “is” is. Nearing their third decade as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump will visit the Kennedy Center as he puts his mark on the national arts institution
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday will visit the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he’ll take a tour and attend a board meeting. It will be his first time at the venerable institution since he began remaking it at the start of his second term in office. Trump fired ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: Patrycja Humienik’s powerful debut poetry collection is a conundrum worth mulling over
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
Sometimes reading poetry can feel exhilarating, like you are finally seeing and being seen. Other times it’s a slog that leaves you desperate for a nap to process what you just read. Patrycja Humienik’s debut poetry collection, “We Contain Landscapes,” is a healthy mix of both. A self-described queer immigrant, Humienik considers questions of chronic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crowds pack Dublin’s streets for national St. Patrick’s Day parade
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
DUBLIN (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people packed the streets of Dublin on Monday to watch Ireland’s national St. Patrick’s Day parade, as crowds in green flooded cities and towns across the country to mark the annual holiday. Officials said half a million spectators were expected to line the parade route in the capital ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Belgian actor Émilie Dequenne dies at 43 of rare cancer, report says
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
Émilie Dequenne, the Belgian actor who won a top Cannes Film Festival prize for her breakout role in “Rosetta,” has died, a news report says. She was 43. Her family and agent told the news agency Agence France-Presse that Dequenne died Sunday of a rare cancer in a hospital outside of Paris. In 2023, Dequenne ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: ‘Lincoln’s Peace’ offers lessons for these times from the Civil War
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
“Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army, could it have banished all the residual slavery practices and prevented the formation of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups that crawled out from the Confederacy ruins? And how different might the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: Yuko Tsushima, now in English translation, explores nuclear, and personal, nightmares
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
Japan’s three historic nuclear events — the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II and the 2011 nuclear plant meltdowns in Fukushima — form a key backdrop for “Wildcat Dome,” a novel by Yuko Tsushima. Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda’s English translation of the book by the Kawabata and Tanizaki awards-winning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dina Pugliese rejoins ‘Breakfast Television’ alongside new host Tim Bolen
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
TORONTO — Longtime former “Breakfast Television” co-host Dina Pugliese is settling back into the chair. Pugliese announced her return on the show Monday by stepping onto the set in a moose costume before removing the mascot-style head to raucous cheers from the crew. Pugliese will also serve as a co-executive producer on the program, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 23-29
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 23-29: March 23: Director Mark Rydell (“On Golden Pond”) is 96. Singer Chaka Khan is 72. Actor Amanda Plummer is 68. Actor Catherine Keener is 66. Actor Hope Davis (“The Matador,” ″About Schmidt”) is 61. Actor Richard Grieco (“21 Jump Street”) is 60. Drummer Kevin Griffin of Yankee ... Read More »
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