By Canadian Press on December 6th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday was hosting the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees in the Oval Office for what the White House described as a medal presentation ceremony. This year’s recipients are actor Sylvester Stallone, singers Gloria Gaynor and George Strait, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawford. Trump ignored the Kennedy ... Read More »
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday was hosting the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees in the Oval Office for what the White House described as a medal presentation ceremony. This year’s recipients are actor Sylvester Stallone, singers Gloria Gaynor and George Strait, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawford. Trump ignored the Kennedy ... Read More »
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Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk says his new fantasy feature is as much about the future as it is about a 4,000-year-old tale. “We’re thinking a hundred years from now, when we’re down in the ground, people will study these films,” says the 68-year-old. “So we have to try to do it right.” Set in 2000 ... Read More »
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TORONTO — Without Frank Gehry, the Art Gallery of Ontario wouldn’t be what it is today. So says the gallery’s CEO, Stephan Jost, who points to the renowned architect’s 2008 transformation of the space as a formative moment for the century-old institution. “It didn’t just solidify its position in Toronto or Canada. It solidified its ... Read More »
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OTTAWA — First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders are set to gather at Montreal’s airport Saturday to welcome home dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection. “I give my love and respect to the late Pope (Francis) and the new Pope (Leo), and I thank them for doing the right thing, to try ... Read More »
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TOKYO (AP) — Prominent American playwright and actor, Jeremy O. Harris, known for his Tony-nominated “Slave Play,” was arrested in Japan on suspicion of smuggling the psychedelic drug ecstasy, officials said Saturday. Officers at Naha Airport on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa arrested Harris on Nov. 16 for an alleged violation of customs law for ... Read More »
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TOKYO (AP) — A prominent American playwright and actor, Jeremy O. Harris, known for his Tony-nominated “Slave Play,” has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of smuggling the psychedelic drug known as ecstasy, officials said Saturday. Harris was arrested at Naha Airport on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa on Nov. 16 for an alleged violation ... Read More »
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican composer María Leonora prepares for each concert as if she’s gearing up for battle. Her makeup has a tribal edge. Her clothes are arranged in layers she sheds as the show unfolds. An amulet over her belly button serves as protection. “I look into the mirror and I sort of ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to three more months in prison Friday for violating the terms of his supervised release in a New York gang case by assaulting a man and possessing drugs. The 29-year-old artist from Brooklyn, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, admitted to the violations during a hearing ... Read More »
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Architect Frank Gehry, celebrated for his imaginative, genre-shifting designs, has died at 96. He is known for iconic works such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Over his prolific career, Gehry received architecture’s highest honors, including the Pritzker Prize, the RIBA gold medal, the Americans for ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Vanity Fair is parting ways with West Coast editor Olivia Nuzzi amid ongoing controversy over her coverage of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while she was the Washington correspondent for New York magazine. “Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi have mutually agreed, in the best interest of the magazine, to let her contract ... Read More »
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