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Givenchy names Sarah Burton new creative director
By The Associated Press on September 9th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – Givenchy has named Sarah Burton creative director for women’s and men’s collections, with immediate effect, the fashion house announced on Monday. Burton, who stepped down from Alexander McQueen last year, said she was excited “to bring to Givenchy my own vision, sensibility and beliefs.” “It’s a great honor to be joining the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Megan Thee Stallion hosts, Taylor Swift rules, Eminem opens: What to know about the 2024 MTV VMAs
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on September 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Rapper, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, hot girl summer purveyor and now… award show host? Megan Thee Stallion will both host and perform at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. It marks her first time hosting an award show, though she’s guest hosted “Saturday Night Live” and served as a co-host for “The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Keri-Lynn Wilson, who founded Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, becomes music director of Kyiv Camerata
By The Associated Press on September 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Keri-Lynn Wilson was hired Monday as music director of the Kyiv Camerata. She succeeds Valery Matyukhin, who established the chamber orchestra in 1977 and died last year. “We shall be performing for Ukraine’s brave and discerning audiences and defending Ukraine’s cultural identify from those who wish to deny it,” Wilson said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jessica Hagedorn, R.F. Kuang among winners of American Book Awards, which celebrate multiculturalism
By The Associated Press on September 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Author-playwright Jessica Hagedorn, “Yellowface” novelist R.F. Kuang and poet Monica Youn are among this year’s recipients of the 45th annual American Book Awards, which honor “outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum” of the country’s artistic and cultural community. The awards were announced Monday by the nonprofit Before Columbus Foundation, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mike Leigh on ‘Hard Truths’ and his moviemaking struggles
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on September 9th, 2024
TORONTO (AP) – When the British filmmaker Mike Leigh was 6, his father, a doctor who would oppose his son becoming an artist, told him to quit drawing pictures of people. In a way, Leigh never stopped. In his six decades making movies, the 81-year-old Leigh has made some of the most humanistic movies in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Morgan Wallen leads the 2024 Country Music Association award noms, Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ snubbed
By Maria Sherman;, The Associated Press on September 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – He had some help: Morgan Wallen tops the 2024 Country Music Association award nominations with seven. For a third year in a row, Wallen is up for both the top prize – entertainer of the year – and the male vocalist categories. Rounding out the entertainer of the year categories are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Matt Johnson and Kazik Radwanski want Canadian filmmakers to take more risks
By Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press on September 9th, 2024
Toronto’s Matt Johnson and Kazik Radwanski say Canadian filmmakers aren’t taking nearly enough risks. The star and writer-director of the relationship drama “Matt and Mara” say many homegrown movies that land at the Toronto International Film Festival are treated with “kid gloves” by local critics. Their film stars Johnson as a novelist who wanders back ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former fashion tycoon Peter Nygard’s long-delayed sentencing expected today
By The Canadian Press on September 9th, 2024
TORONTO – Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard is expected to be sentenced for his sexual assault convictions today, after multiple delays in the case that have stretched for months. The 83-year-old was convicted on four charges last November but the sentencing process has dragged on for several reasons, including Nygard’s difficulties in retaining legal counsel. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Shogun’ wins record-breaking 14 Emmys at Creative Arts ceremony as Jamie Lee Curtis gets her first
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on September 8th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Shogun” won the most Emmys ever for a single season of a television series with 14 at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday night, while “The Bear” won seven including best guest actress in a comedy series for Jamie Lee Curtis. Presenters were saying “Shogun” all night at the Peacock ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hilfiger goes full nautical for Fashion Week, with runway show on former Staten Island Ferry boat
By Brooke Lefferts, The Associated Press on September 8th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Tommy Hilfiger loves celebrating New York City and its landmarks. He also loves a nautical theme – and a big surprise. So for his New York Fashion Week show on Sunday night, the designer brought all those elements together in his typically splashy way, inviting guests aboard a decommissioned ferry boat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Shogun’ wins a whopping 14 Emmys at Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and Jamie Lee Curtis gets her first
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on September 8th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Top nominee “Shogun” won a staggering 14 awards in a near-sweep Sunday night at the Creative Arts Emmys, while “The Bear” won seven including guest actress in a comedy series for Jamie Lee Curtis. Presenters were saying “Shogun” all night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on the second night ... Read More »
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