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Poetry helped R&B singer Jessie Reyez find her voice. Her latest book shares it with the world
By Canadian Press on October 17th, 2025
Long before Jessie Reyez was celebrated for her voice, poetry was the Toronto-bred musician’s “first love.” The Grammy-nominated and Juno Award winner’s music often feels like spoken poetry, backed by a mix of R&B, hip-hop and Latin beats. When music, and the commercial demands of the industry, fail to satiate her creative hunger, Reyez turns ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From Spice Girl to fashion mogul, Victoria Beckham grabs the chance to tell her own tale
By Canadian Press on October 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Now here’s something you might not quite believe about Victoria Beckham, glam Spice Girl turned high-profile fashion designer: At theater school, they purposely put her in the back row. Because she was too heavy. “It was really difficult,” she says now of the memory from her youth, sipping a sparkling water ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alicia Keys may pop up when the national tour of her musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ comes to your town
By Canadian Press on October 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Alicia Keys’ semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age Broadway musical is all grown up and leaving the nest. And, like any happy parent, Keys may visit it every once in a while. A new “Hell’s Kitchen” cast has assembled in Cleveland for a national tour that will take them to the South, Midwest and West ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photos of the latest styles at Sao Paulo Fashion Week
By Canadian Press on October 17th, 2025
SAO PAULO (AP) — The catwalks at Sao Paulo Fashion week have featured creations from Brazilian designers including Gloria Coelho, Joao Pimenta, Dario Mittmann, Leandro Castro and Menino Rei. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Ettore Chiereguini, The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kevin Federline says his sons with Britney Spears are the reason for his new memoir
By Canadian Press on October 17th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Federline says concern for his two sons with Britney Spears long kept him from telling his story, and those same concerns are the reason he’s telling it now that they’re men. In a memoir to be released Tuesday, “You Thought You Knew,” Federline documents his difficult years as husband, ex-husband, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Throwback styles meet modern tech for a retro revival in our living rooms
By Canadian Press on October 17th, 2025
It might start with a cassette deck that streams Spotify and charges your phone. It doesn’t have to stop there. These days, yesterday is big business. A retro revival is underway in the design world: mushroom-shaped lamps, walnut stereo consoles, daisy dishware, neon Polaroid cameras. It’s like our homes just hustled over from “One Day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BBC sanctioned for failing to disclose Gaza documentary narrator’s ties to Hamas
By Canadian Press on October 17th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s media regulator sanctioned the BBC on Friday for a “materially misleading” documentary on the lives of children in Gaza because it failed to disclose that the father of the teen narrator held a position in the Hamas administration. The regulator Ofcom said the BBC breached the Broadcasting Code, saying that “had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ty Dolla $ign returns with ‘Tycoon,’ his first solo album in five years
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — “It’s ‘Tycoon’ season,’” a beaming Ty Dolla $ign, declares. It is indeed. The inventive R&B singer has just released his fifth studio album, his first full-length solo release in five years. He chose “Tycoon” for its title because the word encompasses his current state of mind. “It’s like (being at) the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Pearl Jam mourn Kiss founding member Ace Frehley
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
Notable reaction to the death of Kiss founding member Ace Frehley who died Thursday at 74. Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons “We are devastated by the passing of Ace Frehley. He was an essential and irreplaceable rock soldier during some of the most formative foundational chapters of the band and its history. He is and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Susan Stamberg, first woman to host a national news program, dies at age 87
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
Susan Stamberg, a “founding mother” of National Public Radio and the first female broadcaster to host a national news program, has died. She was 87. Stamberg died Thursday, NPR reported. It did not provide a cause of death. Stamberg joined NPR in the early 1970s when it was getting off the ground as a network ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ace Frehley, Kiss’ original lead guitarist and founding member, dies at 74
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss who captivated audiences with his elaborate makeup and smoke-filled guitar, died Thursday. He was 74. Frehley died peacefully surrounded by family in Morristown following a recent fall, according to his agent. Family members said in a ... Read More »
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