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UK’s National Gallery will use $500 million in donations for a new wing and expanded collection
By Canadian Press on September 9th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s National Gallery announced Tuesday that it will use a whopping 375 million pounds ($510 million) in donations to open a new wing that, for the first time, will include modern art. Founded in 1824, the gallery has amassed a centuries-spanning collection of Western paintings by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Director Mathieu Denis asks what you’re willing to pay in TIFF’s ‘The Cost of Heaven’
By Canadian Press on September 9th, 2025
TORONTO — “The Cost of Heaven” is an invitation for audiences to think about what our society values and how far we’d go to secure it, says Montreal writer-director Mathieu Denis. He turned the question over in his mind for years before he made the film, watching the capitalism machine demand ever-more growth. It premieres ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Christoph von Dohnányi, who led Cleveland Orchestra until 2002, dies at 95
By Canadian Press on September 8th, 2025
CLEVELAND (AP) — Christoph von Dohnányi, a conductor acclaimed for performances as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1984 to 2002, has died at age 95. Dohnányi died in Munich on Saturday, the Cleveland Orchestra said in a statement Monday. “A grand seigneur among the great international conductors to whom the Salzburg Festival owes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Christoph von Dohnányi, who led Cleveland Orchestra until 2022, dies at 95
By Canadian Press on September 8th, 2025
CLEVELAND (AP) — Christoph von Dohnányi, a conductor acclaimed for performances as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1984 to 2002, has died at age 95. Dohnányi died in Munich on Saturday, the Cleveland Orchestra said in a statement Monday. “A grand seigneur among the great international conductors to whom the Salzburg Festival owes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charlie Sheen talks his road to sobriety ahead of release of his memoir, ‘The Book of Sheen’
By Canadian Press on September 8th, 2025
Charlie Sheen said fatherhood quickly occupied his life when he got sober eight years ago. “It turned into just an interesting daily grind of just sudden responsibility and, you know, having to answer the call and it was amazing,” Sheen said Monday, telling an audience that once he “finally put down the bottle,” his children ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Are Toronto audiences too nice? Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater say politeness is appreciated
By Canadian Press on September 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Stage and screen stars Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott agree most actors can benefit from audience feedback, but there’s a time and a place for criticism. The stars of Richard Linklater’s intimate portrait “Blue Moon” are at the Toronto International Film Festival where they note Canadian audiences are notoriously “very nice” to visiting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prince Harry visits late queen’s grave as UK trip fuels speculation about meeting with King Charles
By Canadian Press on September 8th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry arrived in the U.K. on Monday for a visit to his charities, sparking speculation about whether he will meet with his father, King Charles III, for the first time in 19 months. Amid signs of a thaw in the frigid relationship between Harry and the rest of the royal family, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, Lainey Wilson lead Country Music Association Awards noms with 6 each
By Canadian Press on September 8th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Ella Langley, Megan Moroney and Lainey Wilson lead the nominations for the 2025 Country Music Association Awards, with six nods each. Joining Wilson in competing for the night’s highest honor — CMA entertainer of the year — will be Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton and Morgan Wallen, last year’s winner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Smashing Machine’ director Benny Safdie rolls into TIFF with shine of Silver Lion win
By Canadian Press on September 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Benny Safdie says winning the Silver Lion for best director at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend has given him some extra juice. The moviemaker is at the Toronto International Film Festival for the North American premiere of his solo directorial debut, “The Smashing Machine,” which he wrote and directed. The gritty ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 14-20
By Canadian Press on September 8th, 2025
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 14-20: Sept. 14: Actor Walter Koenig (“Star Trek”) is 89. Singer-actor Joey Heatherton is 81. Singer Jon “Bowzer” Bauman of Sha Na Na is 78. Actor Sam Neill is 78. Actor Robert Wisdom (TV’s “Nashville,” ″The Wire”) is 72. Saxophonist Steve Berlin of Los Lobos is 70. Country ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mae Martin calls TIFF-bound Netflix show ‘Wayward’ deeply personal and proudly local
By Canadian Press on September 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Toronto comedian Mae Martin says their new Netflix limited series “Wayward” hits especially close to home — and was proudly made there too. The Canadian thriller follows two teenagers sent to a troubled-teen reform program, where secrecy and manipulation lurk beneath a facade of structure and care. Martin created the show and also ... Read More »
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