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Tech company CEO resigns after controversy over video captured at Coldplay concert
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
A tech company CEO has resigned after controversy over a video captured on the big screen at a Coldplay concert. Andy Byron resigned from his job as CEO of Astronomer Inc., according to a statement posted on LinkedIn by the company Saturday. “Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Acclaimed conductor Roger Norrington dead at age 91
By Canadian Press on July 19th, 2025
Roger Norrington, a conductor acclaimed for historically informed performances during more than a half-century leading orchestras in Europe and the United States, has died. He was 91. Norrington died Friday at his home, his son Tom said Saturday. Norrington lived outside Exeter, England. Norrington conducted both period-instruments and modern orchestras, asking both types to play ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What does one do on their last day as a ballerina? Gillian Murphy jumped off a cliff (gracefully)
By Canadian Press on July 18th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — In every career, there are plenty of consequential decisions to be made. And they tend to get more consequential as time goes on. So it was when Gillian Murphy, one of the most admired American ballerinas for nearly three decades, began contemplating not only when, but how to retire from American ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Did money or politics cause Colbert cancellation? Either way, the economics are tough for TV
By Canadian Press on July 18th, 2025
CBS says its decision to end Stephen Colbert’s late-night comedy show is financial, not political. Yet even with the ample skepticism about that explanation, there’s no denying the economics were not working in Colbert’s favor. The network’s bombshell announcement late Thursday that the “Late Show” will end next May takes away President Donald Trump’s most ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyer argues Call of Duty maker can’t be held responsible for actions of Uvalde, Texas, shooter
By Canadian Press on July 18th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of the war game are protected by the First Amendment. The families ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coldplay’s jumbotron captures – what exactly? The internet has its theories
By Canadian Press on July 18th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — It started out as a routine bit of fun at a Coldplay concert: Lead singer Chris Martin asked the cameras to scan the crowd for his “Jumbotron Song,” when he sings a few lines about the people the camera lands on. At a concert at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on Wednesday, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Belgium’s Tomorrowland music festival opens after main stage was destroyed by fire
By Canadian Press on July 18th, 2025
BOOM, Belgium (AP) — Fans roared in excitement and organizers sighed with relief as the Tomorrowland music festival kicked off Friday — two days after a massive fire engulfed the main stage and threw one of Europe’s biggest summer concert events into doubt. Workers labored around the clock to clear out the debris from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stephen Colbert gets solidarity from fellow late-night hosts after cancellation news
By Canadian Press on July 18th, 2025
Stephen Colbert was receiving messages of support and affection from his fellow late-night hosts after announcing that CBS was canceling his show, “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” next May. Jimmy Fallon said he was “just as shocked as everyone,” and Seth Meyers called him a great host and comedian but an even better person. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tomorrowland music festival opens after its main stage was destroyed by a huge fire
By Canadian Press on July 18th, 2025
BOOM, Belgium (AP) — Fans roared in excitement and organizers sighed with relief as the Tomorrowland music festival kicked off Friday — just two days after a massive fire engulfed the main stage and threw one of Europe’s biggest summer concert events into doubt. Workers labored around the clock to clear out the debris from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Discovery ‘Shark Week’ has breaching great whites, looks back at ‘Jaws’ and starts with some dancing
By Canadian Press on July 18th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years ago, “Jaws” unlocked dread in millions about man-eating sharks. This summer, that fear may be somewhat reduced as they become contestants on a TV dance show. Former “Dancing With the Stars” host Tom Bergeron steps up for a marketing masterstroke by Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” — “Dancing with Sharks,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist who helped write ‘The Way We Were,’ dies at 99
By Canadian Press on July 18th, 2025
Alan Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with his wife, Marilyn, for an enduring and loving partnership that produced such old-fashioned hits as “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?,” “It Might Be You” and the classic “The Way We Were,” has died at 99. Bergman died late Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, ... Read More »
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