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Dan Aykroyd revisits the Blues Brothers’ remarkable legacy in new Audible Original
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The shades are on, the skinny tie is knotted and the fedora is perched just so – Dan Aykroyd is ready to look back. The actor-comedian is revving up the Bluesmobile to reminisce about the years he teamed up with John Belushi as the Blues Brothers, taking Hollywood and the Billboard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vigalondo’s ‘Daniela Forever’ to open TIFF’s Platform program, Egoyan to lead jury
By Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2024
TORONTO – Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo’s sci-fi romance “Daniela Forever” will open the competitive Platform program at the Toronto International Film Festival, with Toronto-based director Atom Egoyan leading the jury. The film stars “Crazy Rich Asians” actor Henry Golding as a grieving man who participates in a clinical trial for a drug that lets him ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Venice Film Festival lineup includes ‘Joker 2,’ films with Pitt, Clooney, Jolie, more
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
Five years after “Joker” won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, filmmaker Todd Phillips is returning with the sequel. “Joker: Folie à Deux” will play in competition with 20 other titles, festival organizers said Tuesday. The highly anticipated follow-up to the blockbuster comic book film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the mentally ill Arthur ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As doctors leave Puerto Rico in droves, a rapper tries to fill the gaps
By Coral Murphy Marcos, The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – On a recent morning in an Afro-Caribbean community in northeast Puerto Rico, Dr. Pedro Juan Vázquez went door-to-door as part of his medical rounds. He greeted the elderly residents the town with a cheerful “Good afternoon!” and a smile and casually asked if they’d like their vitals taken. Many ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The late Colombian artist Botero is celebrated with an open-air sculpture exhibition in Rome
By Silvia Stellacci And Leila El Zabri, The Associated Press on July 22nd, 2024
ROME (AP) – The daughter of the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero has helped to turn the streets and piazzas of the Italian capital into an open-air museum to display eight of her father’s famously voluminous, whimsical sculptures. The exhibition was organized as a tribute to Botero, who died September 15, 2023, at 91 in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As doctors in Puerto Rico leave in droves, a rapper tries to fill in the gaps
By Coral Murphy Marcos, The Associated Press on July 22nd, 2024
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – On a recent morning in an Afro-Caribbean community in northeast Puerto Rico, Dr. Pedro Juan Vázquez went door-to-door as part of his medical rounds. He greeted the elderly residents the town with a cheerful “Good afternoon!” and a smile and casually asked if they’d like their vitals taken. Many ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto Film Festival lineup includes movies from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, more
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on July 22nd, 2024
The Angelina Jolie-directed war film “Without Blood,” a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s contemporary tragicomedy “Hard Truths” will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall. The festival announced its gala and special presentation lineup Monday. Jolie’s film stars Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir and is based on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calls for Maya Rudolph to reprise her Kamala Harris on ‘SNL’ are flooding social media
By The Associated Press on July 22nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Will Maya Rudolph’s “funt,” aka Vice President Kamala Harris, be back on “Saturday Night Live?” Speculation has been running hot since Sunday, when President Joe Biden dropped his election news, but the “SNL” alum is a busy actor these days. Rudolph earned four Emmy nods last week for her work on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harris steps into the limelight. And the coconut trees and memes have followed
By Meg Kinnard And Curtis Yee, The Associated Press on July 22nd, 2024
If you’re trying to get up to speed on Vice President Kamala Harris’ swift emergence as Democrats’ possible nominee this fall, you really need to know your memes. From “brat summer” to “coconut tree,” it’s been a timeline full of Harris-related memes for many people since President Joe Biden exited the 2024 presidential race on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eminem brings Taylor Swift’s historic reign at No. 1 to an end, Stevie Wonder’s record stays intact
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on July 22nd, 2024
Eminem’s 12th studio album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce),” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, unseating Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” after 12 weeks. In its first week, “The Tortured Poets Department” hit 891.34 million album streams stateside, according to Luminate, the biggest streaming week for an album ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two Albertans charged in online death threats to Trudeau, other federal leaders
By The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2024
EDMONTON – Two Alberta men have been charged after death threats were allegedly directed at top federal politicians, including the prime minister. RCMP say a social media user on the platform X had allegedly posted threats in May to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Twenty-three-year-old Mason John Baker of Calgary has been charged with uttering ... Read More »
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