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Calls for Maya Rudolph to reprise her Kamala Harris on ‘SNL’ are flooding in on 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!Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, is dead at 88
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on July 22nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four Tops that was known for such hits as “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” has died at age 88. Fakir died Monday of heart failure, according to a family spokesperson, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunter Biden drops lawsuit against Fox News over explicit images featured in streaming series
By The Associated Press on July 22nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Hunter Biden has dropped a lawsuit accusing Fox News of illegally publishing explicit images of him as part of a streaming series. An attorney for the president’s son filed a voluntary dismissal notice on Sunday in federal court in New York City, three weeks after the lawsuit was filed. It wasn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pharrell Williams, Bruce Springsteen among stars set to attend Toronto film festival
By The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2024
TORONTO – Movie stars Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett and Will Ferrell, as well as music superstars Pharrell Williams, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John are among the celebrities expected to walk the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival, a year after Hollywood strikes muted last year’s event. Festival organizers promised star power at this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s ‘Nickel Boys’ to open New York Film Festival this fall
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on July 22nd, 2024
“Nickel Boys,” an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will open the 62nd New York Film Festival in September, organizers said Monday. Filmmaker RaMell Ross directed the drama based on the 2019 novel about two Black teenagers in an abusive reform school in Florida in Jim Crow-era Florida. Whitehead used the real Dozier School ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!On a summer Sunday, Biden withdrew with a text statement. News outlets struggled for visuals
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on July 21st, 2024
In an intensely visual news world, a seismic week of politics was transformed again in an instant on Sunday by something almost old-fashioned: a printed statement. President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would not run for a second term was dropped into his social media feed at 1:46 p.m. Eastern, followed 33 minutes later by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hollywood reacts to Joe Biden exiting the presidential race
By The Associated Press on July 21st, 2024
Hollywood was quick to react to the news that President Joe Biden was ending his bid for reelection and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. Barbra Streisand, a Democratic supporter, wrote Sunday on X that “we should be grateful for his upholding of our democracy.” While many paid tribute to Biden’s presidency, others wondered about the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Second B.C. university issues trespass notice to pro-Palestinian protesters
By The Canadian Press on July 21st, 2024
VICTORIA – The University of Victoria in British Columbia says it has begun the process of removing the pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, telling protesters they are trespassing on school property. The school says in its latest encampment update that it has “taken a calm, measured and reasoned approach” to the protest since it was set ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Twisters’ whips up $80.5 million at box office, while ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ looms
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on July 21st, 2024
Moviegoers ran toward the tornadoes this weekend, propelling ” Twisters “ to a blockbuster opening. The standalone sequel to the 1996 hit made $80.5 million in ticket sales from 4,151 theaters in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. That’s about $30 million more than analysts expected initially, and makes for the biggest opening of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Back to Saskatch’: Taylor Swift fans woo pop star to come back to province
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on July 21st, 2024
REGINA – Megan Weiland has made a friendship bracelet for every Taylor Swift album. The Regina woman has also crafted one in Saskatchewan Roughriders green and white — an homage to the mega-pop star’s football-playing boyfriend Travis Kelce. There is also one in pink and green to give the effect of watermelon, something Rider fans ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The biggest of stories came to the small city of Butler. Here’s how its newspaper met the moment
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on July 21st, 2024
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) – When gunshots echoed at the Trump rally where she was working, Butler Eagle reporter Irina Bucur dropped to the ground just like everyone else. She was terrified. She hardly froze, though. Bucur tried to text her assignment editor, through spotty cell service, to tell him what was going on. She took ... Read More »
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