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King Charles III picks Westminster Abbey as the site of his Christmas Day broadcast
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has chosen Westminster Abbey as the site of his Christmas Day speech on Thursday, reflecting the idea of pilgrimage that is expected to be a theme of the annual address to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. The central London landmark, known for the lavish coronations and royal weddings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: In ‘Testament of Ann Lee,’ a blazing Amanda Seyfried can make you believe anything
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
Filmmakers Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet are clearly fascinated by ambition. They’re fascinated, too, by dreamers — difficult dreamers, brilliant but demanding people who have plans they must fulfill no matter the personal cost. They’re also interested in dreamers who cross the ocean to America with these difficult, lofty plans. And, finally, they find singular ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show’s host, musician Chuck Redd, says that he called off the performance in the wake of the White House announcing last week that President Donald Trump’s name would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How Christian artists are winning over listeners and entering pop’s mainstream
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — It is one of the most surprising music stories of the year. While streams of new music — releases from the last 18 months — were down from last year, one genre is on the rise: Christian and gospel music, according to industry data and analytics company Luminate’s 2025 Midyear Report. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argument
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a federal appeals court in New York late Tuesday to order his immediate release from prison and reverse his conviction on prostitution-related charges or direct his trial judge to lighten his four-year sentence. The lawyers said in a filing with the 2nd U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: The Korean satire ‘No Other Choice’ is a masterful thriller from Park Chan-wook
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
Leaves and bodies fall in “No Other Choice,” Park Chan-wook’s masterfully devilish satire with a chilling autumnal wind blowing through it. “Come on, fall,” urges You Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) as he grills an eel for dinner for his family in the opening moments of Park’s film. He’s eager for the season to start but unprepared ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBS News says Global ‘mistakenly’ posted ’60 Minutes’ segment, issues takedown order
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
CBS News says it’s issuing takedown orders for a shelved “60 Minutes” segment after it was posted on Global TV’s app on Monday and then spread online. A representative for the network says its Canadian broadcast partner had “mistakenly published” the segment, dubbed “Inside CECOT,” after CBS News decided to delay it for a future ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AI-generated content wrongly accuses fiddler Ashley MacIsaac of being sex offender
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
HALIFAX — Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says he may have been defamed by Google after it recently produced an AI-generated summary falsely identifying him as a sex offender. The Juno Award-winning musician says he learned of the online misinformation last week after a First Nation north of Halifax confronted him with the summary and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: In Jim Jarmusch’s starry ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ families struggle to connect
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
Jim Jarmusch invites audiences into three family gatherings of adult children in his gentle tryptic “Father Mother Sister Brother.” Don’t worry, you won’t be resentful you’re not part of any of them, not even the one where Tom Waits plays Adam Driver’s dad. To be fair, all the groupings are pretty cool on paper. In ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A daring scene on Broadway this season has audiences talking, in more ways than one
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — On any given evening as the lights come up on Act 2 of “Liberation,” Bess Wohl’s intergenerational Broadway play about a women’s consciousness-raising group, you can hear supportive cheers of “Whoo!” and “Yeah!” — and sometimes, a round of applause. All before a single word has been uttered. There’s a reason ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK authorities bring new charges of rape and sexual assault against Russell Brand
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
LONDON (AP) — British authorities on Tuesday brought new counts of rape and sexual assault against comedian Russell Brand, who is already facing similar charges involving four women. The U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service said the new charges — one count of rape and one of sexual assault — against Brand were in relation to two ... Read More »
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