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Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89. “It is with deep sorrow that we annouce that our father, Mario Vargas Llosa, passed away peacefully in Lima today, surrounded by his family,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A Minecraft Movie’ stomps to $80.6 million in second weekend
By Canadian Press on April 13th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025. The Warner Bros. videogame adaptation followed up its blockbuster opening with a second weekend of $80.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, it’s quickly surpassed $550 million. After doubling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No booze, no cover, no judging: Inside Mexico City’s free dance parties
By Canadian Press on April 12th, 2025
MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s 4 p.m. on a recent Sunday afternoon, and a pavilion of towering windows in a Mexico City urban park is nearly packed. The public is diverse, but everyone here wants the same thing: to dance freely, at no cost, without harassment or prejudice. Twenty-somethings, children with their mothers, teenagers and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Metric backs out of tour with Bloc Party, citing ‘sudden production decisions’
By Canadian Press on April 12th, 2025
Canadian band Metric has announced on social media that it is backing out of an upcoming tour with English band Bloc Party. In a post on Facebook, Metric says that Bloc Party’s team “made some sudden production decisions” that the post claims broke an agreement. The post from Metric says the decisions left the band ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!America’s news TV channel for the Mideast fires its staff after funding cuts
By Canadian Press on April 12th, 2025
CAIRO (AP) — The head of a U.S.-funded Arabic-language television and online news outlet that claims a 30 million-strong audience in the Middle East and North Africa terminated most staff and curtailed TV programming Saturday, accusing the Trump administration and Elon Musk of having “irresponsibly and unlawfully” cut off funding. In notices to Al Hurra ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Funeral held for Antonine Maillet, renowned Acadian author who died in February
By Canadian Press on April 12th, 2025
MONCTON — A funeral was held Saturday for Antonine Maillet, with songs and theatrical performances highlighting a celebration of the life of the renowned Acadian playwright and author. It was a full house at Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Cathedral in Moncton were people lined up two hours before Maillet’s ashes were brought into the historic church. A number ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!America’s news TV channel for the Mideast fires its staff and goes off the air after funding cuts
By Canadian Press on April 12th, 2025
CAIRO (AP) — The head of a U.S.-funded Arabic-language television and online news outlet that claims a 30 million-strong audience in the Middle East and North Africa terminated most staff and TV programming Saturday, accusing the Trump administration and Elon Musk of having “irresponsibly and unlawfully” cut off funding. In notices Al Hurra news staffers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs want jurors at trial questioned about sex, drugs and violence
By Canadian Press on April 12th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs are urging a judge to let prospective jurors at the hip-hop mogul’s upcoming sex trafficking trial be questioned about their views regarding sex, drugs and violence. The lawyers raised the subject as they submitted a proposed questionnaire to be filled out by individuals summoned for his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AP PHOTOS: Thousands of fans gather at the Comic-Con Prague 2025
By Canadian Press on April 12th, 2025
Thousands of fans gathered at the sixth annual Comic-Con Prague, a three-day pop culture event with interactive workshops, a gaming zone, lectures and insight into upcoming films. This year’s program was enriched by a cosplay competition. Last year, 27,000 attended the Comic-Con in Prague, and organizers expect a similar turnout this year. The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A trove of artifacts recovered from the black market goes on display in Naples
By Canadian Press on April 12th, 2025
NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special police unit, have been unveiled for the first time in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, in southern Italy. In its vaults, the museum preserves 15,000 artifacts seized or confiscated from the black market over the years by a police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘An amazing storyteller’: Canadian director Ted Kotcheff, who helmed ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ and ‘First Blood,’ dead at 94
By Canadian Press on April 11th, 2025
Ted Kotcheff, the genre-hopping Canadian filmmaker known for helming Rambo movie “First Blood” and comedies including “Weekend at Bernie’s,” has died at 94. The Toronto native died of heart failure on Thursday in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, just days after celebrating his birthday, his daughter Kate Kotcheff confirmed. “He was an amazing storyteller. He was an ... Read More »
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