By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
Warner Bros. is suing artificial intelligence company Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the startup enables its millions of subscribers to create AI-generated images and videos of copyrighted characters like Superman and Bugs Bunny. It’s the third big Hollywood studio to sue Midjourney in Los Angeles federal court after Disney and Universal filed a joint ... Read More »
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In the first half of 2025, she racked up over 55 million views on TikTok and 4 million likes, mostly from tweens glued to their cellphones. Not bad for an AI-generated cartoon ballerina with a cappuccino teacup for a head. Her name is Ballerina Cappuccina. Her smiling, girlish face is accompanied by a deep, computer-generated ... Read More »
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The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. TOP 20 GLOBAL CONCERT TOURS 1 BeyoncĂ© $12,583,453 51,878 $242.56 2 The Weeknd ... Read More »
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New York (AP) — When songs top the charts, they become inescapable: Cross-genre hits are heard on the radio, on streaming, in lobbies and grocery stores. The artists who perform them become famous. But the people who wrote those earworms? Many do not. At least, that used to be the case. In the last few ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — FOR FRIDAY 10 a.m. George Saunders’ path from obscurity to acclaim began some 30 years ago, not long after he finished a novel his wife could hardly stand. “I used to think the job of serious fiction was to be completely impossible to understand,” he explained during a telephone interview. “But ... Read More »
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LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Kent, who famously broke royal protocol to hug a Wimbledon runner-up and stepped away from family duties to teach music in a public school, has died, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. She was 92. Born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, the duchess was married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Twice recently, the people who run Fox News were reminded of their biggest nightmare. The conservative network Newsmax’s $67 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over false claims after the 2020 election recalled Fox’s own $787.5 million deal with the same company more than two years ago. New legal papers filed ... Read More »
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TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney opened the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival with a patriotic speech that celebrated Canadian culture — and included a subtle swipe at U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney took the stage to a standing ovation ahead of the screening of opening-night film “John Candy: I Like Me,” ... Read More »
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TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney called the Toronto International Film Festival “a testament to part of what makes Canada unique” as he helped kick off its 50th edition on Thursday. Carney took the stage to applause ahead of the screening of opening-night film “John Candy: I Like Me,” a documentary celebrating the late Canadian ... Read More »
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TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney is at the opening of the Toronto International Film Festival, set to speak ahead of a screening of “John Candy: I Like Me,” a documentary about the Canadian comedy legend. Carney has been in Toronto this week for a Liberal cabinet retreat. More coming. Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian ... Read More »
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ATLANTA (AP) — Two children of R&B singer Angie Stone are suing a trucking company, truck manufacturer and others, seeking damages for an Alabama interstate crash that killed Stone. The lawsuit says the driver lost control of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van and when he tried to steer it back onto the highway, it flipped over, ... Read More »
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