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Movie Review: Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst bring humanity to true-crime tale ‘Roofman’
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
Down on his luck divorced dad who resorts to crime is becoming familiar territory for Channing Tatum as an actor. In “Logan Lucky” his mark was the Charlotte Motor Speedway. In “Roofman,”in theaters Friday, it’s McDonald’s. In both films, there’s a young daughter he wants to impress. The big, heartbreaking difference is that “Roofman” isn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hungarian master of absurdist excess László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel literature prize
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, whose surreal and anarchic novels combine a bleak world view with mordant humor, won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for work the judges said upholds the power of art in the midst of “apocalyptic terror.” The Nobel judges said the 71-year-old author, whose novels sometimes consist of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alan Doyle wants to try everything once, so he co-wrote the musical ‘Tell Tale Harbour’
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
TORONTO — To hear Alan Doyle tell it, he’s stumbled into all his creative pursuits since the success of his folk-rock group Great Big Sea. The name and voice recognition he earned fronting that band got him opportunities: as an actor in Ridley Scott’s 2010 film adaptation of “Robin Hood,” as the composer for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Once-secret Emperor Commodus’ passage to Rome Colosseum opens to public for the first time
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
ROME (AP) — For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s world-renowned Colosseum will have the opportunity to walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors to reach the ancient amphitheater unseen. The once-secret corridor — known as the “Commodus Passage” and named after the Roman emperor turned into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘The Last Frontier’ TV series: A plane crash, a jailbreak and CIA secrets unfold in freezing Alaska
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The new Apple TV+. series “The Last Frontier” begins with a plane crash in remote Alaska and a scramble for survivors. We learn the plane was carrying a nasty bunch of federal inmates. Then we find out that the nastiest of them is part of a vast CIA conspiracy. The action ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kiss rocker Gene Simmons recovering after crashing SUV
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Kiss rock star Gene Simmons is recovering after he fainted while driving along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu and crashed his SUV into a parked car, authorities said. Simmons, a co-founder and bassist for the legendary band, was evaluated at a hospital Tuesday before being released. He posted on social ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in literature
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, whose philosophical, bleakly funny novels often unfold in single sentences, won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for his “compelling and visionary oeuvre.” Several works including his debut, “Satantango” and “The Melancholy of Resistance,” were turned into films by Hungarian director Béla Tarr. Krasznahorkai, 71, has received many ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SummaryBrief-Entertainment
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
Kirkus Prize winners include a novel on identity, a history of Iran and an ode to belly buttons NEW YORK (AP) — Kirkus Prize judges have announced their winners for this year, awarding 50-thousand dollars in each of three categories. Lucas Schaefer’s novel “The Slip,” about a man’s search for his missing nephew, won for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Nobel Prize in literature will be announced on Thursday
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in literature is being announced on Thursday, with the winner joining an illustrious list of laureates that includes Ernest Hemingway, Toni Morrison and Kazuo Ishiguro. The literature prize has been awarded by the Nobel committee of the Swedish Academy 117 times to a total of 121 winners. Last year’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kirkus Prize winners include a novel on identity, a history of Iran and an ode to belly buttons
By Canadian Press on October 8th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A novel about identity and a missing youth, a history of the overthrow of the Shah of Iran and a picture book celebrating the underappreciated belly button are this year’s winners of the Kirkus Prize, which includes a $50,000 cash award for each of the three categories. Lucas Schaefer’s “The Slip,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: ‘After the Hunt’ is less hot-button farce than tragedy
By Canadian Press on October 8th, 2025
It’s not so often that the font of a movie’s opening credits is, itself, a provocation. But in Luca Guadagnino ’s muddled but darkly absorbing “After the Hunt,” the white Windsor Light Condensed lettering against a black background, with cast in alphabetical order and soft jazz playing, is immediately recognizable as the style of a ... Read More »
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