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Highlights from The Associated Press’ interview with Stephen King
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen King recently spoke to The Associated Press about the new film adaption “The Life of Chuck,” his latest book “Never Flinch” and other topics. Here are highlights from that conversation. On ‘The Life of Chuck’ Over time, King has developed a personal policy in how he talks about the adaptations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Tom Hiddleston leads the cosmic puzzle that is ‘Life of Chuck’
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
“Life of Chuck” is a peculiar movie with grandiose ambitions. It teases out a cosmic mystery about life and some guy named Charles Krantz ( Tom Hiddleston ) in a story told in reverse chronological order that gets smaller and smaller with each act. This is a story that begins with the apocalypse and ends ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous opera singer Emma Pennell wins $25K emerging artist award
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
Indigenous soprano Emma Pennell has won a $25,000 emerging artist award. The 27-year-old opera singer will receive the RBC Emerging Artist Award during weekend celebrations for the 2025 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards. Pennell was chosen by a committee of artistic leaders at the National Arts Centre. Daphne Burt, senior manager of artistic planning for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Broadway has found its Gen Z audience – by telling Gen Z stories
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Kimberly Belflower knew “John Proctor is the Villain” needed its final cathartic scene to work — and, for that, it needed Lorde’s “Green Light.” “I literally told my agent, ‘I would rather the play just not get done if it can’t use that song,’” the playwright laughed. She wrote Lorde a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pop singer Jessie J says she has been diagnosed with early breast cancer
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The English pop singer Jessie J says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will undergo surgery after her performance at the London music festival Capital’s Summertime Ball next weekend. Jessie J, 37, shared the news in an Instagram video on Wednesday. “I was diagnosed with early breast cancer,” she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-WH press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre left the Democratic Party, publisher of her new book says
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has a book out this fall that promises a close look at President Biden’s decision not to run for reelection and calls for thinking beyond the two-party system. Jean-Pierre herself has switched her affiliation to independent after working in two Democratic administrations, according to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heather Hiscox stepping down from ‘CBC Morning Live’ this fall
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
TORONTO — CBC News Network veteran Heather Hiscox is retiring and will step down as host of “CBC Morning Live” this fall. The longtime anchor for live, breaking news coverage made the announcement this morning as the public broadcaster detailed upcoming programming plans. Hiscox says she’s deeply grateful to CBC News for the opportunity to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stephen King on ‘The Life of Chuck,’ the end of the world and, yes, joy
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen King ’s first editor, Bill Thompson, once said, “Steve has a movie camera in his head.” So vividly drawn is King’s fiction that it’s offered the basis for some 50 feature films. For half a century, since Brian De Palma’s 1976 film “Carrie,” Hollywood has turned, and turned again, to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rock band Heart offering reward for instruments stolen from New Jersey venue
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two irreplaceable instruments owned by members of the rock band Heart were stolen from a venue in New Jersey last weekend as the group prepared to launch a nationwide tour, and the musicians are now offering a reward for information leading to their return. The band was set to kick ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘John Candy: I Like Me’ to open 50th edition of Toronto International Film Festival
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
TORONTO — A documentary about late Canadian comic John Candy will open the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. The festival says “John Candy: I Like Me” traces the comedy star’s personal and professional life with never-before-seen home videos and candid recollections that reveal a son, husband, father and friend who battled personal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Edmund White, a groundbreaking gay author, dies at 85
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Edmund White, the groundbreaking man of letters who documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, plays and such novels as “A Boy’s Own Story” and “The Beautiful Room is Empty,” has died. He was 85. White’s death was confirmed Wednesday by his agent, Bill Clegg, who did not immediately ... Read More »
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