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Cynthia Erivo mines the depths of her soul for ‘I Forgive You,’ her ‘honest, human’ album
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — It began as it always should, with her voice. The second solo album from Cynthia Erivo, fresh off a herculean press run with the success of the first “Wicked” film, was always meant to be “vocal-focused,” she told The Associated Press recently. It may be the understatement of a lifetime: to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has a book out this fall, ‘Independent’
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!British writer Bernardine Evaristo receives accolade for breaking literary boundaries
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Bernardine Evaristo doesn’t like boundaries. For the Booker Prize -winning novelist, rules about genre, grammar or what a working-class biracial woman can achieve are all to be challenged and swept away. Evaristo was announced Wednesday as recipient of the 100,000-pound ($135,000) Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award for her “transformative impact on literature ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Griffin Prize to be handed out tonight as Atwood receives lifetime achievement award
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
TORONTO — The Griffin Poetry Prize is due to be handed out in Toronto tonight, where Margaret Atwood is set to accept a lifetime achievement award. Three translated and two original collections are in contention for the $130,000 award, which the Griffin Trust for Excellency in Poetry bills as the world’s largest prize for a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Where’s Marty McFly’s guitar? Search is on for ‘Back to the Future’ prop 4 decades later
By Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Marty McFly grabbed a guitar in “Back to the Future” and rocked out with the band at a 1950s high school dance, helping him narrowly avoid blinking out of existence before time-traveling back to the 1980s. The guitar, in real life, wasn’t as lucky. Filmmakers went looking for the instrument while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weinstein retrial nears end as lawyers argue: sexual predator or #MeToo ‘poster boy’?
By Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ‘s lawyer portrayed him as the falsely accused “original sinner” of the #MeToo era, while a prosecutor told jurors at his sex crimes retrial Tuesday that the former movie mogul preyed on less-powerful women he thought would never speak up. The two sides took very different tones in their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Citytv pauses ‘CGT,’ enlists Howie Mandel to host Toronto-shot ‘Price Is Right’
By Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2025
TORONTO — Come on down, eh! A Canadian spinoff of “The Price is Right” headlines Rogers’ new slate of Canadian originals coming to Citytv. The media giant says Toronto-born comedian Howie Mandel will host a reimagining of the U.S. game show, helmed by Drew Carey south of the border. Production begins this December in Toronto, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What to know about fatal shooting of ‘King of the Hill’ actor Jonathan Joss as co-stars pay tribute
By Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2025
HOUSTON (AP) — What prompted the fatal shooting of Jonathan Joss, a Native American voice actor best known for his work on the animated television series “King of the Hill,” remained unclear on Tuesday. While Joss’ husband has claimed the person who killed the actor yelled “violent homophobic slurs” before opening fire, San Antonio police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi gets 7 years in prison for stealing millions from clients
By Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge sentenced disbarred celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi to seven years and three months in prison on Tuesday for embezzling tens of millions of dollars from his clients, including several with severe physical injuries and families of people killed in accidents. U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton also ordered Girardi, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Howie Mandel to host Toronto-shot ‘Price Is Right’ spinoff for Citytv
By Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2025
TORONTO — Come on down, eh! A Canadian spinoff of “The Price is Right” headlines Rogers’ new slate of Canadian originals coming to Citytv. The media giant says Toronto-born comedian Howie Mandel will host a reimagining of the U.S. game show, helmed by Drew Carey south of the border. Production begins this December in Toronto, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy and influential people who’ve died this year
By Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2025
May saw the death of a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice who came the high court as a Republican but became a favorite among liberals during his time on the bench. David H. Souter was was appointed by Republican President George H.W. Bush in 1990. But he offered a reliably liberal vote on issues such ... Read More »
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