December 27th, 2025

Entertainment News

‘One Battle After Another’ leads Golden Globe nominations

By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” scored a leading nine nominations to the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the Oscar favorite’s momentum and handing Warner Bros. a victory amid its deal to be acquired by Netflix. “One Battle After Another” landed nominations for its cast — Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean ... Read More »

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Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, a touchstone in his attack against what he calls ‘woke’ culture

By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday hosted the Kennedy Center Honors and praised Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford and George Strait, the slate of honorees he helped choose, as being “legendary in so many ways.” “Billions and billions of people have watched them over the years,” Trump, the first president to ... Read More »

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Canada’s Maggie Kang earns Golden Globes nod for ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025

Korean-Canadian director Maggie Kang has earned a Golden Globes nod for best animated feature for her debut film “KPop Demon Hunters.” Netflix’s cultural juggernaut is also nominated for best cinematic and box office achievement, and its Billboard hit “Golden” is up for best original song. “KPop Demon Hunters” will compete in the animation category against ... Read More »

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Golden Globe nominations are being announced

By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025

Nominations to the 83rd Golden Globes are being announced Monday morning, with early nominations going to the cast of “One Battle After Another,” the songs of “Wicked: For Good” and the screenplay to “Sinners.” The nominees for best supporting male actor are: Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”; Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”; Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”; ... Read More »

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CP NewsAlert: Canada’s Maggie Kang earns Golden Globes nod for ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025

Korean-Canadian director Maggie Kang has earned a Golden Globes nod for best animated feature for her debut film “KPop Demon Hunters.” She’ll compete against Toronto’s Domee Shi, who co-directed the fantasy adventure film “Elio.” This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 8, 2025. The Canadian Press... Read More »

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Trump says Netflix deal to buy Warner Bros. ‘could be a problem’ because of size of market share

By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined market share. “There’s no question about it,” Trump said, answering questions about the deal and various other topics as he walked the red carpet at ... Read More »

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What to know about changes to Disney parks’ disability policies

By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Changes that Disney made to a popular program that lets qualifying disabled people skip long lines at its California and Florida theme parks are too restrictive, disabled fans contend in a federal lawsuit and shareholder proposal that seek to expand eligibility. The battle over who can skip long lines on popular ... Read More »

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Golden Globe nominations should give a skewed Oscar picture, plus a new podcast category

By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025

Nominations to the 83rd Golden Globes will be announced Monday morning. Expect to hear these movies called out more than once: “Sinners,” “Wicked: For Good” and “One Battle After Another.” Those are some of the movies likely to among the top nominations getters. Since the Globes split their awards between drama and comedy-musical, and each ... Read More »

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Somalia’s poets keep hope alive for storytelling and for peace

By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — In a theater where a suicide bomber detonated years ago, Hassan Barre stepped forward to offer a different hallmark of Somalia: poetry. In one of the world’s most volatile nations, Somalis must be aware of their responsibility to their country and each other, he said in a recital emphasizing good citizenship. ... Read More »

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Trump hosts the Kennedy Center Honors recognizing Stallone, Kiss, Gaynor and others

By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted the annual Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, praising Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor and the other honorees as being “legendary in so many ways.” “Billions and billions of people have watched them over the years,” Trump, the first president to command the stage instead of sitting in an ... Read More »

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La Scala gala crowd cheers premiere of Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ once censored by Stalin

By Canadian Press on December 7th, 2025

MILAN (AP) — The gala crowd at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk ” with a 12-minute standing ovation Sunday, as the storied theater synonymous with the Italian repertoire opened with a Russian melodrama for the second time since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The crowd ... Read More »

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