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A movie about the Kabuki theater is a surprise hit in soul-searching Japan
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — A three-hour film about the esoteric world of Kabuki is defying the odds at the Japanese box office, with tickets selling out at some cinemas. “Kokuho,” which means “national treasure,” has already grossed more than 10 billion yen ($68 million), making it the second-highest grossing Japanese live-action film of all time, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Ketamine Queen’ accused of selling fatal dose to Matthew Perry is set to plead guilty
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who has come to be known as the “Ketamine Queen” is set to plead guilty Wednesday to selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him. Jasveen Sangha is scheduled to change her previous not guilty plea at a federal court in Los Angeles and would become the fifth and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the shattering ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab,’ the story of a 6-year-old killed in Gaza
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
VENICE, Italy (AP) — In January 2024, a 6-year-old girl trapped inside a bullet-riddled car in Gaza City begged for someone to rescue her. Contact was lost with the first ambulance. Hind Rajab, five family members and two medics were found dead 12 days later. The impact of the story, and the audio of Hind’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US media quickly forced to revisit a thorny question: How should a president’s health be covered?
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
Early in Donald Trump’s news conference Tuesday, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked a question that surely baffled people who avoided social media for Labor Day. “How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead?” Doocy said to the president. Doocy was referring to speculation about Trump’s health that spread online during the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finnish conductor John Storgards named next music director of NAC Orchestra
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s National Arts Centre has announced the next music director of its orchestra. Finnish conductor John Storgards, who has served as the centre’s principal guest conductor since 2015, will be the orchestra’s eighth music director and will begin his tenure in September 2026. Storgards is currently chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cardi B wins case filed by security guard who claimed rapper assaulted her
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury gave Cardi B a quick and absolute victory Tuesday at a trial in the lawsuit of a security guard who alleged the rap star assaulted her at a doctor’s office during her first pregnancy. The jury at a small courthouse in Alhambra, California deliberated for only about an hour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!5 new cast members join ‘Saturday Night Live’ after high-profile departures
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Five new cast members will join the upcoming season of “Saturday Night Live,” NBC announced Tuesday on the heels of several high-profile departures. Ben Marshall, already an “SNL” writer, will become a featured player, along with newcomers Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska. The additions follow a string ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian comic Veronika Slowikowska joins the cast of “Saturday Night Live”
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
Canadian comic Veronika Slowikowska is packing her bags for New York: this fall, she’ll join the cast of “Saturday Night Live.”The Barrie, Ont., native will be one of five new cast members joining the iconic sketch comedy show in its 51st season, premiering Oct. 4. Slowikowska has gained attention for her viral sketch comedy videos ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TV writer Graham Linehan’s arrest over transgender posts sparks free speech outcry in the UK
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
LONDON (AP) — The co-creator of British TV sitcoms “Father Ted” and the “IT Crowd” said he was arrested over a series of posts about transgender people. Graham Linehan, 57, said he was arrested Monday at Heathrow Airport after arriving from Arizona. The Metropolitan Police didn’t name Linehan but said it had arrested a man ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reese Witherspoon’s new mission: How she plans to inspire young readers
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning actor and book club impresario Reese Witherspoon is teaming up with her publisher, Hachette Book Group, on a literacy campaign. Starting this fall, new audio books from Nathan Harris, Patricia Cornwell and other Hachette fiction authors will include a message from Witherspoon urging parents to read to their children at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Graham Greene remembered as a ‘legend’ who brought nuance to characters
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
TORONTO — Graham Greene’s friends and contemporaries are remembering the Canadian actor as a trailblazing talent with a wicked sense of humour. The Oneida actor from Six Nations of the Grand River died Monday at age 73, following a decades-long career bringing nuance to Indigenous characters who were often flattened to fit Hollywood narratives. Lily ... Read More »
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