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Book Review: Yuko Tsushima, now in English translation, explores nuclear, and personal, nightmares
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
Japan’s three historic nuclear events — the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II and the 2011 nuclear plant meltdowns in Fukushima — form a key backdrop for “Wildcat Dome,” a novel by Yuko Tsushima. Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda’s English translation of the book by the Kawabata and Tanizaki awards-winning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dina Pugliese rejoins ‘Breakfast Television’ alongside new host Tim Bolen
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
TORONTO — Longtime former “Breakfast Television” co-host Dina Pugliese is settling back into the chair. Pugliese announced her return on the show Monday by stepping onto the set in a moose costume before removing the mascot-style head to raucous cheers from the crew. Pugliese will also serve as a co-executive producer on the program, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 23-29
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 23-29: March 23: Director Mark Rydell (“On Golden Pond”) is 96. Singer Chaka Khan is 72. Actor Amanda Plummer is 68. Actor Catherine Keener is 66. Actor Hope Davis (“The Matador,” ″About Schmidt”) is 61. Actor Richard Grieco (“21 Jump Street”) is 60. Drummer Kevin Griffin of Yankee ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PHOTO COLLECTION: Britain Royals St Patrick’s Day Parade
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors. The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conan O’Brien will return as Oscars host in 2026
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
Conan O’Brien is returning to the Oscars stage in 2026. The late-night host and comedian will preside over the 98th Academy Awards, set for March 15, the film academy’s leadership said Monday. “The only reason I’m hosting the Oscars next year is that I want to hear Adrien Brody finish his speech,” O’Brien said in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Novocaine’ leads numbingly slow weekend at domestic box office
By Canadian Press on March 16th, 2025
Five new movies opened wide in North American theaters this weekend including a starry spy picture from Steven Soderbergh, an A24 thriller, a Looney Tunes movie and a high concept action-comedy with “The Boys” star Jack Quaid. But the myriad options did not result in box office gold. When final receipts are tallied Monday, it’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kashmir’s Sufi music lovers are sticking with the audio cassette
By Canadian Press on March 15th, 2025
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine crackles for a moment before Ghulam Ahmad Sofi’s otherworldly voice fills his shop with verses about divine love and the pain of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maggie Baird, mother of Billie Eilish, receives environmental award at gala event
By Canadian Press on March 15th, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Maggie Baird, mother of chart-topping musicians Billie Eilish and Finneas, received the Superhero for Earth award Saturday from the Captain Planet Foundation at a gala event. Baird is the founder of the nonprofit Support + Feed, which works on food insecurity and environmental issues. Her group has an anchor presence in 11 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘It is putting us at risk’: East Coast Music Awards chair says boycott may hurt event
By Canadian Press on March 15th, 2025
A heated conflict over the direction of the East Coast Music Awards could threaten to destroy the organization that runs it, warns one of its top leaders. Board chairperson Michelle Eagles told The Canadian Press that recent turmoil has left its leadership working to mend ties with members while also preparing for this year’s awards ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Polish leader offers actor Jesse Eisenberg military training to ‘land the new James Bond role’
By Canadian Press on March 15th, 2025
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has made a tongue-in-cheek offer to U.S. actor and director Jesse Eisenberg, who recently gained Polish citizenship, to give him military training that would land him “the new James Bond role.” Poland’s president earlier this month conferred the country’s citizenship on Eisenberg, who has Polish heritage. On Saturday, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Impress me much? Shania Twain ready to lift homegrown artists on ‘Canada’s Got Talent’
By Canadian Press on March 15th, 2025
TORONTO — Shania Twain famously sings “That don’t impress me much,” but the “Canada’s Got Talent” judge hopes contestants aren’t intimidated by the sassy persona the performer embodied in her 1990s hit. “I couldn’t have written a better line for this sort of scenario,” the pop-country superstar laughed during an interview last fall while the ... Read More »
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