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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 »
Be the first to comment!‘It is putting us at risk’: Chair of East Coast Music Awards says boycott may hurt event
By Canadian Press on March 15th, 2025
A boycott of the East Coast Music Awards by some of its nominees could put the event’s future at risk, says one of the organization’s top leaders. Board chairperson Michelle Eagles told The Canadian Press that recent turmoil over the association’s direction has leadership working to mend ties with members while also preparing for this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Ford, dies at 90
By Canadian Press on March 14th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ron Nessen, a veteran broadcast journalist who was press secretary for President Gerald Ford and sought to restore the integrity that the position had lost during the Nixon administration, has died. He was 90. Nessen died Wednesday in Bethesda, Maryland, his son, Edward Nessen, confirmed Friday. Nessen replaced Jerald F. terHorst in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s dog likely died of dehydration and starvation, report says
By Canadian Press on March 14th, 2025
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An examination of the dog found dead along with actor Gene Hackman and his wife in their Santa Fe home shows dehydration and starvation were likely what led to the animal’s demise. A report obtained by The Associated Press from the Santa Fe County animal control agency details partial mummification ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Memorial service held for Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone
By Canadian Press on March 14th, 2025
AUSTELL, Ga. (AP) — Musical artists and loved ones on Friday mourned Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, who was killed in a car crash earlier this month. Mourners filed into the massive Word of Faith Cathedral west of Atlanta, taking their seats around a silver and gold casket surrounded by a sea of red roses. ... Read More »
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