May 7th, 2025

Entertainment News

Rihanna is expecting baby No. 3 with A$AP Rocky, the rapper confirms at the 2025 Met Gala

By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — At a historic edition of the Met Gala with tons of news-making moments, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky once again stole the show. The power couple is expecting their third child, the rapper A$AP Rocky revealed. “It feels amazing, you know,” gala co-chair A$AP Rocky told reporters who congratulated him Monday after ... Read More »

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A$AP Rocky confirms baby No. 3 with Rihanna at the 2025 Met Gala

By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — At a historic edition of the Met Gala with tons of news-making moments, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky once again stole the show. The power couple is expecting their third child, the rapper A$AP Rocky revealed. “It feels amazing, you know,” gala co-chair A$AP Rocky told reporters who congratulated him Monday after ... Read More »

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Met Gala pays tribute to Black fashion and designers and includes Rihanna pregnancy surprise

By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Let the year’s biggest fashion party begin! A rainy Met Gala on Monday included a Rihanna pregnancy announcement, a tuxedoed choir and a trend true to the menswear theme: Emma Chamberlain, Zendaya, Teyana Taylor and many other women in pinstripes and other traditional men’s detailing. Chamberlain and Zuri Hall were among ... Read More »

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Met Gala pays tribute Black style and menswear with help from Zendaya, Pharrell and Teyana Taylor

By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Let the year’s biggest fashion party begin! A rainy Met Gala got underway Monday with a tuxedoed choir and a trend true to the menswear theme: Emma Chamberlain, Zendaya, Teyana Taylor and many other women in pinstripes and other traditional men’s detailing. Chamberlain and Zuri Hall were among those who wore ... Read More »

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The Latest: The Met Gala opens as rain fails to dim the stars for fashion’s biggest night

By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion’s biggest night got underway Monday at the Met Gala in a rainy Manhattan. This is the first Met Gala to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in more than 20 years to have a menswear theme. This year’s theme is based on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s spring ... Read More »

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Ann Telnaes, who quit Washington Post in protest, wins Pulitzer for ‘fearlessness’ in commentary

By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post who quit in protest early this year after editors killed her sketch criticizing the Post owner and other media chief executives working to curry favor with Trump has won the Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and commentary. Ann Telnaes won for “delivering piercing ... Read More »

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Janelle Monáe embraces dandyism at the Met Gala with help from an Oscar winner and tequila diamond

By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025

Janelle Monáe will embrace Black dandyism’s elegance at the Met Gala with an all-star collaboration with Oscar winner Paul Tazewell and designer Thom Browne, and a sparkling ethical diamond brooch from 1800 Tequila for a finishing touch. Known for turning heads with her gala looks, Monáe said the ensemble she’ll reveal on the red carpet ... Read More »

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Weyni Mengesha, d’bi.young anitafrika among Metcalf performing arts prize winners

By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025

TORONTO — Soulpepper artistic director Weyni Mengesha and dub poet d’bi.young anitafrika are among the winners of the Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes. The Metcalf Foundation announced five recipients of the $25,000 awards, which celebrate mid-career artists in Ontario who work in dance, theatre and music/opera. Winners get to bestow a $10,000 prize on a ... Read More »

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Met Gala kicks off with Pharrell, Teyana Taylor and Lewis Hamilton. Here’s how to watch

By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Let the year’s biggest fashion party begin! A rainy Met Gala got underway Monday with a tuxedoed choir and a trend true to the menswear theme: Emma Chamberlain and other women in pinstripe gowns. Chamberlain and Zuri Hall were among those who wore sleek, sexy gowns that play on men’s suiting ... Read More »

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ says he’s ‘a little nervous’ as sex trafficking trial gets underway

By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — The federal sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations of violence, began on Monday in New York City with jury selection that was briefly paused when the hip-hop entrepreneur said he was “a little nervous” and needed a bathroom break. Three dozen ... Read More »

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Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US. Here’s what we know

By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is eyeing Hollywood for his next round of tariffs, threatening to levy all films produced outside the U.S. at a steep rate of 100%. Over the weekend, Trump accused other countries of “stealing the movie-making capabilities” of the U.S. and said that he had authorized the Commerce Department ... Read More »

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