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Calgary GlobalFest pauses ticket sales as affordability, politics, squeeze festivals
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
CALGARY — A staple Calgary summer festival is temporarily closing the ticket-sale tent flap as it struggles to survive, becoming yet one more party-planner walking a fraying financial tight rope in the era of shrinking affordability. GlobalFest has been celebrating multiculturalism through fireworks, pavilions, food kiosks and shows for almost a quarter century. Last year, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ecuador’s Otavalo Indigenous people use anime to inspire pride in their ancient culture and language
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
JATUN RUMI, Ecuador (AP) — High in the mountains of the Ecuadorian Andes, a group of young Otavalo Indigenous people is using anime to inspire pride in their ancient culture and language, especially among Otavalo children. They produced an animated short film titled “We’re Aya” that follows the adventures of Aya, a mythical Otavalo warrior, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 4 countries pull out of 2026 Eurovision contest as Israel’s participation sows discord
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Public broadcasters from at least four countries — including Spain and the Netherlands — on Thursday pulled out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after organizers decided to allow Israel to compete. The developments expose how political discord has taken center stage over a usually joyful celebrating harmony through music. The pullouts, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Detroit’s own crime-fighter RoboCop finally stands guard in Motor City
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — RoboCop has finally found a permanent home in Detroit. A statue looming 11 feet tall (3.3 meters) and weighing 3,500 pounds (1,587 kilograms) began standing guard over the Motor City on Wednesday afternoon. “It was snowstorm, dark and below 30 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-1.1 degree Celsius) and there was a steady stream of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Creative director Dario Vitale exits Versace two days after Prada’s acquisition
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
ROME (AP) — Creative director Dario Vitale is leaving Italian fashion brand Versace only eight months after he was appointed, the company said in a statement Thursday. Vitale’s exit comes just two days after Prada Group finalized its $1.375 billion cash acquisition of Versace, starting a new era for the brand. “We would like to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spain and the Netherlands pull out of 2026 Eurovision as Israel’s participation roils the contest
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Spain and the Netherlands say they are pulling out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest as Israel’s participation roils the competition. The announcements came after the body that runs Eurovision met to discuss concerns about Israel’s role in the contest amid its conduct of the war in Gaza. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Filmmakers working in and out of the studio system managed to make bold, personal, wildly imaginative and singular works. Some of them even broke through to the mainstream — how extraordinary that “Sinners” is among the highest earning of the year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parents under pressure offer creative tips for moving Santa’s spy Elf on the Shelf
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
A few years ago, Kurt Neesley of Redondo Beach, California, was brainstorming where to put his family’s Elf on the Shelf for his three kids to find the next morning. He decided to make it look like the doll, named Elfie, had painted on their kitchen wall. Neesley used Tootsie Rolls to build an elf-size ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!George Clooney reflects on fame, failure and a life in movies with ‘Jay Kelly’
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
George Clooney is not Jay Kelly. That much he is sure of. But when a famous movie star of a certain age decides to take on a role as a famous movie star of a certain age, full of regrets and realizing that he’s missed out on so much of his own life in pursuit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AMC Entertainment CEO remains in charge of world’s largest theater chain after stroke
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron suffered a minor stroke last month but is recovering rapidly and will continue to lead the world’s biggest movie theater chain, the company said Thursday. Aron, 71, suffered the stroke while on a business trip in London, where he immediately received emergency medical care, the company said. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ is a messy, un-scary sequel
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
How do you top “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” the video game movie adaptation about murderous anthropomorphic robots? If it’s a battle for insipid nonsense, the answer is blindingly clear: “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2.” The sequel builds on the un-scary, un-funny bones of the 2023 original by expanding the Freddy’s Cinematic Universe with an even ... Read More »
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