Entertainment News
Film producer Jason Blum and author-bookseller Ann Patchett to receive PEN America awards
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-nominated producer Jason Blum is now getting some recognition from the literary world. PEN America will honor him at its fundraising gala next spring with the Business Visionary award. PEN, the century-old free expression organization, also will present author-bookseller Ann Patchett with the PEN/Audible Literary Service Award. The gala is scheduled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran sentences acclaimed director Jafar Panahi in absentia to a year in prison
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
CAIRO (AP) — Iran has sentenced acclaimed director Jafar Panahi to a year in prison in absentia, even as he received new awards for his latest movie. The Tehran court also imposed a two-year ban on Panahi leaving Iran after convicting him on charges of “propaganda activities against the system,” his lawyer Mostafa Nili said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘One Battle After Another’ and Jafar Panahi win big at Gotham Awards
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” was crowned best feature film and the dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won three awards Monday at the 35th annual Gotham Awards, a starry kickoff to the film industry’s awards season. The Gothams, presented by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, aren’t considered an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!King Charles III’s charity auctions Christmas stockings made from Sandringham drapes
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Searching for a gift for that special royal watcher in your life? How about a Christmas stocking made from the drapes of King Charles III’s Sandringham estate and handstitched by a sewing circle at Dumfries House in Scotland, where the king’s charitable foundation works to preserve traditional skills and crafts? Deftly tugging ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why Not Theatre founder Ravi Jain wins Siminovitch, Canada’s top theatre prize
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
TORONTO — Why Not Theatre founder Ravi Jain has won Canada’s top theatre prize. Jain was awarded the $100,000 Siminovitch Prize at a ceremony in Toronto tonight. The jury praised Jain for “reshaping the ecosystem around him” with inventive work that puts inclusion at its centre. Jain’s body of work includes “Prince Hamlet,” a bilingual ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A very royal Christmas. King Charles III’s charity auctions stockings made from Sandringham drapes
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Searching for a gift for that special royal watcher in your life? How about a Christmas stocking made from the drapes of King Charles III’s Sandringham estate and hand-stitched by a sewing circle at Dumfries House in Scotland, where the king’s charitable foundation works to preserve traditional skills and crafts? Deftly tugging ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ mixes religion and mystery in poor ‘Knives Out’ film
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
After two installments of his “Knives Out” franchise skewered old and new money, director and writer Rian Johnson targets religion in his third, a gloomy and clunky outing that may test fans’ faith in the filmmaker. “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” gets a new starry cast to orbit Daniel Craig’s foppish detective ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New York backs 3 new casinos, including at Mets stadium and a golf course Trump once ran
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is poised to get its first Vegas-style casinos, including one next to the home stadium of baseball’s New York Mets and another that could see a windfall for President Donald Trump. They were among three casino proposals approved for lucrative gambling licenses on Monday by a key state ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 7-13 includes Teyana Taylor and Taylor Swift
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 7-13: Dec. 7: Actor Ellen Burstyn is 93. Country singer Gary Morris is 77. Singer Tom Waits is 76. Actor Priscilla Barnes (“Jane the Virgin,” “Three’s Company”) is 68. Bassist Tim Butler of Psychedelic Furs is 67. Announcer Edd Hall (“The Tonight Show With Jay Leno”) is 67. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New York advances casinos at a Bronx golf course and near Mets stadium
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Casinos proposed for a golf court in the Bronx and next to the New York Mets’ ballpark are poised to cash in on a lucrative state gambling license for the New York City area. The two proposals were recommended for licensing by a key state gaming board on Monday. The New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A very royal Christmas. King Charles III’s charity auctions stockings made from monarch’s drapes
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Searching for a gift for that special royal watcher in your life? How about a Christmas stocking made from the drapes of King Charles III’s Sandringham estate and hand-stitched by a sewing circle at Dumfries House in Scotland, where the king’s charitable foundation works to preserve traditional skills and crafts? Deftly tugging ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!
