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Fashion designer describes invitation to work on Notre Dame cathedral’s re-opening as ‘a calling’
By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press on November 21st, 2024
PARIS (AP) – When Jean-Charles de Castelbajac watched as Notre Dame cathedral burned in April 2019, he felt compelled to act somehow. Returning home, the French fashion designer began sketching ideas, imagining the monument’s reconstruction. So, when the Paris Archbishop’s emissary approached him to design the liturgical garments for the cathedral’s re-opening next month, Castelbajac ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nova Scotia’s three main party leaders to debate in televised roundtable
By The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2024
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s three main political leaders are set to meet later today for their third debate ahead of Tuesday’s provincial election. Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston, NDP Leader Claudia Chender and Liberal Leader Zach Churchill are to take part in a roundtable discussion hosted by CTV News. The 90-minute exchange is scheduled to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taylor Swift to kick off final three Toronto shows as Eras Tour heads toward finale
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2024
TORONTO – Taylor Swift is throwing another party in Toronto as her celebrated Eras Tour heads into its final three nights in the city. The pop superstar will pack the Rogers Centre full of Swifties tonight, Friday and Saturday. She’ll head to Vancouver for the last three shows of her tour, performing at BC Place ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What will happen to CNBC and MSNBC when they no longer have a corporate connection to NBC News?
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on November 20th, 2024
Comcast’s corporate reorganization means that there will soon be two television networks with “NBC” in their name – CNBC and MSNBC – that will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News. How that affects viewers of those networks, along with the people who work there, still needs to shake out. Their new corporate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chris Stapleton wins 4 CMA Awards, but Morgan Wallen gets entertainer of the year
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on November 20th, 2024
Chris Stapleton took home four Country Music Association Awards and hardly left the stage on Wednesday night, while an absent Morgan Wallen was shut out all evening until taking the night’s biggest prize, entertainer of the year. Stapleton’s wins included song of the year and single of the year for “White Horse,” and he took ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Has a waltz written by composer Frederic Chopin been discovered in an NYC museum?
By Philip Marcelo, The Associated Press on November 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The brooding waltz was carefully composed on a sheet of music roughly the size of an index card. The brief, moody number also bore an intriguing name, written at the top in cursive: “Chopin.” A previously unknown work of music penned by the European master Frederic Chopin appears to have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ridley Scott on going big with ‘Gladiator II’
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on November 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – An inevitable fact of interviewing Ridley Scott is that, whatever movie he’s about to release, you’ll find him already knee-deep in his next project. Scott, Hollywood’s perpetual rolling stone even at age 86, may be preparing to unveil “Gladiator II,” one of his biggest epics yet, but during an interview earlier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Percival Everett and Jason De León win National Book Awards
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on November 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Percival Everett’s “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling” won for nonfiction, where finalists included Salman Rushdie’s memoir about his brutal stabbing in 2022, “Knife.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chris Stapleton scores big early wins at the Country Music Association Awards
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on November 20th, 2024
It was Chris Stapleton’s night early at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday. The country traditionalist Stapleton, who has dominated many of the genre’s awards shows in recent years, won both single and song of the year for “White Horse,” scoring something of an upset in both categories over Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chris Stapleton is the star again early at the Country Music Association Awards
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on November 20th, 2024
Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’ are the flashiest nominees. But it was Chris Stapleton’s night early on at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday. The country traditionalist Stapleton, who has dominated the CMAs and most other country awards in recent years, won both single and song of the year for “White Horse,” scoring something ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction
By The Associated Press on November 20th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday. “Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was a phenomenon when it debuted in 2019 at Art Basel Miami Beach, as festivalgoers tried to make out whether ... Read More »
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