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Brazilian judge orders arrest of man over alleged plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio
By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian judge on Monday ordered the arrest of a man suspected of being involved in an alleged plot to place explosives at a concert by singer Lady Gaga in Rio de Janeiro. Judge Fabiana Pagel of the Rio Grande do Sul state court did not name the suspect in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PHOTO COLLECTION: MET Museum Costume Institute Benefit Gala
By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025
This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors. The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Met Gala kicks off with Teyana Taylor, Emma Chamberlain 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 »
Be the first to comment!Met Gala kicks off with Teyana Taylor, Emma Chamberlain among early arrivals. 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 and a trend true to the menswear theme has already emerged: Emma Chamberlain and other women in pinstripe gowns. Chamberlain and Zuri Hall wore sleek, sexy gowns that play on men’s suiting in pinstripes. “I expect this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto Music Experience aims to celebrate local music history, open a museum
By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025
TORONTO — Toronto’s storied music history may finally have a museum of its own as part of a five-year plan guided by a team of local entertainment leaders. Organizers at the Toronto Music Experience say they’ve recently been granted charitable status, which allows them to move forward with plans to fundraise, secure sponsorships and ultimately ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Trump film tariff would send Canadian screen industry into ‘chaos,’ say local producers
By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025
President Donald Trump’s proposed tariff on foreign-made films would send Canada’s screen industry into “chaos,” local producers say — though several believe the plan is unlikely to ever be implemented. In a social media post Sunday, Trump said he’s authorized trade officials to impose a “100 per cent tariff” on all films produced outside of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts
By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s novel “James,” his radical re-imagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the enslaved title character, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. “Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama about an accomplished Black family destroying itself from within, won for drama. It also earned six Tony Award ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts
By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s novel “James,” his radical re-imagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the enslaved title character, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. “Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama about an accomplished Black family destroying itself from within, won for drama. It also earned six Tony Award ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New York Times wins 4 Pulitzers, New Yorker 3; Washington Post wins for coverage of Trump shooting
By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes and the New Yorker three on Monday for journalism in 2024 that touched on topics like the fentanyl crisis, the U.S. military and last summer’s assassination attempt on President Donald Trump. The Pulitzers’ prestigious public service medal went to ProPublica for the second ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are coming up. Here’s who’s nominated and how to watch
By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Excuse me, you look like you might want to see the next generation of country music acts clean up at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards. Fans of the genre have long committed Ella Langley and Riley Green’s throwback duet, “You Look Like You Love Me” to memory, and soon, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: Restaurateur Keith McNally opens up in candid memoir ‘I Regret Almost Everything’
By Canadian Press on May 5th, 2025
Keith McNally has been charming New York City diners since he opened his first restaurant, The Odeon, in 1980, helping transform a then-derelict TriBeCa into a hotspot for the “glitterati.” The Odeon’s glowing neon sign was featured on the cover of Jay McInerney’s 1984 novel “Bright Lights, Big City,” and the restaurant was a regular ... Read More »
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