December 26th, 2025

Entertainment News

Movie Review: Jessie Buckley startles and shimmers in ‘Hamnet,’ a meditation on love, loss and art

By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025

“Tell me a story,” the earthy young woman asks the shy Latin tutor early in Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet.” What story, he asks? “Something that moves you.” She’s made a shrewd choice of storyteller. This awkward young man seems to have a way with words as he recounts the tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. As ... Read More »

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Movie Review: Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner and Miles Teller lead clever, charming ‘Eternity’

By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025

Joan Cutler has an impossible decision to make in “Eternity.” The newly deceased character, played by Elizabeth Olsen, has one week to decide who she wants to spend her afterlife with and two husbands lurking and hoping that she’ll choose them. Luke ( Callum Turner ) is the dashing one who died in the Korean ... Read More »

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The greatest mystery of Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ movies? Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc

By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — The greatest mystery in Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” movies might be Benoit Blanc. Over the course of three films, Johnson and Daniel Craig have stingily dropped clues to Blanc’s past and personal life. Since Blanc first introduced himself in “Knives Out” as “a respectful, quiet, passive observer … of the truth,” ... Read More »

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AP and Trump administration argue access case before federal appeals court; no ruling yet

By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press and the Trump administration renewed their argument Monday over a president’s ability to limit media access to journalists he disagrees with, resuming a courtroom dispute with potential First Amendment implications that began last winter when the president announced that he had renamed the Gulf of Mexico. Trump restricted the ... Read More »

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Drugs sneaked into Ohio prison soaked into the pages of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President JD Vance’s memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” has a storied history as a New York Times bestseller, as the then-31-year-old’s introduction to the nation as a “Trump whisperer,” as a divisive subject among Appalachian scholars, and, eventually, as a Ron Howard-directed movie. Its latest role? Secretly transporting drugs into an Ohio ... Read More »

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6 notable songs from Jimmy Cliff, the reggae star who has died at 81

By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — The story of Jimmy Cliff, who has died at age 81, is in part the story of reggae itself. Like so many Jamaican teens of his time, he moved to Kingston in the early 1960s and joined a rising musical movement that would help give voice to the country’s independence from ... Read More »

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Celebrate the holidays with new albums from Brad Paisley, the ‘Peanuts’ gang and more

By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — ‘Tis the season to put on some brand-new holiday music. The best way to get festive is to sing along to Christmas classics new and old. But don’t know what to press play on? We’ve got you covered. In honor of the most wonderful time of the year, here are some ... Read More »

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‘Bel-Air’ cast reflects on series, building its own legacy and identity entering final season

By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olly Sholotan first realized that “Bel-Air” had stepped out the shadows of the beloved ‘90s sitcom starring Will Smith when a young boy approached him at a flea market after the show’s first season. “He looked up at me and said ‘You are the first Black boy I’ve ever seen cry ... Read More »

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Joni Mitchell to get lifetime achievement Juno, Nelly Furtado joins Hall of Fame

By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025

TORONTO — Joni Mitchell’s incredible impact on music will be celebrated at the Juno Awards with a lifetime achievement honour. Organizers say they’ve selected the Prairies-raised “Both Sides Now” singer-songwriter as next year’s recipient for the award created in 1989 to recognize Canadian content champion and Juno namesake Pierre Juneau. Mitchell will become only the ... Read More »

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Conan Gray, Lainey Wilson and ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. What to know

By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Two things that made massive cultural splashes this year — Labubu and “KPop Demon Hunters” — will fill the sky and streets of New York when the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off this year. Conan Gray and Lainey Wilson will bring the tunes. The Nov. 27 parade begins rain or ... Read More »

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Conan Gray, Lainey Wilson and ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. hat to know

By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Two things that made massive cultural splashes this year — Labubu and “KPop Demon Hunters” — will fill the sky and streets of New York when the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off this year. Conan Gray and Lainey Wilson will bring the tunes. The Nov. 27 parade begins rain or ... Read More »

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