June 14th, 2025

Entertainment News

Brian Wilson, Beach Boys leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82

By Canadian Press on June 11th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader who helped compose and arrange “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and dozens of other summertime anthems and became one of the world’s most influential and admired musicians, has died at 82. Wilson’s family posted news of his death to his website Wednesday. Further ... Read More »

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Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82

By Canadian Press on June 11th, 2025

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at 82. Wilson’s family posted news of his death to his website and social media accounts ... Read More »

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More jury drama at Weinstein sex crimes retrial

By Canadian Press on June 11th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Jury deliberations in Harvey Weinstein’ssex crimes retrial teetered Wednesday as the foreperson again requested to speak to the judge about “a situation” he found troubling. The man — who complained Monday that other jurors were pushing people to change their minds and talking about information beyond the charges — was being ... Read More »

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Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement

By Canadian Press on June 11th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Disney and Universal have filed a copyright lawsuit against popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney on Wednesday, marking the first time major Hollywood companies have enter the legal battle over generative AI. Filed in federal district court in Los Angeles, the complaint claims Midjourney pirated the libraries of the two Hollywood studios ... Read More »

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Dutch Princess Amalia undergoes surgery after breaking arm in horse riding fall

By Canadian Press on June 11th, 2025

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The heir to the Dutch throne, Princess Amalia, was recovering in a hospital Wednesday after undergoing surgery to one of her arms that she broke a day earlier when she fell off her horse, the Royal House announced. The 21-year-old, formally known as the Princess of Orange, sustained the injury ... Read More »

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Indiana Jones’ whip, Kane’s Rosebud sled and Culkin’s ‘Home Alone’ snow cap are going up for auction

By Canadian Press on June 11th, 2025

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Many of movies’ most sought-after props are going up for auction, including the Rosebud sled from “Citizen Kane,” Macaulay Culkin’s knit snow cap from “Home Alone” and a whip wielded by Harrison Ford during the Holy Grail trials of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” The Summer Entertainment Auction being ... Read More »

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Corinne Bailey Rae’s first children’s book, ‘Put Your Records On,’ draws upon her musical past

By Canadian Press on June 11th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Corinne Bailey Rae is working on a children’s picture book that draws upon her early memories of music. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has a deal with Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, for “Put Your Records On.” Named for her signature hit and illustrated by Gillian Eilidh O’Mara, the ... Read More »

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Trump plans to attend ‘Les Misérables’ at the Kennedy Center after taking over the institution

By Canadian Press on June 11th, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to take a seat at Wednesday’s opening night of the award-winning musical “Les Misérables” at the Kennedy Center, where he replaced the previous leadership with loyalists, had himself installed as chairman and pledged to rid the performing arts venue of programming he has complained is “woke” and ... Read More »

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Canada’s Dean DeBlois swore-off live-action remakes, until ‘How to Train Your Dragon’

By Canadian Press on June 11th, 2025

TORONTO — “How to Train Your Dragon” director Dean DeBlois made it clear years ago he was no fan of Hollywood’s appetite for live-action remakes of animated films. Those words are now being thrown back at the Aylmer, Que.-raised filmmaker as he promotes his own live-action take on his 2010 Viking coming-of-age tale. DreamWorks’ original ... Read More »

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World-famous German “nail artist” Günther Uecker dies at 95

By Canadian Press on June 11th, 2025

BERLIN (AP) — German artist Günther Uecker, one of the country’s most important post-war artists who was world-famous for his large-format nail reliefs, has died. He was 95. German news agency dpa reported that his family confirmed he died at the university hospital in his hometown of Düsseldorf in western Germany Tuesday night. They did ... Read More »

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Dutch beach beasts find a final resting place in a new exhibition

By Canadian Press on June 11th, 2025

DELFT, Netherlands (AP) — The famous wind-powered beach beasts have scuttled along the Dutch North Sea coast, into a swanky Miami art show and even onto “The Simpsons.” Now. they have a final resting place in a Dutch city most famous for “Girl with a Pearl Earring” painter Johannes Vermeer and blue-painted pottery. The “bones” ... Read More »

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