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What’s next, a ‘throuple with Mexico’? Late-night mocks Trump’s ’51st state’ comments
By The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2025
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has been brandishing threats about turning Canada into the 51st state – something Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says is a diversion tactic to distract from the very real threat of a proposed 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods. Trump’s comments have certainly caught the attention of the figureheads of one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BTS member J-Hope announces first solo tour after completing military service
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on January 10th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) – Smooth like butter, like a superstar about to hit the road. BTS member J-Hope will embark on his first solo tour next month. The “Hope on the Stage” tour will kick off Feb. 28 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. He’ll do three nights there, before heading to Brooklyn, New York; ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge extends Megan Thee Stallion’s protection order against rapper Tory Lanez until 2030
By The Associated Press on January 10th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Megan Thee Stallion has been granted a restraining order from imprisoned rapper Tory Lanez until early 2030. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard Bloom on Thursday granted Megan’s request for a protective order after the hip-hop star alleged that Lanez is harassing her from prison through surrogates as he serves a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Corus touts Home and Flavour network launches as it reports Q1 profit down
By Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2025
TORONTO – The chief executives of Corus Entertainment Inc. say they’re encouraged by responses to the launch of its two new lifestyle brands, but acknowledge “fluctuations” in audience levels could still lie ahead after it lost the content rights for Food Network and HGTV. Speaking to analysts on the television and radio broadcaster’s first-quarter earnings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In ‘I’m Still Here,’ a family portrait is a form of political resistance
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on January 10th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) – In movies, political resistance often takes the form of protest, hunger strike or armed uprising. But in Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here,” it comes in the shape of a defiant smile. The film stars Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva, the wife of Rubens Paiva, a former leftist Brazilian congressman who, at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anita Bryant, a popular singer who became known for opposition to gay rights, dead at age 84
By The Associated Press on January 10th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) – Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died. She was 84. Bryant died Dec. 16 at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, according to a statement posted by her family to news ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!For Elton John, ‘Never Too Late’ isn’t just a documentary and song – it is a life mantra
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on January 10th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) – Capturing Sir Elton John’s 50-year career is a herculean task. Good thing his husband, David Furnish, and filmmaker R.J. Cutler were up for the challenge. “Elton John: Never Too Late,” one of The Associated Press’ picks for the best music documentaries of 2024, was inspired by John’s final U.S. tour in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gary Ginstling is hired as Houston Symphony CEO months after surprise departure from NY Philharmonic
By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press on January 10th, 2025
Gary Ginstling was hired Friday as CEO of the Houston Symphony, six months following his surprise departure from the New York Philharmonic after just one year in charge. Ginstling will start Feb. 3 and replace John Mangum, who had been Houston’s CEO since 2018 and left in September to succeed Anthony Freud as general director ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NBC’s Jacob Soboroff finds the burnt-out home where he grew up, as wildfire stories turn personal
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on January 10th, 2025
NBC News reporter Jacob Soboroff didn’t know what to expect when he turned his SUV onto the Pacific Palisades street where he grew up. What he found on Wednesday were smoldering ruins where his childhood home had stood. Only the remnants of a chimney and brick wall remained. It was among the countless number of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Pakistani court suspends the deportation of Afghan singers and musicians
By Riaz Khan, The Associated Press on January 10th, 2025
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) – A Pakistani court on Friday stopped the deportation of 150 Afghan musicians and singers for at least two months, ordering authorities not to expel or force them to return home until their asylum applications are decided, their defense lawyer said Friday. These Afghans were among an estimated half a million others ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ed Sheeran goes back to school to launch new music foundation
By Hilary Fox, The Associated Press on January 10th, 2025
LONDON (AP) – Ed Sheeran wants people to take music in schools seriously. The British singer-songwriter has set up a foundation to ensure that kids in the U.K. get access to “high-quality” music education. Sheeran started writing songs from a young age, after encouragement from a teacher, and says he wants to help plug the ... Read More »
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