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Bryan Adams decries elements of Ottawa’s online streaming rules
By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press on October 9th, 2024
Global hitmaker Bryan Adams is adding his voice to opposition over new federal regulations on streaming. The “Cuts Like a Knife” and “All For Love” singer released a video on social media saying elements of the Online Streaming Act would make it harder for Canadian musicians to break through globally. The video echoes points raised ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyers: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks trial next April or May on sex trafficking charges
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Sean “˜Diddy’ Combs wants to go to trial on sex trafficking charges next spring, lawyers for the jailed hip-hop mogul told a judge on Wednesday. His preference for a trial in April or May was mentioned in a joint letter in which his lawyers and prosecutors advised a judge about what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disney World and Universal closures halt Orlando tourism as Milton approaches
By Mike Schneider, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Tourism in Orlando rapidly came to a standstill Wednesday with the main airport and at least three theme parks and other businesses set to shut down, leaving Florida residents and visitors fleeing Hurricane Milton to hunker down in area hotels. Milton, which is expected to come ashore late Wednesday or early ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How Canadian co-pro ‘The Apprentice’ overcame Trump’s threats to block film’s release
By Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press on October 9th, 2024
TORONTO – A controversial film about the rise of Donald Trump is coming out this week, despite his campaign calling it “election interference by Hollywood elites” and threatening to file a lawsuit. “It makes me giggle a little bit because I definitely don’t feel like a Hollywood elite here in Canada,” said Toronto-based Daniel Bekerman, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Official languages report questions enrolment cap on Quebec English junior colleges
By The Canadian Press on October 9th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s official languages commissioner is expressing concern over Quebec’s decision to cap the number of students who can enrol in the province’s English-language junior colleges. Raymond Théberge says in a report released today that he’s also worried about the province’s decision to raise tuition for out-of-province students at the university level. He writes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Macron says he’s ‘super proud’ of his wife’s cameo in ‘Emily in Paris’
By The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron says he’s “super proud” of a cameo appearance by his wife, Brigitte, in the fourth season of the Netflix show “Emily in Paris” but doesn’t seem keen to make a guest appearance of his own. “I’m less attractive than Brigitte,” the French leader said in an interview with ... Read More »
2 responsesSanewashing? The banality of crazy? A decade into the Trump era, media hasn’t figured him out
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Nearly a decade into the Trump Era of politics, less than a month from his third Election Day as the Republican candidate for president and there is still remarkably little consensus within the media about how best to cover Donald Trump. Are reporters “sanewashing” Trump, or are they succumbing to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sanewashing? The banality of crazy? A decade into the Trump era, media hasn’t figure him out
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Nearly a decade into the Trump Era of politics, less than a month from his third Election Day as the Republican candidate for president and there is still remarkably little consensus within the media about how best to cover Donald Trump. Are reporters “sanewashing” Trump, or are they succumbing to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anne Michaels’ ‘Held’, Anne Fleming’s ‘Curiosities’ make Giller Prize short list
By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on October 9th, 2024
Anne Michaels and Anne Fleming are among the five authors shortlisted for this year’s Giller Prize. Organizers announced the finalists this morning, with the prize set to be handed out Nov. 18. Michaels made the list for her multi-generational saga “Held,” while Fleming is in the running for her centuries-spanning novel “Curiosities.” The finalists also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Las Vegas says goodbye to the Tropicana with a flashy casino implosion
By Rio Yamat, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Sin City blew a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion that reduced to rubble the last true mob building on the Las Vegas Strip. The Tropicana’s hotel towers tumbled in a celebration that included a fireworks display. It was the first implosion in nearly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alfonso Cuarón and Cate Blanchett made a television series. ‘Disclaimer’ is already a triumph
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2024
VENICE, Italy (AP) – “Disclaimer” pulls the rug out from the audience before they’ve had the chance to get settled. There’s no building of empathy for its central character, Cate Blanchett’s Catherine Ravenscroft. There’s no luxuriating in her banal every day, at work or in her plush London home with her snobbish husband (Sacha Baron ... Read More »
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