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Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022
By Bernard Mcghee, The Associated Press on December 5th, 2022
One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II. In her 70 years on the throne, she helped modernize the monarchy across decades of enormous social change, royal marriages and births, and family scandals. For most Britons, she was the only monarch they had ... Read More »
1 responseDominique Lapierre, French author and journalist, dies at 91
By The Associated Press on December 5th, 2022
NICE, France (AP) – French writer Dominique Lapierre, who was celebrated for his novels about the World War II struggle to liberate Paris and depicting a life of hardship in a Kolkata slum, has died. He was 91. Lapierre died Friday, a local newspaper in southern France reported Monday, citing an interview with the author’s ... Read More »
1 response‘Coyote’ takes home best feature, best performance awards at Whistler Film Festival
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2022
WHISTLER, B.C. – Montreal-educated filmmaker Katherine Jerkovic’s movie “Coyote” was the big winner at the Whistler Film Festival. The film about a widower asked to take care of a grandson he didn’t know he had took home the $35,000 Borsos award for best Canadian feature. The film’s star, Jorge Martinez Colorado, received the best performance ... Read More »
1 responseStage show ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ extended to June 2023 at Mirvish
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2022
TORONTO – The stage adaptation of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has been extended to June 2023. Producers say 10 weeks of performances have been added from March 21 to June 4, 2023, with the new block of tickets on sale Saturday through Mirvish Productions. The show is based on an original new story ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lost Stephen Sondheim musical reveals insight into a giant
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on December 5th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – A copy of what’s being called Stephen Sondheim’s first original cast recording has been found on a misplaced CD, capturing the legendary composer’s budding skills in a student-led musical while at Williams College in 1948. Sondheim was an 18-year-old sophomore when he wrote the music for “Phinney’s Rainbow,” a show that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The women at the center of Harvey Weinstein’s LA rape trial
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on December 5th, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Prosecutors called 44 witnesses to make their case against Harvey Weinstein, but a jury’s decision at his Los Angeles trial will hinge largely on the testimony of four: the women he is charged with raping or sexually assaulting, all known simply as “Jane Doe” in court. Four more women also testified ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jazzy ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ swings on after 57 years
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on December 5th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – The Mendelson family would love to find the envelope where their father, Lee, scribbled some lyrics to jazz musician Vince Guaraldi’s composition “Christmas Time is Here” for an animated TV special featuring the “Peanuts” gang in 1965. The producer always said it had taken less than half an hour to write, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jazzy ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ swings on after 55 years
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on December 5th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – The Mendelson family would love to find the envelope where their father, Lee, scribbled some lyrics to jazz musician Vince Guaraldi’s composition “Christmas Time is Here” for an animated TV special featuring the “Peanuts” gang in 1965. The producer always said it had taken less than half an hour to write, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Road Trippin’ – Red Hot Chili Peppers unveil 2023 tour
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on December 5th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – There’s no rest for the spicy: Fresh off a world tour and two albums this year, Red Hot Chili Peppers are preparing for a set of stadium shows and festival stops across North America and Europe in 2023. Live Nation said Monday the band’s 23-date global trek kicks off March 29 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!”da Kink in My Hair’ continues personal storytelling for 20th anniversary return
By Christian Collington, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2022
TORONTO – Weyni Mengesha didn’t anticipate the amount of laughter she would share and the tears she would shed returning 20 years later to “‘da Kink in My Hair.” Mengesha says directing the play a second time moved her because she grew up alongside the original cast members, who portrayed hair salon clients whose triumphs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bob McGrath, ‘Sesame Street’ legend, dies at 90
By The Associated Press on December 4th, 2022
Bob McGrath, an actor, musician and children’s author widely known for his portrayal of one of the first regular characters on the children’s show “Sesame Street” has died at the age of 90. McGrath’s passing was confirmed by his family who posted on his Facebook page on Sunday: “The McGrath family has some sad news ... Read More »
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