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Suzette Mayr, Tsering Yangzom Lama among Canadians nominated for Carol Shields Prize
By The Canadian Press on March 8th, 2023
TORONTO – Suzette Mayr, Tsering Yangzom Lama and Emma Hooper are among the Canadian authors longlisted for the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The US$150,000 award celebrates excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States. Mayr is nominated for her Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel “The Sleeping Car Porter,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bruce Lee, Anna May Wong heirs talk legacy, roles for Asians
By Terry Tang (), The Associated Press on March 8th, 2023
Almost every working Asian actor in Hollywood can trace their path back to Bruce Lee and Anna May Wong. The Chinese American screen legends are typically talked about the way one talks about revered ancestors. One was a martial arts icon, the other an actor who stood out during the silent film era despite playing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Skynyrd member’s death signals end of era for Southern rock
By Ben Finley, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2023
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington, who died Sunday, made it big when rock “˜n’ roll was still a defining cultural force on par with today’s TikTok trends and superhero movies. The iconic band’s last surviving co-founder was also perhaps the last flagpole in a once-powerful part of American music: Southern rock. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disabled actors shine in basketball comedy ‘Champions’
By Brooke Lefferts, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – The new comedy “Champions” stars Woody Harrelson and Kaitlin Olson, but the veteran actors have tough competition for the spotlight with some charismatic newcomers. Harrelson plays a college basketball coach with a bad temper who’s facing jail time or community service for some bad behavior. To avoid punishment, he finds himself ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto director of Oscar-nominated doc ‘Navalny’ on the sheer urgency of his film
By Noel Ransome, The Canadian Press on March 8th, 2023
TORONTO – Daniel Roher, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary about imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, says that he’s far more interested in keeping Navalny breathing than he is in promoting his film. “This is an extraordinarily bittersweet moment,” says the Toronto-born filmmaker, adding that the success of the film is overshadowed by the more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests
By Malak Harb, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2023
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Actor Nazanin Boniadi on Wednesday urged the world to back the protests in her native Iran calling for women’s rights and political change, saying despots fear nothing “more than a free and politically active woman.” Speaking on the sidelines of the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi, Boniadi ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barenboim cancels piano concert in Monaco, citing health
By The Associated Press on March 8th, 2023
MILAN (AP) – Prominent pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim has canceled a piano recital at the Opera de Monte-Carlo due to the effects of a serious neurological condition, the opera house announced on Wednesday. Barenboim expressed his regret in a message to the audience, saying that “despite my best efforts, I have not yet built ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fan favorite Lainey Wilson leads CMT Music Awards nominees
By Kristin M. Hall, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Country singer Lainey Wilson is a fan favorite at this year’s CMT Music Awards, where she is the leading nominee including for “Video of the Year.” The “Heart Like a Truck” singer earned four nominations when nominees were announced Wednesday ahead of the April 2 show airing on CBS. Other leading ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Stranger at the Gate,’ an Oscar nominee on love after hate
By Mariam Fam, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2023
When Richard McKinney was getting married last year, friends stepped in to help. Bibi Bahrami cooked Afghan dishes – from rice with carrots and raisins to chicken and beef – for the wedding guests. Her husband officiated the Islamic part of the ceremony. At first glance, nothing seems unusual about that off-camera wedding scene – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Christopher Paolini returns to Eragon’s world with ‘Murtagh’
By The Associated Press on March 8th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Christopher Paolini will have new adventures out this fall from Alagaësia and the world of Eragon, featuring the Dragon Rider Murtagh. Random House Children’s Books announced Wednesday that Paolini’s “Murtagh,” a standalone novel that takes place a year after the events of his blockbuster “Inheritance Cycle,” will be published Nov. 7 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Adidas earnings take beating on breakup with Ye, China slump
By The Associated Press on March 8th, 2023
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – Adidas’ breakup with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West and the inability to sell his popular Yeezy line of shoes helped batter earnings at the end of last year, leading to a net loss of 513 million euros ($540 million). The fourth-quarter loss, also attributed to higher supply costs and ... Read More »
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