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Ken Page, who starred in ‘Cats’ on Broadway and voiced Oogie Boogie, dies at 70
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Ken Page, a stage and screen actor who starred alongside Beyoncé in “Dreamgirls,” introduced Broadway audiences to Old Deuteronomy in “Cats” and scared generations of kids as the voice of Oogie Boogie, the villain of the 1993 animated holiday film “The Nightmare Before Christmas,”³ has died. He was 70. Talent agent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wilmer Valderrama. Rosario Dawson. America Ferrera. Star-led drive aims to get Latinos to vote
By Fernanda Figueroa, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2024
With a star-studded cast of celebrities and influencers, the Voto Latino Foundation launched a $5 million initiative Tuesday to encourage Latinos to vote in the upcoming election. The “Vota Con Ganas” (‘Vote with Enthusiasm”) campaign will feature personal stories and messages from the Latino community, voter registration drives and workshops, social media outreach campaigns along ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After playing Weird Barbie, Kate McKinnon’s new children’s book also celebrates being uniquely you
By Alicia Rancilio, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2024
If you find it odd that Kate McKinnon chose her first book to be for middle-grade kids, the former “Saturday Night Live” star says, think again. “I find sketch comedy and middle school to be very similar,” she said recently over Zoom. “There can be an unabashed silliness in middle grade that I have found ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Waiting for magic to happen’: The improvised drama of Toronto film ‘Matt and Mara’
By Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press on October 1st, 2024
TORONTO – As a kid, Matt Johnson spent a lot of time talking himself out of trouble. “My mom would tell me, “˜Oh, Matthew, I’m so worried that you’re going to say something rude to somebody, and they’re going to knock all your teeth out,'” the Toronto actor and director said on a video call. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on October 1st, 2024
FREDERICTON – A Progressive Conservative candidate in New Brunswick’s election is facing calls to withdraw after she compared the province’s former policy on gender identity in schools with the residential school system. Sherry Wilson, the minister responsible for women’s equality in the Blaine Higgs government, was referring to the policy allowing teachers to use the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hoggard takes stand in sex assault trial, denies that he raped complainant
By The Canadian Press on October 1st, 2024
HAILEYBURY, Ont. – Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard denies that he raped the woman who is accusing him of sexual assault, or that he touched her sexually in any way without her consent. Hoggard is on the stand in the northeastern Ontario community of Haileybury, where he pleaded not guilty in a criminal trial that began ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard testifying in his sexual assault trial
By The Canadian Press on October 1st, 2024
HAILEYBURY, Ont. – Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is taking the stand in his northeastern Ontario sexual assault trial. The complainant who accuses Hoggard of raping, choking, slapping and urinating on her after a concert in Kirkland Lake, Ont., eight years ago finished her emotional testimony on Friday. Hoggard pleaded not guilty to sexual assault at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Long before Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and TV shows ever took off, she found herself at an airport, wanting to learn to fly. It was the late 1960s and she was a newlywed in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She and her soldier-husband, Jeffrey, would often pass a small ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on October 1st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Salman Rushdie’s memoir a bout his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival Everett’s revisionist historical novel, “James,” are among the finalists for the 75th annual National Book Awards. Others nominated include author-filmmaker Miranda July for her explicit novel on middle age, “All Fours,” and the celebrated Canadian poet Anne Carson for “Wrong ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defence set to lay out case in Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial
By The Canadian Press on October 1st, 2024
HAILEYBURY, Ont. – Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial is set to resume in a northeastern Ontario court today, with the defence expected to lay out its case. The complainant who accuses Hoggard of raping her after a concert eight years ago finished her testimony on Friday. The woman, whose name is protected by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How one preschool uses PAW Patrol to teach democracy
By Moriah Balingit, The Associated Press on September 30th, 2024
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) – As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a dozen miles away in a sun-filled Virginia preschool classroom. At stake: which animated dog was the best character on the cartoon “PAW Patrol.” In a heated primary, the 3-and-4-year-old students in ... Read More »
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