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Don’t expect a biopic: ‘BlackBerry’ filmmakers on walking a line of fact and fiction
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
TORONTO – When the Canadian filmmakers behind “BlackBerry” set out to make a feature-length movie about the beloved smartphone’s meteoric rise and fall, they weren’t necessarily interested in getting all the facts right. Even though their project was named after the Waterloo, Ont., invention that forever changed how we communicate, both the director and co-writer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vatican, Greece ink deal for ‘donation’ of Parthenon Marbles
By Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2023
ROME (AP) – The Vatican and Greece were finalizing a deal Tuesday for the return of three sculpture fragments from the Parthenon that have been in the collection of the Vatican Museums for two centuries, the latest case of a Western museum bowing to demands for restitution. The Vatican has termed the return an ecumenical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kakao offers to buy 35% of K-pop firm SM in growing battle
By Zen Soo, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2023
HONG KONG (AP) – South Korean technology firm Kakao launched a tender offer to buy up to 35% of K-pop agency SM Entertainment and become its largest shareholder, escalating Tuesday a battle with entertainment firm Hybe for control of the company. Kakao offered a tender price of 150,000 won ($115) per share, making the total ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anthony Shim’s ‘Riceboy Sleeps’ wins Toronto critics’ award for best Canadian film
By The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2023
TORONTO – Anthony Shim’s semi-autobiographical film “Riceboy Sleeps” about a Korean single mother who moves to Canada to raise her son, has won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s 2022 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. The film, shot in the Vancouver area and in South Korea, premiered at both the Toronto International Film Festival and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DA stands by prosecutor in Alec Baldwin set-shooting case
By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on March 6th, 2023
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A district attorney in Santa Fe fought back Monday against efforts to disqualify the special prosecutor pursuing manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. Baldwin’s legal team in February sought to disqualify special prosecutor and Republican state Rep. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2 dead in stampede at GloRilla concert in New York
By Karen Matthews, The Associated Press on March 6th, 2023
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A person injured in a stampede at a rap concert has died, bringing the death toll to 2 in the chaos in Rochester, New York, police said. Earlier, 33-year-old Rhondesia Belton died after being injured in a crowd surge as concert-goers left a show headlined by Grammy-nominated artist GloRilla. Audience members rushed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cartoonists criticize ‘Dilbert’ creator over racist remarks
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on March 6th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Cartoonists are pushing back against racist remarks made by “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams, with one artist even using his own strip this week to lampoon the disgraced cartoon now dropped by newspapers nationwide. Darrin Bell is transforming his strip “Candorville” – which usually features young Black and Latino characters – into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After World Cup win, Argentina has eyes set on an Oscar too
By Daniel Politi, The Associated Press on March 6th, 2023
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Less than three months after Argentina won its third soccer World Cup trophy in Qatar, there is growing excitement about the possibility that the country could take home another major prize ““ an Academy Award. A win at Sunday’s ceremony for “Argentina, 1985,” would be the country’s third win at ... Read More »
1 response‘Dilbert,’ Scott Adams draw ire from fellow cartoonists
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on March 6th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Cartoonists are pushing back against racist remarks made by “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams, with one artist even using his own strip this week to lampoon the disgraced cartoon now dropped by newspapers nationwide. Darrin Bell is transforming his strip “Candorville” – which usually features young Black and Latino characters – into ... Read More »
1 responseVuitton draws stars as McCartney brings horses to Paris show
By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press on March 6th, 2023
PARIS (AP) – Paris’ Musee d’Orsay was, for the duration of Louis Vuitton’s 15-minute show, a museum transformed: A buzzing circus of sparkle and camera flashes where the rich, powerful and famous mingled on the penultimate day of Paris Fashion Week. Designer Nicolas Ghesquiere put on a resplendent and passionate vintage-tinged ode to French style, ... Read More »
1 response‘Fire of Love’ was an extraordinary experience for Canadian Oscar nominees
By Noel Ransome, The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2023
TORONTO – The Oscar-nominated documentary “Fire of Love” begins with archival footage of two tiny figures venturing across a frozen tundra towards an active volcano. Surrounded by mounds of icy slush, French volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft trudge ever closer to the rocky lip where at first no plumes of lava can be seen, but ... Read More »
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