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‘Dilbert’ distributor loses distributor over racist remarks
By David A. Lieb, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2023
“Dilbert” creator Scott Adams experienced possibly the biggest repercussion of recent racist comments when a major comics syndicator, which also operates the GoComics website, announced Sunday it would it would no longer work with the cartoonist. Andrews McMeel Universal said in a statement that the syndication company was “severing” their relationship with Adams. By Monday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Postmedia, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail drop Dilbert comic over racist comments
By The Canadian Press on February 27th, 2023
TORONTO – Several of Canada’s largest newspapers have dropped the Dilbert comic strip over recent remarks by its creator. The Toronto Star published a note in today’s edition stating the strip will no longer appear in its weekend comic section because “recent racist comments by the cartoonist, Scott Adams, are not in line with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBC’s ‘Plan B’ adaptation brings the Quebec-grown series to a wider audience
By Christian Collington, The Canadian Press on February 27th, 2023
Toronto-born actor Patrick J. Adams says that after living in the United States for about 20 years, a lot of Canadians may have assumed he’s only interested in pursuing opportunities there. But a new challenge in the form of an English adaptation of a popular Québécois time-travel series has brought Adams, whom many viewers may ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto Star, Globe and Mail drop Dilbert comic over cartoonist’s racist comments
By The Canadian Press on February 27th, 2023
TORONTO – Two of Canada’s largest newspapers have dropped the Dilbert comic strip over recent remarks by its creator. The Toronto Star published a note in today’s edition stating the strip will no longer appear in its weekend comic section because “recent racist comments by the cartoonist, Scott Adams, are not in line with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DeSantis takes over Disney district, punishing company
By Anthony Izaguirre, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2023
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that gives him control of Walt Disney World’s self-governing district, punishing the company over its opposition to the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law. The bill requires DeSantis, a Republican, to appoint a five-member board to oversee the government services that the Disney ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ensemble, assemble! ‘Everything’ cast celebrates SAG triumph
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – All at once, they were everywhere. After claiming their biggest triumph yet in an awards season full of them – the Screen Actors Guild Award for best ensemble to go with three of the four individual film SAG Awards – the cast of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” was supposed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dilbert distributor severs ties to creator over race remarks
By David A. Lieb, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2023
Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams experienced possibly the biggest repercussion of his recent comments about race when distributor Andrews McMeel Universal announced Sunday it would no longer work with the cartoonist. Andrews McMeel Chairman Hugh Andrews and CEO and President Andy Sareyan said in a joint statement that the syndication company was “severing our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates at SAG Awards
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on February 26th, 2023
The unlikely awards-season juggernaut “Everything Everywhere All at Once” marched on at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, and even gathered stream with awards not just for best ensemble, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan but also for Jamie Lee Curtis. The SAG Awards, often an Oscar preview, threw some curve balls into the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jamie Lee Curtis upsets Angela Bassett at SAG Awards
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on February 26th, 2023
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are always an Academy Awards preview. And Sunday’s show is throwing some curve balls into the Oscar race. In an upset, Jamie Lee Curtis won best female supporting actor for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” over the favorite, Angela Bassett. Bassett had been the category’s clear frontrunner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SAG Awards get underway with awards for Chastain, ‘Top Gun’
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on February 26th, 2023
Quinta Brunson and Janelle James of “Abbott Elementary” kicked off the 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, as much of the film and television world gathered for what could be an Academy Awards preview. Though not hosts, Brunson and James kicked off the ceremony, streaming live on Netflix’s YouTube page, with a few ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Armani at heart of new doc examining birth of Milan fashion
By Colleen Barry, The Associated Press on February 26th, 2023
Giorgio Armani and a slew of fashion CEOs turned out Sunday for a premiere of documentary “Milano: The Inside Story of Italian Fashion,”³ by Emmy-winning filmmaker John Maggio. The documentary gives due credit to Armani for putting Milan ready-to-wear on the map in the 1980s with the creation of the deconstructed jacket that made menswear ... Read More »
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