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Anthem for Charles III’s coronation written by Lloyd Webber
By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press on February 18th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the scores for blockbuster musicals such as “Cats,” “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Evita,” has written the anthem for King Charles III’s coronation, adapting a piece of church music that encourages singers to make a “joyful noise.” The work by Webber is one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zelenskyy ‘born for this moment,’ Sean Penn says at Berlin
By Louise Dixon, The Associated Press on February 18th, 2023
BERLIN (AP) – Just hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine nearly a year ago, actor Sean Penn had his first on-camera meeting with the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “It was as if he was realizing himself, that he was born for this moment,” Penn recalled in an interview with The Associated Press at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hungarian ballet rehearses in car factory amid energy crunch
By Justin Spike, The Associated Press on February 18th, 2023
GYOR, Hungary (AP) – Reka Zalai clocked out for lunch on Thursday in the quality assurance department of an Audi automobile factory in Hungary. But instead of heading to her ordinary spot in the factory’s lunch room, she walked to a nearby conference hall near the production line to watch a performance of a professional ... Read More »
1 response‘Thunder Bay’ series from Ryan McMahon looks at systemic racism, police in the city
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on February 18th, 2023
PodcasterRyan McMahon is not interested in leading the conversation around defunding and abolishing the police. However, he is aware those calls have been increasingly taking place in Black, Indigenous and racialized communities across North America since the 2020 killing of George Floydby a police officer in Minneapolis. Instead, the Anishinaabe writer uses his latest docuseries, ... Read More »
1 responseStella Stevens, star of ‘The Nutty Professor,’ is dead at 84
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on February 17th, 2023
Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis’s affection in “The Nutty Professor,” has died. She was 84. Stevens’ estate said she died Friday in Los Angeles after a long illness. Born Estelle Caro Eggleston in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1938, she ... Read More »
1 responseNew Brunswick scraps controversial overhaul of French immersion in province’s schools
By The Canadian Press on February 17th, 2023
FREDERICTON – A New Brunswick parents group says the government’s decision to abandon a controversial French-language education reform planned for this fall is a major win for the province. Education Minister Bill Hogan announced Friday that the government would not proceed with proposed cuts to the hours kindergarten and elementary students in the English system ... Read More »
1 responseNew this week: Hanks, Lambert, ‘Bruiser’ and ‘Snowfall’
By The Associated Press on February 17th, 2023
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week. MOVIES – Adult dramas have generally been having a hard time in theaters in recent months, but one notable exception has been “A Man Called Otto.” The film stars Tom ... Read More »
1 responseAt New York Fashion Week, music can be as crucial as clothes
By Brooke Lefferts, The Associated Press on February 17th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – The carpets have been rolled up and the racks of clothes have disappeared, leaving only a few stray feathers and sequins behind, but some New York Fashion Week guests may still be humming the tunes they heard on the runways for days to come. That’s actually a goal for many designers ... Read More »
1 responseNew Brunswick halts controversial overhaul of French immersion in province’s schools
By The Canadian Press on February 17th, 2023
FREDERICTON – The New Brunswick government says it will not move ahead with a French-language education reform planned for this fall following widespread public criticism of the plan to reduce French teaching. Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs had previously proposed cutting the hours that kindergarten and elementary students in the English system spend learning in ... Read More »
1 responseThis Canadian VFX studio is using AI to cosmetically alter your favourite actors
By Noel Ransome, The Canadian Press on February 17th, 2023
TORONTO – Wondering how some stars seemingly never age? A Toronto VFX company says the answer is in a growing post-production trend in which cosmetic touch-ups are routinely made on actors’ skin and hairlines using technology. Matt Panousis, partner and chief operating officer of the visual effects and tech studio Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ), ... Read More »
1 responseBruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia. What is FTD?
By The Associated Press on February 17th, 2023
Bruce Willis’ family has announced that he has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. The announcement Thursday came about a year after his family said that Willis would step away from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, a brain disorder that leads to speaking, reading and writing problems. Here’s some details on the condition: WHAT IS ... Read More »
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