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Tyler Perry to donate $2.5M to help older Atlanta homeowners
By The Associated Press on February 15th, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) – Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry is donating $2.75 million to older homeowners in Atlanta to help ensure they’re able to stay in their homes. A few weeks ago, Perry reached out to Atlanta Mayor Andrew Dickens about providing assistance for those residents on fixed incomes who could lose their homes as a ... Read More »
1 responseMichael Kors channels ’70s New York chic for latest line
By Beatrice Dupuy, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Michael Kors channeled classic “˜70s style for his latest collection, drawing inspiration from powerful women of the era like Tina Turner, Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem and even his mother. Steinem sat front row Wednesday during Kors’ New York Fashion Week show, which featured models sporting a variety of classic New York ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Town can’t refuse Amazon offer despite Duvall opposition
By Matthew Barakat, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2023
Actor Robert Duvall was one of more than 100 speakers at a northern Virginia town’s council meeting opposing a proposed $550 million data center from Amazon. The Town of Warrenton voted 4-3 early Wednesday morning to approve a special use permit for Amazon, despite Duvall’s opposition. The 92-year-old “The Godfather” and “The Great Santini” actor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hollywood sex symbol Raquel Welch dies at 82
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film “One Million Years B.C.” would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and ’70s, has died. She was 82. Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness, according to her agent, Stephen LaManna ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mi’kmaq regalia to return home to Nova Scotia after 130 years in Australian museum
By Lyndsay Armstrong, The Canadian Press on February 15th, 2023
HALIFAX – Mi’kmaq regalia kept in an Australian museum for more than 130 years will finally be returned to Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia – close to where the items are believed to have been crafted by a Mi’kmaq artist in the 1800s. Heather Stevens, manager and senior heritage interpreter with the Millbrook Cultural ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal MP may not vote for party’s language bill due to changes made by Bloc, Tories
By The Canadian Press on February 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – A Liberal member of Parliament says it would be difficult to support his government’s official languages bill because of changes the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois have made to it, which he believes could reduce English services in Quebec. Anthony Housefather says he hopes he’s able to support Bill C-13 — which is aimed ... Read More »
1 responseMi’kmaq regalia to return home to Nova Scotia after 130 years in an Australian museum
By The Canadian Press on February 15th, 2023
HALIFAX – Mi’kmaq regalia kept in an Australian museum for more than 130 years will finally be returned to Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia. Heather Stevens, manager and senior heritage interpreter with the Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre, says she will travel next month to Melbourne and bring the regalia home. Stevens says work ... Read More »
1 responseJane Fonda to attend Vienna Opera Ball with 90-year-old date
By The Associated Press on February 15th, 2023
VIENNA (AP) – American actor Jane Fonda said Wednesday she accepted an Austrian building tycoon’s invitation to attend the Vienna Opera Ball because he offered to “pay me quite a bit of money.” The 85-year-old Academy Award and Golden Globe winner said at a news conference with her date, 90-year-old Richard Lugner, that she needed ... Read More »
1 responseDina Pugliese is leaving Breakfast Television after 16 years
By Noel Ransome, The Canadian Press on February 15th, 2023
TORONTO – Breakfast Television co-host Dina Pugliese says she is leaving the show after 16 years in part due to the gruelling, early morning hours of the job. Pugliese announced her departure Wednesday, stating that while working on the show has been a “blessing” and she cares about her fans and co-workers, “the hours never ... Read More »
1 responseAmanda Gorman writes children’s book ‘Something, Someday’
By The Associated Press on February 15th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Amanda Gorman’s next literary project is a collaboration with a prize-winning illustrator for a children’s book coming out this fall. Viking Children’s Books announced Wednesday that “Something, Someday,” by Gorman and Christian Robinson, is scheduled for Sept. 23. Viking is calling the book “a message of hope” about the ability to ... Read More »
1 responseJuan Felipe Herrera wins Frost lifetime achievement medal
By The Associated Press on February 15th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Former U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera is this year’s winner of the Frost Medal for lifetime achievement, with judges praising him for a “a poetic voice that is both deeply embedded and wholly original.” Herrera, 74, is known for such collections as “Half the World in Light” and “187 Reasons ... Read More »
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