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Harrison Ford to receive SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award for his career and humanitarian work
By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harrison Ford will receive a lifetime achievement award in March from the actors union SAG-AFTRA. “Harrison Ford is a singular presence in American life; an actor whose iconic characters have shaped world culture,” the union’s president, Sean Astin, said in a statement Thursday. “We are honored to celebrate a legend whose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A photo of Miss Finland sparks racist accusations and furor across Asia
By Canadian Press on December 18th, 2025
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finland’s government is facing heavy pressure and accusations of racism from several Asian countries after its representative to the 2025 Miss Universe pageant was seen pulling the corners of her eyes in a photo — and some Finnish politicians posted their own photos repeating the gesture. Sarah Dzafce lost her Miss ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arab female directors drive change at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Arab female film directors have helped change the landscape of Arab cinema in recent years, presenting stories that haven’t been told before and claiming space in an industry in a region that rarely makes room for women to grow. Four influential female directors took part in this year’s Red Sea ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A mysterious fedora, a thieving cat and other stories that made us smile in 2025
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
Even the most dedicated doomscrollers smile once in a while. Here’s a look back at some of the Associated Press stories that captured attention around the world and provided moments of brightness throughout 2025: Art and intrigue The brazen heist at the world’s most visited museum in November wasn’t just a whodunit, it was a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died. He was 91. Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Peter Arnett, who reported on the Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died. He was 91. Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rob and Michele Reiner’s son appears in court on murder charges while siblings speak of their loss
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, while the couple’s other two children made their first public statement on their crushing loss. Nick Reiner, 32, did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FCC leader says agency is no longer independent as he’s grilled by Democrats over Kimmel controversy
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators on Wednesday hammered the Federal Communications Commission’s leader for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suggesting that Brendan Carr was politicizing an independent agency and trampling the First Amendment. The FCC chairman refused to disown his comments about Kimmel and, when questioned by Democrats ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FCC leader grilled over Jimmy Kimmel controversy stands his ground against Democrats
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators on Wednesday hammered the Federal Communications Commission’s leader for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suggesting that Brendan Carr was politicizing an independent agency and trampling the First Amendment. The FCC chairman was peppered with questions by Democrats on the Senate Commerce, Science and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: The Neil Diamond-inspired ‘Song Sung Blue’ hits all the wrong notes
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
The story of Mike and Claire Sardina — a struggling husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act from Milwaukee — was never the stuff of Hollywood movies. Unfortunately, it’s been made into one. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are slumming to play the slightly batty couple in the big-hearted but misguided “Song Sung Blue,” a baffling adaptation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABC
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
In a seismic shift for one of television’s marquee events, the Academy Awards will depart ABC and begin streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. ABC will continue to broadcast the annual ceremony through 2028. That year will mark the 100th Oscars. But starting in 2029, ... Read More »
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