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Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrate the Lantern Festival with high hopes and rice dumplings
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, visiting light installations and snacking on glutinous rice dumplings. The holiday marks the end of the Lunar New Year period and is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Marvel treads water with ‘Captain America: Brave New World’
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
Celebrate Valentine’s Day this year with “Captain America: Brave New World,” a highly processed, empty calorie, regret-later candy of a movie. We’re nearing the end of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with predictable and underwhelming returns. “Captain America: Brave New World” feels like it’s just treading water, wasting Anthony Mackie in his first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Bridget Jones is middle-aged now. And we still love her, just as she is
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
It is a truth universally acknowledged, as Bridget Jones herself might write in her diary, that at the end of any Bridget Jones movie, our heroine has triumphed over all doubts and obstacles and is finally happy. With a man. Well, so far, with one particular man: Mark Darcy, the stuffy-yet-dashing man of her dreams. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish get Rock Hall nominations
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish are some the 2025 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a list that also includes two sets of musical brothers who have had public feuds and recent reunions — the Black Crowes and Oasis. The Hall revealed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local news can help battle disinformation, report finds. But outlets are struggling
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
TORONTO — A new report that surveyed residents of small towns across Canada says a lack of local news outlets weakens community ties and affects people’s understanding of how government, schools and hospitals function. The report comes from the Public Policy Forum think-tank and says years of cuts to local news outlets have whittled down ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘SNL’ at 50: Cowboy Junkies on pressures of live TV, seeing debut of ‘Wayne’s World’
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
As “Saturday Night Live” marks its 50th anniversary, The Canadian Press is looking back at some of the sketch comedy show’s most notable Canadian musical performances. Musical Guest: Cowboy Junkies Songs: “Sweet Jane” and “Misguided Angel” Host: Leslie Nielsen Date: Feb. 18, 1989 THE SHOW: Nielsen opened his monologue by saying he was mainly a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Cable Cowboy’ John Malone has a memoir out in September
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The billionaire media pioneer known as “The Cable Cowboy” has written a memoir. John Malone ‘s “Born to Be Wired” will be published Sept 2. “Over a lifetime of business deals, the most valuable currency has been relationships,” Malone, who turns 84 next month, said in a statement Wednesday released by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Misty Copeland’s new picture story, ‘Bunheads, Act 2,’ will be out in September
By Canadian Press on February 12th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland is ready to take young readers on another imaginary trip to the ballet. The celebrated principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre has a follow-up planned to her best-selling picture book, “Bunheads.” On Sept. 16, the Penguin Random House imprint Nancy Paulsen Books will release “Bunheads, Act 2: Dance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LA Opera drops Missy Mazzoli’s ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ which will premiere at New York’s Met
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2025
The Los Angeles Opera dropped a contemplated world premiere for the second straight season in a cost-cutting move, and Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln in the Bardo” will instead open at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Adapted from George Saunders’ 2017 novel and with a libretto by Royce Vavrek, “Lincoln” was to debut in Los Angeles in February ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Designer Thom Browne builds a world of origami magic for a fantastical bird-themed runway show
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Browne loves building fantastical worlds for his fashion shows, and his fall/winter 2025 collection was no exception. The designer filled a darkened Manhattan theater space with 2,000 graceful white origami birds, many suspended in the air, as he closed out New York Fashion Week on Tuesday. To a soundtrack of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Junos head says org faces ‘complicated’ questions around Buffy Sainte-Marie’s awards
By Canadian Press on February 11th, 2025
TORONTO — The head of the Juno Awards says he’s not rushing to decide the fate of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s many honours with the music organization, even after it was confirmed last week that she was stripped of her Order of Canada. Allan Reid, the CEO of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, said ... Read More »
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