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CBC dramedy ‘Pretty Hard Cases’ ending after third season
By Noel Ransome, The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
TORONTO – The current season ofCBC’s detective dramedy “Pretty Hard Cases” will be itslast. The series broke the news on its Twitter account andCBC confirmed the cancellation by email to The Canadian Press. “Pretty Hard Cases” stars Meredith MacNeill and Adrienne C. Moore as Toronto detectives and polar opposites who find a way to work ... Read More »
1 responseBail $300K for former ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor in sex case
By Rio Yamat, The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) – Bail was set at $300,000 Wednesday for a former “Dances With Wolves” actor charged in Nevada with sexually abusing and trafficking Indigenous women and girls. North Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Craig Newman said Nathan Chasing Horse must stay with a relative if he is released from jail. ... Read More »
1 responseSeries dramatizing Lac-Mégantic rail disaster divides opinion among residents
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
MONTREAL – A new television series based on the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster is dividing opinion in the Quebec town where it is set. Citizens of Lac-Mégantic were given a chance to watch the first episode of “Mégantic” at a screening Monday, several days before the French-language series begins streaming on Quebecor’s Club Illico Thursday. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Filmmaker Atom Egoyan takes inspiration from opera ‘Salome’ for upcoming feature
By The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
TORONTO – Canadian director Atom Egoyan is reuniting with actor Amanda Seyfried for an opera-set feature film. Seyfried stars in “Seven Veils” as a theatre director remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera “Salome” by Richard Strauss. The film is written and directed by Egoyan, who says he was inspired by the experience ... Read More »
1 responseDanish queen to undergo ‘major back surgery’
By The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, will undergo “major back surgery” later this month, the royal palace said Wednesday. The 82-year-monarch will be hospitalized afterward and undergo “a longer rehabilitation process,” the royal household said in a statement. “During a long period, Her Majesty has ... Read More »
1 responseBSO plan to digitize John Williams concerts almost complete
By The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
BOSTON (AP) – An effort to digitize more than 200 Boston Pops radio broadcasts conducted by John Williams from 1979 until 1991 is almost complete, the Boston Symphony Orchestra announced Wednesday, Williams’ 91st birthday. The project to preserve 233 live radio broadcasts that were recorded on 256 one-quarter inch (0.63 centimeter) reel-to-reel analog tapes that ... Read More »
1 responseVisitors can see famed Florence baptistry’s mosaics up close
By Francesco Sportelli, The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) – Visitors to one of Florence’s most iconic monuments – the Baptistry of San Giovanni, opposite the city’s Duomo – are getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see its ceiling mosaics up close thanks to an innovative approach to a planned restoration effort. Rather than limit the public’s access during the six-year cleaning ... Read More »
1 responseVisitors can see Florence Baptistry mosaics up close
By Francesco Sportelli, The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) – Visitors to one of Florence’s most iconic monuments – the Baptistry of San Giovanni, opposite the city’s Duomo – are getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see its ceiling mosaics up close thanks to an innovative approach to a planned restoration effort. Rather than limit the public’s access during the six-year cleaning ... Read More »
1 responseStella Jean quits Milan Fashion Week over lack of inclusion
By Colleen Barry, The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
MILAN (AP) – The only Black designer belonging to Italy’s fashion council is withdrawing from this month’s Milan Fashion Week citing a lack of commitment to diversity and inclusion, and on Wednesday announced a hunger strike out of concern that other minority designers associated with her will suffer a backlash. Stella Jean told The Associated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Krafton announces new video game studio in Montreal with fantasy title first up
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
Patrik Methe has a story to tell. Now he has to build a video game studio from scratch to do it. Methe, who spent the last 17 years at Ubisoft Montreal, has been tasked with heading up the new Montreal studio for South Korean video game developer Krafton. Krafton Montreal’s first game will be drawn ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disney cuts Simpsons ‘forced labor’ episode in Hong Kong
By The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
HONG KONG (AP) – Walt Disney Co. has removed an episode from cartoon series The Simpsons that included a reference to “forced labor camps” in China from its streaming service in Hong Kong. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment about why the episode, “One Angry Lisa” from The Simpsons’ 34th ... Read More »
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