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‘Megalopolis’ flops, ‘Wild Robot’ soars at box office
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on September 29th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film “Wild Robot” soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office. “Wild Robot,” Chris Sanders’ adaptation of Peter Brown’s bestseller, outperformed expectations to launch with $35 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Valentino’s new designer puts on maximalist Paris ready-to-wear debut
By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press on September 29th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – Alessandro Michele’s eagerly awaited ready-to-wear Paris Fashion Week debut at Valentino was unveiled in a setting that hinted at a transformation – a living room in flux. Stools, ladders, and lamps shrouded beneath white blankets evoked a house renovation, signaling not just change, but a conscious revival of past glories. The scene, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Host Adrian Holmes promises ‘impactful’ night at the third annual Legacy Awards
By Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press on September 29th, 2024
TORONTO – “Bel-Air” star Adrian Holmes says he’s thrilled to celebrate Canada’s “underrepresented voices” at The Black Academy’s Legacy Awards tonight. The Wales-born, Canada-raised actor will host the third edition of the event that highlights the accomplishments of Black Canadians in film, television, music, sports and culture. This year’s honourees include Toronto International Film Festival ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McLachlan, Cochrane reflect on creative struggle at Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on September 29th, 2024
TORONTO – As Sarah McLachlan, Tom Cochrane and members of Blue Rodeo were ushered into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Saturday, each took a moment to recognize that writing great music usually comes with incredible struggle. “Writing is often a lonely, isolating business,” McLachlan told the audience at Toronto’s Massey Hall in her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McLachlan, Cochrane reflect on the struggle at Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
TORONTO – As Sarah McLachlan, Tom Cochrane and members of Blue Rodeo were ushered into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Saturday, each took a moment to recognize that writing great music usually comes with incredible struggle. “Writing is often a lonely, isolating business,” McLachlan told the audience at Toronto’s Massey Hall in her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maya Rudolph as Harris and Dana Carvey as Biden open the 50th season of ‘Saturday Night Live’
By The Associated Press on September 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – “Saturday Night Live” began its 50th season with a parade of former co-stars, including Maya Rudolph as Vice President Kamala Harris, Andy Samberg as her husband Doug Emhoff and Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden. “We’ve got to stay focused,” Rudolph-as-Harris said at a mock rally in the show’s cold open. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As theaters struggle, many independent cinemas in Los Angeles are finding their audience
By Krysta Fauria, The Associated Press on September 28th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – On a hot summer evening, Miles Villalon lined up outside the New Beverly Cinema, hours before showtime. The 36-year-old already had tickets to the Watergate-themed double feature of 1976’s “All the President’s Men” and 1999’s “Dick.” But Villalon braved Los Angeles’ infamous rush-hour traffic to snag front-row seats at Quentin Tarantino’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!She defended ‘El Chapo.’ Now this lawyer is using her narco-fame to launch a music career
By Megan Janetsky, The Associated Press on September 28th, 2024
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colón rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion, strolling past a security guard side-by-side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord JoaquÃn “El Chapo” Guzmán. Sporting suits and sunglasses, the pair stride into a dimly lit room ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tentative deal reached in Metro Vancouver grain strike, federal minister says
By The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
Canada’s labour minister says striking grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver and their employers have reached a tentative labour deal. Steven MacKinnon announced the agreement between Grain Workers Union Local 333 and the Vancouver Terminal Elevators’ Association in a post on social media platform X, but provided no other details. Neither the union representing the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Footage of motorcade racing JFK to the hospital after he was shot sells for $137,500 at auction
By Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press on September 28th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – Newly emerged film footage of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade speeding down a Dallas freeway toward a hospital after he was fatally wounded sold at auction Saturday for $137,500. The 8 mm color home film was offered up by RR Auction in Boston. The auction house said the buyer wishes to remain ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP uses BC United research to mount attacks on ‘crackpot’ B.C. Conservatives
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
VICTORIA – Almost 200 pages of research on the B.C. Conservative Party, which sources within BC United confirm were compiled before the party dropped out of the British Columbia election campaign to support their former rivals, have come back to haunt the new alliance. The New Democrats are using the leaked documents to depict B.C. ... Read More »
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