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France buys new masterpiece for Orsay museum with LVMH gift
By The Associated Press on January 30th, 2023
PARIS (AP) – France has acquired a stunning Impressionist masterpiece for its national collection of art treasures, with a donation from luxury goods giant LVMH paying the 43 million euros (nearly $47 million) for “A Boating Party” by 19th-century French artist Gustave Caillebotte. The oil on canvas shows an oarsman in a top hat rowing ... Read More »
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By Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
MONTREAL – Victor Manuel, a young asylum seeker from Mexico, arrived at Montreal’s St-Donat school on a frigid morning last week with his seven-year-old son and baby boy, whose bootless feet were covered only in socks. A social worker quickly alerted principal Yannick Dupont, who disappeared into a storage room and returned to hand over ... Read More »
1 responseJesse Ray Ernster on how his first Grammy win led him to Doja Cat
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
TORONTO – Jesse Ray Ernster was hot off his first Grammy win the night Doja Cat swooped into his life. Sitting in his Los Angeles home, the Winnipeg-born studio engineer watched the glittery awards show from afar at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2021. A few hours earlier, his work on a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barrett Strong, Motown artist known for ‘Money,’ dies at 81
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on January 29th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” has died. He was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!’24,’ ‘Runaways’ actor Annie Wersching has died at 45
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on January 29th, 2023
Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24” and providing the voice for Tess in the video game “The Last of Us,” has died. She was 45. Wersching passed away Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer, her publicist told The Associated Press. The type ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Avatar 2’ tops box office for 7th weekend
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on January 29th, 2023
“Avatar: The Way of Water” claimed the No. 1 spot on the domestic box office charts for the seventh weekend in a row with an additional $15.7 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. It was a quiet weekend overall, notable mostly for the Hindi language blockbuster “Pathaan” that broke into the top five and ... Read More »
1 response‘Make peoples’ jaws drop:’ Inuvialuk sculptor shaped by cultural stories
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on January 29th, 2023
When veteran Inuvialuk sculptor David Ruben Piqtoukun hears stories from his culture, they sprout images in his mind. Remembering these stories, and combining them with modern elements, has influenced his work for decades. A solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto is celebrating 50 years of Piqtoukun’s work. It features more than ... Read More »
1 responseActress and former senator Viola Léger, best known as La Sagouine, dies at 92
By The Canadian Press on January 29th, 2023
Actress, teacher and former senator Viola Léger has died at the age of 92. A release from management company Le Grenier musique says Léger died Saturday in Dieppe, New Brunswick. Léger was best known for her portrayal of the character La Sagouine in the play of the same name by Antonine Maillet, playing the role ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guitarist Tom Verlaine, co-founder of Television, dies at 73
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on January 28th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Tom Verlaine, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television who influenced many bands while playing at ultra-cool downtown New York music venue CBGB alongside the Ramones, Patti Smith and Talking Heads, has died. He was 73. He died Saturday in New York City, surrounded by close friends after a ... Read More »
1 responseTV anchors T.J. Holmes, Amy Robach leave ABC amid romance
By The Associated Press on January 28th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, anchors at the afternoon extension of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” are leaving the network after their romance was reported in November. The pair were taken off the air and placed on temporary hiatus after photos surfaced of them holding hands and spending time together. Both were ... Read More »
1 responseGregory Allen Howard who wrote ‘Remember the Titans’ dies
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on January 28th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard, who skillfully adapted stories of historical Black figures in “Remember the Titans” starring Denzel Washington, “Ali” with Will Smith and “Harriet” with Cynthia Erivo, has died. He was 70. Howard died Friday at his home in Miami after a brief illness, according to a statement from publicist ... Read More »
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