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Vivienne Westwood, influential fashion maverick, dies at 81
By Gregory Katz, The Associated Press on December 29th, 2022
LONDON (AP) – Vivienne Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday at 81. Westwood’s eponymous fashion house announced her death on social media platforms, saying she died peacefully. A cause of death was not disclosed in the statement. Westwood’s fashion career began in the 1970s with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Folk legend Ian Tyson, known for ‘Four Strong Winds’ as part of Ian & Sylvia, dies
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on December 29th, 2022
TORONTO – Canadian folk legend Ian Tyson, best known for the hit single “Four Strong Winds” as one half of Ian & Sylvia, has died at age 89. The Victoria native died Thursday at his ranch in southern Alberta following a series of ongoing health complications, according to his manager Paul Mascioli. Tyson began his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Folk legend Ian Tyson, known for hit “Four Strong Winds,” dies at 89
By The Canadian Press on December 29th, 2022
Canadian folk legend Ian Tyson, best known for the hit single “Four Strong Winds” as one half of Ian & Sylvia, has died at age 89, his former wife Sylvia Tyson says. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another Canadian joins growing trend of ‘Jeopardy’ super-champions
By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on December 29th, 2022
TORONTO – It’s not your imagination: “Jeopardy” streaks are getting longer. Ray Lalonde, the Toronto-based scenic artist who’s won 10 games and counting, is just the latest in a new generation of trivia titans to take up residence on the Alex Trebek Stage. Ahead of Thursday’s game, Lalonde had amassed US$285,100. Consider also Mattea Roach, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Myles Goodwyn to retire from touring with April Wine but continue working with band
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on December 29th, 2022
TORONTO – April Wine founder Myles Goodwyn says he’s done with touring life and will play his final live show in March. The Halifax band’s lead vocalist and guitarist says ongoing issues with his diabetes have led him to conclude his “touring days are officially over.” The 74-year-old musician insists he’s not finished with April ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ was a coming-of-age period for its younger cast members
By Noel Ransome, The Canadian Press on December 29th, 2022
TORONTO – Bailey Bass was a relatively unknown face when she was declared as the future of James Cameron’s multi-billion dollar “Avatar” franchise among six other young actors, “all while going through puberty.” “It added an extra element of like: What’s going on with our bodies? What’s going on with the world?” recalls Bass, 19, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bob Penny, bit actor in numerous Hollywood films, dies at 87
By The Associated Press on December 29th, 2022
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Bob Penny, an Alabama college professor and actor who performed small roles in movies including “Forrest Gump” and “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died at age 87. Penny died on Christmas Day, according to an obituary from Laughlin Service Funeral Home in Huntsville. No cause of death was given. Born in Anniston ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The TV shows, movies on celebrities’ own winter watchlists
By Hilary Fox, The Associated Press on December 29th, 2022
LONDON (AP) – The weather outside may be frightful, but the myriad viewing options inside can be nothing short of delightful. During interviews in recent weeks, The Associated Press asked celebrities promoting their own projects in Europe what they planned to watch this winter season: LUCAS BRAVO and DARREN STAR (“Emily in Paris”): “I just ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maria Bakalova wants to make you feel something
By Krysta Fauria, The Associated Press on December 29th, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – When it comes to acting, Maria Bakalova considers herself to be a person of extremes. “Cinema is supposed to be provoking. It’s not supposed to be, I think, something that is somewhere in the middle,” the Oscar-nominated actor said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. If a movie doesn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘I think of them’: Abducted Nigerian schoolgirls remembered
By Chinedu Asadu, The Associated Press on December 29th, 2022
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Margret Yama’s phone screensaver is a picture of her cousin, Rifkatu Galang, who is still held by Boko Haram extremists nearly nine years after she and 275 other girls were seized from their school in northeastern Nigeria. Yama was among those taken but later freed. Dozens of others have been rescued ... Read More »
1 response‘Our language is still here:’ Revitalizing Indigenous languages in the North
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on December 29th, 2022
YELLOWKNIFE – From legislative chambers to classrooms, and on the radio and TV, Indigenous languages are spoken and heard every day across the North thanks to dedicated elders, teachers, translators and broadcasters. Jeela Palluq-Cloutier, who has long worked as an Inuktitut teacher and translator in Nunavut, said she learned the language from her unilingual parents ... Read More »
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