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The AP names its nine Breakthrough Entertainers of 2022
By The Associated Press on December 14th, 2022
They worked hard, with the rewards coming slowly but surely. Then something came along – often a key role or sometimes a cluster, maybe an album – and it all became next-level, a shift triggering where-did-you-come-from vibes. That describes most of this year’s nine Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year, a class of talent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Andrew Chang on jump-starting CBC’s new free streaming service with ‘About That’
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
TORONTO – Andrew Chang built his name as an anchor on CBC’s nightly newscast “The National,” but recently he traded in his tailored suits for a hoodie and jeans as host of a daily show on the public broadcaster’s free news streaming channel. Launched in late November, CBC News Explore is still finding its footing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘When Harry Met Sally,’ ‘Iron Man’ added to film registry
By Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press on December 14th, 2022
They’ll have what she’s having. The 1989 rom-com “When Harry Met Sally” is one of 25 films chosen this year to enter the National Film Registry, a list that ranges from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” to a 1898 silent documentary, long thought lost, about the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. Also chosen this year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Megan Thee Stallion faces down Tory Lanez at shooting trial
By The Associated Press on December 13th, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Megan Thee Stallion took the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday and told jurors that rapper Tory Lanez fired five shots at her feet, yelled at her to dance and wounded her as she tried to walk away from him in the Hollywood Hills more than two years ago. “I’m ... Read More »
1 responseSigourney Weaver, James Cameron float on in ‘Way of Water’
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on December 13th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – To Sigourney Weaver, her friendship with James Cameron didn’t really start on “Aliens,” the 1986 film Cameron directed her in. It started after. “He was quite serious most of the time. He had a lot riding on that. England was all about Ridley Scott (the original’s director) doing the next one,” ... Read More »
1 responseXavier Dolan’s TV project ‘The Night Logan Woke Up’ heading to Sundance
By Noel Ransome, The Canadian Press on December 13th, 2022
TORONTO – Québécois director Xavier Dolan’s TV drama”The Night Logan Woke Up”is among the Canadian shorts and indie episodic projects heading to the Sundance Film Festival. The French-language psychological thriller is about a family haunted by a dark secret decades after a traumatic event occurs in a small Quebec town. The Canal+ project is adapted ... Read More »
1 responsePuerto Rican salsa singer “Lalo” RodrÃguez dies at 64
By The Associated Press on December 13th, 2022
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Puerto Rican salsa singer and musician “Lalo” RodrÃguez was found dead Tuesday at a public housing project in the U.S. territory, according to police. He was 64. Police said that while there were no visible signs of violence on his body, an autopsy would determine the cause of death. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spain’s Queen Letizia visits Los Angeles to promote language
By The Associated Press on December 13th, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Spain’s Queen Letizia was in Los Angeles on Tuesday where she celebrated the opening of a center that promotes the Spanish language and culture throughout the world. Letizia OrtÃz opened the West Coast’s first branch of the Cervantes Institute, which was founded by the Spanish government in 1991 to further the ... Read More »
1 responseComedian and actor Adam Sandler to get 2023 Mark Twain Prize
By The Associated Press on December 13th, 2022
Over the years, The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor has gone to such luminaries as Richard Pryor, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, George Carlin and Ellen DeGeneres. Next year, it’s going to the guy who made us crack up as Happy Gilmour. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said Tuesday ... Read More »
1 responseCBC’s ‘The Porter,’ Nathan Fielder’s ‘The Rehearsal’ nab Spirit Awards nominations
By The Canadian Press on December 13th, 2022
TORONTO – Canadian series “The Porter” has landed two nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. The CBC and BET co-production is up for best new scripted series, while one of its stars, British actor Aml Ameen, received a best lead performance nomination. “The Porter” focuses on the lives of a group of Canadian and ... Read More »
1 responseMark your calendars, theater lovers: Tony Awards are June 11
By The Associated Press on December 13th, 2022
The producers of the Tony Awards have set June 11 for the show that celebrates the best of Broadway and are setting it in a new location – more than a hundred blocks north of New York City’s theater district. The telecast will be broadcast live from the lush and elegant United Palace, a 3,400-seat ... Read More »
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