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Music, exercise, gray hair: Pandemic practices that live on
By Leanne Italie, The Associated Press on December 13th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Dusting off old musical instruments, appreciating the outdoors more meaningfully, dumping the hair dye and letting the gray fly forever. The pandemic disrupted our traditions, practices and pursuits, how we mark milestones, what we do with our time, what’s important in routines. It replaced old with new, a kind of new ... Read More »
1 responseNolan to debut ‘Oppenheimer’ IMAX trailer with ‘Avatar 2’
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on December 13th, 2022
Christopher Nolan is ready to show the world the first full-length trailer for his new epic ” Oppenheimer “ and he’s doing so in the splashiest way possible: With an exclusive IMAX spot in front of “Avatar: The Way of Water.” The “Oppenheimer” trailer will debut globally on IMAX screens playing the “Avatar” sequel, which ... Read More »
1 responseBTS member Jin begins military duty at frontline boot camp
By Hyung-jin Kim And Juwon Park, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2022
YEONCHEON, South Korea (AP) – Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, began his 18 months of mandatory military service at a frontline South Korean boot camp Tuesday, as fans gathered near the base to say goodbye to their star. Six other younger BTS members are to join the military in coming years one ... Read More »
1 responseNancy Pelosi’s career chronicled in new film by her daughter
By Michael Balsamo, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – For Alexandra Pelosi, the brutal attack on her father earlier this year was a culmination of vitriol that had been building for decades. Her family’s name, she says, has been weaponized for years, turned into a curse word for Republicans. Then, in October, a man broke into the family’s San Francisco ... Read More »
1 responseBTS member Jin goes to frontline boot camp for military duty
By Hyung-jin Kim And Juwon Park, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2022
YEONCHEON, South Korea (AP) – Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, was set to enter a frontline South Korean boot camp Tuesday to start his 18 months of mandatory military service, as fans gathered near the base to say goodbye to their star. Six other younger BTS members are to join the military ... Read More »
1 response‘Twin Peaks’ composer Angelo Badalamenti dies at 85
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2022
Angelo Badalamenti, the composer best known for creating otherworldly scores for many David Lynch productions, from “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks” to “Mulholland Drive,” has died. He was 85. He died of natural causes on Sunday, his family said in a statement. Born in Brooklyn in March 1937 to a fish market owner father with ... Read More »
1 responseN.B. to open Secretariat of Official Languages to oversee province’s languages act
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick is set to launch a Secretariat of Official Languages that will oversee the way the government carries out its duties under the province’s Official Languages Act, Premier Blaine Higgs announced Monday. The new bureau, which will be inside the Department of Intergovernmental Affairs, is a response to a review last year ... Read More »
1 responseCan James Cameron and ‘Avatar’ wow again? Don’t doubt it.
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – James Cameron has been living on Pandora for a long time. But 13 years after the original “Avatar” and five years after starting production on its sequel, “The Way of Water,” Cameron is unveiling the long-awaited follow-up to the highest grossing film of all-time. Speaking the day after “The Way of ... Read More »
1 responseUSA Today suspends book bestseller list; Bookforum shutters
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – USA Today’s weekly chart of top-selling books is on indefinite hiatus after the newspaper’s parent company, Gannett, laid off the editor in charge of compiling the list that’s closely followed in the publishing industry. “USA Today’s Books list will be on hiatus for the remainder of the year,” a spokesperson told ... Read More »
1 responseEx-CNN producer pleads guilty to child sex charge in deal
By Lisa Rathke, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2022
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – A former CNN television producer pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to using interstate commerce to entice and coerce a 9-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity at his Vermont ski house. As part of the plea deal, the government will drop the two remaining counts of enticement of a minor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.B. to open Secretariat of Official Languages to oversee province’s language act
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
FREDERICTON – The New Brunswick government is launching a Secretariat of Official Languages that will begin operating next year. Premier Blaine Higgs says the secretariat will oversee the way the government carries out its duties under the Official Languages Act, which establishes New Brunswick as the only officially bilingual province in the country. Higgs says ... Read More »
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