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Live from London, it’s Saturday night! ‘SNL’ taking sketch comedy across the pond
By Canadian Press on April 10th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Live from London, it’s Saturday night! Wait, London? You heard that correctly. “Saturday Night Live” announced Thursday that it plans to launch a British version of the U.S. sketch comedy show that is celebrating its 50th anniversary across the pond. The U.K. version, produced with Sky Studios, will have a British cast ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey put a lot of internal work into ‘The Last of Us’
By Canadian Press on April 10th, 2025
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Five years after the end of the first season’s events, “The Last of Us” picks up in Wyoming, where Joel and Ellie — played by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey — are settled into everyday life alongside an ensemble of returning characters and new faces protecting their fortress from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Artist accuses P.E.I. college of censoring political painting of lemmings, U.S. flag
By Canadian Press on April 10th, 2025
CHARLOTTETOWN — The artist in residence at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown has quit, saying school administrators have censored a painting they believe is too political. In a statement posted on his website, Christopher Griffin says that administrators asked him on March 27 to remove a painting called “The Crossing,” which is part of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cannes Film Festival sets lineup with Ari Aster, Wes Anderson and, yes, Spike Lee
By Canadian Press on April 10th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — New films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday. Coming off a 2024 edition that produced the Academy Award best-picture winner “Anora,” as well as a number of Oscar contenders in “Emilia Pérez,” “The Substance” and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prada agrees to buy rival fashion house Versace in a deal valued at $1.4 billion
By Canadian Press on April 10th, 2025
ROME (AP) — The Prada Group announced a deal Thursday to buy Italy’s Versace from the U.S. luxury group Capri Holdings under terms that value the fashion house at 1.25 billion euros ($1.4 billion). Prada said the addition of Versace’s “highly recognizable aesthetic … constitutes a strongly complementary addition” to its portfolio, which includes the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prada Group buys Versace fashion house from its U.S. owner in a deal valued at $1.4 billion
By Canadian Press on April 10th, 2025
ROME (AP) — The Prada Group announced the purchase of the Versace fashion house from the U.S. luxury group Capri Holding in a cash deal valued at 1.25 billion euros ($1.4 billion.) Versace has been owned since 2018 by the Capri Holding, which includes Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo. Capri Holding paid $2 billion for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Live from London, it’s Saturday night! SNL taking sketch comedy across the pond
By Canadian Press on April 10th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Live from London, it’s Saturday night! Wait, London? You heard that correctly. Saturday Night Live announced Thursday that it plans to launch a British version of the U.S. sketch comedy show that is celebrating its 50th anniversary across the pond. The U.K. version, produced with Sky Studios, will have a British cast ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are coming up. Here’s who’s nominated and how to watch
By Canadian Press on April 10th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Excuse me, you look like you might want to see the next generation of country music acts clean up at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards. Fans of the genre have long committed Ella Langley and Riley Green’s throwback duet, “You Look Like You Love Me” to memory, and soon, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cannes Film Festival sets lineup with Ari Aster, Richard Linklater and Wes Anderson
By Canadian Press on April 10th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — New films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday. Coming off a 2024 edition that produced the Academy Award best-picture winner “Anora,” as well as a number of Oscar contenders in “Emilia Pérez,” “The Substance” and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!David Foster wasn’t attuned to Broadway, until he wrote the music for ‘Boop!’
By Canadian Press on April 10th, 2025
TORONTO — David Foster says writing music for a new Broadway musical starring Betty Boop has been filled with highs notes and “a lot of drudgery.” The Victoria native opened up about pushing himself creatively to complete “Boop! The Musical,” which opened earlier this month. He says it taught him more about working as a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At a little known Rolls-Royce museum in Pennsylvania farm country, volunteers dote over iconic cars
By Canadian Press on April 9th, 2025
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Mike Fowler had been faintly aware that a museum of Rolls-Royce and Bentley vehicles existed near his boyhood home in the suburbs of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but the car enthusiast didn’t expect the experience he got when he started volunteering there. Fowler had oil on his hands within a half-hour of his ... Read More »
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