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Senate Democrats grill FCC leader over Jimmy Kimmel controversy
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats hammered the Federal Communications Commission’s leader Wednesday for pressuring broadcasters to take Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suggesting he was politicizing an independent agency and trampling the First Amendment. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, appearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, was peppered with questions over his criticism of Kimmel, the ABC ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: SpongeBob is back in madcap ‘Search for SquarePants’
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
SpongeBob SquarePants just wants to be a big guy. For our bubble blowing, Bikini Bottom resident (voiced by Tom Kenny ), that means reaching the coveted height of 36 clams tall so that he can finally ride the big roller coaster at Captain Booty Beard’s Fun Park. In the new feature-length movie, “The SpongeBob Movie: ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rob Reiner’s son Nick appears in court on 2 counts of murder in killing of his parents
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents. The 32-year-old did not enter a plea as he appeared from behind the glass wall of a custody area. He was in shackles and wearing a jail suicide ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Warner Bros recommends investors reject Paramount’s offer in favor of Netflix’s
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. Discovery is recommending its shareholders reject an unsolicited buyout offer from Paramount Skydance in favor of a rival bid from Netflix it said will better serve their interests and the entertainment company’s audiences. The Warner board said in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday that Paramount’s “inferior” offer carried ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What to know about bidding war between Netflix and Paramount for Warner Bros.
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. is telling shareholders of the company that it believes a $72 billion buyout offer from Netflix is superior, and to reject a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Skydance. Paramount went hostile with its bid last week, asking shareholders to reject the deal with Netflix favored by the board of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FCC leader Brendan Carr faces Senate questioning for first time since Kimmel controversy
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr faced Senate questioning Wednesday for the first time since he pressured broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, a stance that drew bipartisan criticism and raised concerns about government interference in the media. The hearing before the Senate Commerce committee is the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Buck Rogers’ star Gil Gerard dies at 82
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
Gil Gerard, who played television’s hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82. Gerard died Tuesday in hospice as a result of a rare, aggressive form of cancer, said his manager, Tina Presley Borek. His wife, Janet Gerard, posted a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alex Warren’s year has been anything but ‘Ordinary.’ Now, the Grammys are calling
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
New York (AP) — It jolted the winter, came alive in the spring, dominated the summer and went three-times platinum in the fall. Alex Warren’s bombastic ballad “Ordinary” is, by many measures, a defining song of 2025. It’s also an unusual hit: slower than a traditional song of the summer, full of gloss, an ascendent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Warner Bros asks investors to reject takeover bid by Paramount Skydance
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. is telling shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, saying that a rival bid from Netflix will be better for customers. “Today the Warner Bros. Discovery Board sent a clear message to you, their stockholders,” the company said in a letter to shareholders. “The WBD Board urges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Strikes and a $100 million heist push the Louvre into historic crisis
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — The ongoing strike at the Louvre is no longer just a labor dispute. It has become a test of how securely, credibly and competently the world’s most visited museum is being run. Behind the walkout are not only frayed labor relations, but a building itself under strain, with crumbling parts of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Faith-based entertainment sees a revival in Hollywood. Defining what it is can be a challenge
By Canadian Press on December 17th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the movies this fall, Josh O’Connor plays a hot priest with a complicated past, Keanu Reeves is an angel who lost his wings and Elizabeth Olsen has a romantic dilemma in the afterlife. Hollywood, it seems, has found God. But it’s not just starry big-budget Netflix films or A24 indies ... Read More »
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