By Canadian Press on September 11th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — It sounds impossible, but that’s the magic of it. On Thursday, a new Whitney Houston song arrives 13 years after her death. English singer Calum Scott is responsible. The single is a duet between Scott and Houston, a balladic reinterpretation of the timeless “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me),” ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Arriving at Ralph Lauren’s latest runway show on Wednesday, Oprah Winfrey reminisced about a big purchase she made long ago, once she started earning enough money to pay rent and have some left over. “My first big splurge was Ralph Lauren towels,” Winfrey said. She added she’d even showed them off ... Read More »
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In an early scene from “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the blisteringly obtuse Nigel Tufnel asks his wife a question after he and his bandmates have reunited after many years: “I don’t know whether this was a good idea or not.” Fans may ask that very same question after an albeit mercifully short sequel ... Read More »
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They were careful with the explicit imagery — as usual. But did it make any difference? Traditional news organizations were cautious in their midafternoon coverage of Charlie Kirk’s assassination Wednesday not to depict the moment he was shot, instead showing video of him tossing a hat to his audience moments before, and panicked onlookers scattering ... Read More »
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry joined his father, King Charles III, for tea on Wednesday at the monarch’s London home, the first time they’ve met in well over a year. The two have been distant since Harry and his wife, Meghan, left royal life and moved to California in 2020 and then publicly aired ... Read More »
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TORONTO — Tensions flared both inside and outside a Toronto International Film Festival screening of a documentary about a retired Israeli general’s Oct. 7 rescue mission, with protesters and counter-protesters clashing on nearby streets and audience members booing during a Q-and-A that brought up Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Police on bicycles and horses corralled the ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Polly Holliday, a Tony Award-nominated screen and stage actor who turned the catchphrase “Kiss my grits!” into a national retort as the gum-chewing, beehive-wearing waitress aboard the long-running CBS sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 88. Holliday died Tuesday at her home in New York, said her theatrical agent, Dennis Aspland. ... Read More »
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Change comes slowly to the Downton Abbey universe and its Crawley family. Just watch Robert Crawley go flat-hunting in London. Wait, what? FLAT-HUNTING? The Earl of Grantham? Well, yes, and it’s the most amusing scene in “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” (a self-announcing title if there ever was one). Just look at proud and starched ... Read More »
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TORONTO — “Degrassi” co-creator Linda Schuyler says she has settled a lawsuit seeking to halt the premiere of “Degrassi: Whatever It Takes” at the Toronto International Film Festival. A joint statement with the documentary’s producers says Saturday’s world premiere will move forward as planned, as will other screenings. The announcement comes after Schuyler filed a ... Read More »
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LONDON (AP) — The verdict on Banksy’s artwork on a courthouse wall of a judge beating a protester was that it had to go. Unlike the elusive artist’s other provocative works that are sometimes stolen or carefully removed and displayed in galleries or sold at auction for millions, his latest mural was being erased Wednesday ... Read More »
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LONDON (AP) — When David Bowie died in 2016, he left a vast musical legacy – and a trove of unrealized projects. Tantalizing details of those abandoned and unfinished ideas are revealed in Bowie’s archive, which opens to the public this week. The 90,000 items acquired from Bowie’s estate by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum ... Read More »
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