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Cosmetics retailer Lush laying off staff amid ‘scaling down’ of Vancouver operations
By The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
VANCOUVER – Cosmetics brand Lush says it is laying off staff as it scales down operations at its Vancouver facilities. Amanda Caruso, a spokesperson for the U.K.-based brand, cited privacy concerns while refusing to say how many workers will lose their jobs as part of cuts to the company’s Canadian footprint. However, she confirmed the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson’s ‘overnight success’ is more than a decade in the making
By Alicia Rancilio, The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2024
Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson, two of the stars of Netflix’s whodunit “The Perfect Couple,” have news for you if you want to call them breakouts: They’ve been working in this business for more than a decade. Fahy made her TV debut in 2009 in an episode of “Gossip Girl.” Hewson’s first big film role ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jazz saxophonist and composer Benny Golson dies at 95
By Karen Matthews, The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Jazz great Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as “Killer Joe” and “Along Came Betty,” has died. He was 95. Golson died Saturday at his home in Manhattan after a short illness, said Golson’s longtime agent, Jason Franklin. Over his seven-decade musical career, Golson worked with some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Diddy’s music streams jump after arrest and indictment
By The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Sean “Diddy” Combs’ vast music catalog has seen a jump in streams since his arrest last week and the unsealing of an indictment against him. Under his many musical monikers – including Diddy, Puff Daddy and P. Diddy – the industry data and analytics company Luminate said the mogul’s music saw ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stephen & Evie Colbert offer a cookbook that’s also a window on their lives
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Many years into their marriage, Stephen and Evie Colbert suddenly became co-workers. And that is why, in a roundabout way, we have their first cookbook. During the pandemic, Evie helped keep her husband’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on the air at CBS while the couple hunkered down in their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The 2025 Tony Awards set June 8 ceremony date at Radio City Music Hall
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Fans of Broadway, circle this date: This season’s Tony Awards will take place on June 8 at its familiar home of Radio City Musical. Producers of the show announced the date and location Monday. For the last few years, the telecast has bounced around the city – two years ago originating ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec anglophones have right to health services in English, updated directive says
By The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
MONTREAL – The Quebec government has published a new health-care directive clarifying that anglophones have the right to receive health and social services in English. The five-page document states multiple times that English speakers do not have to prove their identity to receive care in their language. It is meant to replace an older directive, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Diddy’s music streams jump after after arrest and indictment
By The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Sean “Diddy” Combs’ vast music catalog has seen a jump in streams since his arrest last week and the unsealing of an indictment against him. Under his many musical monikers – including Diddy, Puff Daddy and P. Diddy – the industry data and analytics company Luminate said the mogul’s music saw ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jeanine Tesori becomes first woman composer to open Met Opera season with reworked `Grounded’
By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Jeanine Tesori watched the world premiere run of her “Grounded” with director Michael Mayer last fall at the Kennedy Center and noticed audience fidgeting. “It didn’t need a transplant of a liver, but what it needed was maybe just a different approach,” Mayer recalled. “Some rhinoplasty,” Tesori interjected. “A tracheotomy at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran pardons Grammy Award winner whose song became an anthem to the 2022 protests
By The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – An Iranian Grammy Award winner said on Monday he was pardoned from serving a three-year sentence over his song that became an anthem to the 2022 protests that rocked the country following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. Shervin Hajipour, who was presented his Grammy in 2023 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide. The American Library Association found a substantial drop in 2024 so far in complaints about books stocked in public, school ... Read More »
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