By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
A coming-of-age drama about a Canadian-Hungarian family’s turbulent time settling into their new home on Vancouver Island has been named best Canadian feature by the Toronto Film Critics Association. “Blue Heron” writer-director Sophy Romvari accepted the $50,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award for her debut feature at a gala Monday night. Centred on a Hungarian ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Padma Lakshmi is back in the kitchen with a knives-out cooking competition, and this time the stakes are higher — for the contestants and for her. The former host of Bravo’s “Top Chef” lands on network prime time hosting and judging the CBS show “America’s Culinary Cup,” which boasts the largest ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Who says to beware the Ides of March? A March 15 Academy Awards may feel late. By then, it will be almost a year since “Sinners” sunk its teeth into moviegoers last April. Some nominees have been on the campaign trail since the Cannes Film Festival in May. But the upside ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — After a career defined by playing gangsters, an avenging taxi driver and a paranoid prize fighter, Robert De Niro will be issuing a call for civility, as first spoken by Abraham Lincoln. The Oscar-winning actor is a featured performer for a Tuesday night event at Carnegie Hall, the 39th annual benefit ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two principal songwriters of The Guess Who — the band that crafted the hit song “American Woman” — will tour America itself later this year for the first time in over two decades. Original guitarist Randy Bachman and singer-keyboardist Burton Cummings, who have already announced a tour of their native Canada ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two founding members of The Guess Who — the band that crafted the hit song “American Woman” — will tour America itself later this year for the first time in over two decades. Original guitarist Randy Bachman and singer-keyboardist Burton Cummings, who have already announced a tour of their native Canada ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Christina Applegate’s memoir is not a safe, prim thing. It’s raw and angry, lyrical and funny, and more than a bit dangerous — a lot like Christina Applegate. “My words come out of my face hole the way they come out of my face hole and that’s just the way it ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Love Rocks NYC benefit is as star-studded as ever, with headliners Paul Simon, Mary J. Blige and Elvis Costello, and hosts that include Whoopi Goldberg and Julianne Moore. But organizers say the sold-out event, set for Thursday night at New York’s Beacon Theatre, is taking on additional significance this ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Award-winning chef Patrick O’Connell has a book scheduled for September about how he converted an old garage into an international destination for food lovers. O’Connell’s “Main, Middle & Gay” is a memoir by the founder of the Michelin-starred restaurant, The Inn at Little Washington. The title is a reference to streets ... Read More »
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Typical of an unconventional presidency, the Trump administration waited more than 48 hours to make any live, public communication to the American people about why it had decided to go to war with Iran. President Donald Trump discussed why he launched the attack prior to a White House ceremony honoring military heroes on Monday but ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake is suing to block the release of police body camera footage from his drunken driving arrest in New York’s Hamptons in 2024. The pop star’s lawyers argued in a lawsuit filed Monday against the Village of Sag Harbor and its police department that release of the video would “devastate” ... Read More »
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