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Dueling documentaries illuminate the promise and perils of artificial intelligence
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence’s dystopian specter has spawned a pair of documentaries dissecting a technology that’s depicted in the films as a ravenous parasite devouring humanity’s knowledge, creativity and empathy. The films, “Deepfaking Sam Altman” and “The AI Doc,” examine the issue through different lenses while similarly illuminating why the technology evokes both ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Robert De Niro delivers Lincoln’s civility warning at a Carnegie Hall benefit
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert De Niro walked onto Carnegie Hall’s stage Tuesday night, unannounced and to loud applause. He didn’t make any speeches, at least none of his own. After a career defined by playing gangsters, an avenging taxi driver and a paranoid prize fighter, the Oscar-winning actor recited a call for civility, as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lock step no more: Iran war shows cracks in Trump’s conservative media support
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — For President Donald Trump, some of the sharpest criticism he’s faced in the early days of the Iran war has come from once-loyal media figures far more accustomed to singing his praises. Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Matt Walsh are among those to express discontent. It’s been noticed in the White ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dior’s Jonathan Anderson finds his stride with a garden of earthly delights at Paris Fashion Week
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
PARIS (AP) — The sun was out over the glass-walled runway at the famed Tuileries Garden in the French capital on Tuesday, flooding Jonathan Anderson ‘s fall-winter 2026 collection for Dior with a golden light that invoked Impressionist paintings. Among the celebrities at Paris Fashion Week packed into the glass walkways around the park’s octagonal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trial that could lead to the breakup of Ticketmaster’s parent company gets underway
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — A high-stakes antitrust trial that could lead to the possible breakup of Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, got underway Tuesday in a case over whether the entertainment giant’s dominance of the concert industry amounts to an illegal monopoly. In opening statements, a U.S. Justice Department lawyer pointed to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Deadliest Catch’ crewman Todd Meadows dies after falling overboard, Coast Guard says
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A deckhand on the reality television show “Deadliest Catch,” which documents the lives of crab fishermen working in one of the world’s harshest environments, died after he was reported to have fallen overboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday. The Coast Guard received a notification shortly after 5 p.m. Feb. 25 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justice Department lawyer says concert ticket industry is broken because of Ticketmaster
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Justice Department lawyer told jurors at a civil antitrust trial Tuesday that the concert industry is broken because Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation Entertainment have monopolized the market, driving up prices for consumers, but the companies say the government’s wrong. David Dahlquist, an attorney with the Justice Department’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Blue Heron’ wins best Canadian film at TFCA Awards, ‘Endless Cookie’ wins best doc
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 »
Be the first to comment!Padma Lakshmi finds a new competitive kitchen with CBS’ ‘America’s Culinary Cup’
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
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 »
Be the first to comment!An Oscar race that looked like a runaway may be a close call, after all
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
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 »
Be the first to comment!Robert De Niro to deliver Lincoln’s civility warning at a Carnegie Hall benefit
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
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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