January 26th, 2026
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Mexico’s president joins ARMY fan base in BTS concert push

By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026

MEXICO CITY (AP) — BTS’s upcoming concerts in Mexico have escalated to a presidential level, with the demands of the ARMY fan base reaching Claudia Sheinbaum’s Monday news briefing and prompting a response from the president herself. Following a lightning-fast sell-out last week, Mexico’s president used her briefing to advocate for more BTS concert dates ... Read More »

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Music Review: Joyce Manor delivers nostalgia, polished and punk, in ‘I Used to Go to This Bar’

By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In his seminal 1981 book “Simulacra and Simulation,” cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard argued that Disneyland is emblematic of reality’s collapse into perpetual imitation. “Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real, whereas all of Los Angeles and the America that surrounds it are ... Read More »

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The 2025 Tony Awards set June 7 ceremony date at Radio City Music Hall

By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of Broadway, circle this date: This season’s Tony Awards will take place on June 7 at its familiar home of Radio City Music Hall. Producers of the show announced the date and location Monday. Nominations will be announced May 5. Radio City can seat 6,000 people and has been the ... Read More »

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Broadway and Hollywood songwriter Marc Shaiman looks back with pessimistic humor in memoir

By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Some people see the glass as half full and some as half empty. Marc Shaiman is something else entirely. “I’m not even happy with the glass,” he says with a laugh. The award-winning Hollywood and Broadway composer and lyricist cheerfully likes to call himself an “Eeyore” and “a card-carrying pessimist” despite ... Read More »

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Dior couture debut for Anderson mixes wonder, wit, celebrity-wattage – and an occasional wobble

By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026

PARIS (AP) — Dior turned the Musée Rodin into a celebrity waiting room — then into a garden. Guests packed into the museum as the start time for the show drifted. French first lady Brigitte Macron arrived. Lauren Sánchez Bezos swept in. Parker Posey twirled in her trench-dress. And then the whole room, celebrities and ... Read More »

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California Post brings brash New York-style tabloid news to the West Coast

By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aiming to shake up the Golden State’s media landscape, the California Post launched on Monday with a new tabloid newspaper and news site that brings a brash, cheeky and conservative-friendly fixture of the Big Apple to the West Coast. The Los Angeles outpost of the New York Post will be “digital ... Read More »

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Lionsgate names former U.S. treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin to board

By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026

VANCOUVER — Lionsgate Studios Corp. has named former U.S. treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin to its board of directors, effective immediately. The movie and television production company says Mnuchin brings financial and regulatory expertise from his time as treasury secretary, as well as entertainment industry experience from his leadership at Dune Capital Management. It says Mnuchin ... Read More »

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 1-7 includes Harry Styles and Shakira

By Canadian Press on January 26th, 2026

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 1-7: Feb. 1: Actor-comedian Garrett Morris is 89. Bluegrass singer Del McCoury is 87. TV personality Joy Philbin is 85. Guitarist Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is 76. Blues musician Sonny Landreth is 75. Actor-writer-producer Billy Mumy (“Lost in Space”) is 72. Singer Exene Cervenka ... Read More »

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10 years, 3,000 creatives: The uphill battle for Black talent in Italian fashion

By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026

MILAN (AP) — A day before an emerging Ghanaian designer made his Milan runway debut, Michelle Francine Ngonmo was troubleshooting how to squeeze more people into the venue to meet demand. Hours before the show, she was up before dawn with her team setting up backstage and the showroom. Ngonmo, a 38-year-old Cameroonian-Italian, has dedicated ... Read More »

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A man is under arrest for allegedly assaulting US Rep. Maxwell Frost at the Sundance Film Festival

By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A man was arrested Friday night at a party during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, for allegedly assaulting a Florida congressman. Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost wrote on X on Saturday that he was punched in the face by a man who told Frost that President Donald ... Read More »

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Paris men’s fashion week in 5 trends: rebuilt tailoring, quiet craft and clothes built to last

By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2026

PARIS (AP) — Paris men’s Fashion Week ended Sunday with two messages that kept coming up on runways: dress sharply, and build clothes to last. Japanese powerhouse Sacai pushed new shapes by breaking up the usual top-and-bottom silhouette. Hermès, in an emotional farewell show for longtime designer Véronique Nichanian, made a case for simple lines ... Read More »

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