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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argument
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a federal appeals court in New York late Tuesday to order his immediate release from prison and reverse his conviction on prostitution-related charges or direct his trial judge to lighten his four-year sentence. The lawyers said in a filing with the 2nd U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: The Korean satire ‘No Other Choice’ is a masterful thriller from Park Chan-wook
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
Leaves and bodies fall in “No Other Choice,” Park Chan-wook’s masterfully devilish satire with a chilling autumnal wind blowing through it. “Come on, fall,” urges You Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) as he grills an eel for dinner for his family in the opening moments of Park’s film. He’s eager for the season to start but unprepared ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBS News says Global ‘mistakenly’ posted ’60 Minutes’ segment, issues takedown order
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
CBS News says it’s issuing takedown orders for a shelved “60 Minutes” segment after it was posted on Global TV’s app on Monday and then spread online. A representative for the network says its Canadian broadcast partner had “mistakenly published” the segment, dubbed “Inside CECOT,” after CBS News decided to delay it for a future ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AI-generated content wrongly accuses fiddler Ashley MacIsaac of being sex offender
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
HALIFAX — Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says he may have been defamed by Google after it recently produced an AI-generated summary falsely identifying him as a sex offender. The Juno Award-winning musician says he learned of the online misinformation last week after a First Nation north of Halifax confronted him with the summary and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: In Jim Jarmusch’s starry ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ families struggle to connect
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
Jim Jarmusch invites audiences into three family gatherings of adult children in his gentle tryptic “Father Mother Sister Brother.” Don’t worry, you won’t be resentful you’re not part of any of them, not even the one where Tom Waits plays Adam Driver’s dad. To be fair, all the groupings are pretty cool on paper. In ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A daring scene on Broadway this season has audiences talking, in more ways than one
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — On any given evening as the lights come up on Act 2 of “Liberation,” Bess Wohl’s intergenerational Broadway play about a women’s consciousness-raising group, you can hear supportive cheers of “Whoo!” and “Yeah!” — and sometimes, a round of applause. All before a single word has been uttered. There’s a reason ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK authorities bring new charges of rape and sexual assault against Russell Brand
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
LONDON (AP) — British authorities on Tuesday brought new counts of rape and sexual assault against comedian Russell Brand, who is already facing similar charges involving four women. The U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service said the new charges — one count of rape and one of sexual assault — against Brand were in relation to two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No distributor? No problem. Canadian filmmakers are reaching audiences on their own terms
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
When Sasha Leigh Henry’s acclaimed TV show was canceled and development pipelines slowed to a crawl, she decided not to wait years for permission to reach audiences again. Instead, she made her feature debut “Dinner With Friends” on a $100,000 micro-budget, and is now releasing it herself. The Toronto filmmaker decided to act last year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ukraine’s own ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is back on for a special episode with wartime heroes
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Before the war, Ukraine’s own “Dancing with the Stars” was a cherished and popular television show, dazzling the audiences with performances by celebrities and professional dancers. The show is now back on for one special episode — this time with Ukrainian wartime heroes as the stars, underscoring the nation’s resilience in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta chocolatier brings Canadian magic to Harry Potter baking show
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
An Alberta chocolatier brought a distinctly Canadian flavour to the baking show “Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking,” a magical experience she says taught her to think bigger. Priya Winsor of St. Albert, Alta., a finalist on the show and the owner of Compass Chocolates, said the show pushed her well beyond her comfort zone, particularly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The oldest boomers are turning 80 in 2026. How much pop culture do you remember?
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
OK boomers: The oldest of you are turning 80 in 2026, the vanguard of a “rock n’ roll” and “TV age” generation that left an imprint on popular culture like no other. During the 18 years of the “baby boom” from 1946 to 1964, around 76 million Americans were born. The spike in births was ... Read More »
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