March 3rd, 2026
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‘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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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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The Guess Who plan the band’s first official US tour in over two decades

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

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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Two founding members of The Guess Who plan the band’s first official US tour in over two decades

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

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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Christina Applegate unleashes a raw, probing memoir: ‘You with the Sad Eyes’

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

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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How Love Rocks became a NYC tradition and a major God’s Love We Deliver fundraiser in 10 years

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

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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Patrick O’Connell to bare his ‘demons’ in a memoir on building The Inn at Little Washington

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

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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Trump takes unconventional approach to communicating to the public about war in Iran

By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2026

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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Justin Timberlake sues to block release of police video from 2024 drunken driving arrest in New York

By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2026

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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