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Takeaways from AP’s report on banned Uyghur songs
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
Authorities in China’s Xinjiang region are threatening detention over downloading, sharing or listening to a wide range of Uyghur-language songs, the AP has found. The policy was revealed in a leaked recording of a public meeting last October in the city of Kashgar in Xinjiang, home to 11 million Uyghurs and other mostly Turkic ethnic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AP Exclusive: China threatens detention in Xinjiang over banned Uyghur songs
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — It is a soulful folk song, filled with feeling and history: A love-stricken young man tells God about his hopes and dreams of happiness. Generations of Uyghurs, the Turkic ethnic minority in China’s Xinjiang region, have played it at parties and weddings. But today, if they download it, play it or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What music and television to stream: A New Year’s Eve tradition
By Canadian Press on December 28th, 2025
It’s the end of the year and there are fewer new streaming options headed to a device near you. But it’s a great time to catch up on some of best movies,television,music and video games of 2025. The Associated Press has comprehensive guides on the best releases of the year on its Year in Review ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Avatar’ and ‘Marty Supreme’ propel strong ticket sales to wrap a turbulent 2025 for Hollywood
By Canadian Press on December 28th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood wrapped up a turbulent year with big ticket sales for “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and a box-office hit for Timothée Chalamet with “Marty Supreme” over a busy holiday weekend in movie theaters. As expected, James Cameron’s latest trip to Pandora dominated ticket sales, collecting $88 million over the four-day Christmas-to-Sunday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A muse for musicians: 11 songs inspired by Brigitte Bardot
By Canadian Press on December 28th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — In addition to being a 1960s French sex symbol, actor, singer and animal welfare activist, Brigitte Bardot was a muse to many — in particular, musicians. Her name, with its alliterative cadence, became synonymous with a kind of classic beauty. In songs, Bardot is often not Bardot the woman, but a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brigitte Bardot, 1960s French sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist, dies at 91
By Canadian Press on December 28th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died. She was 91. Bardot died Sunday at her home in southern France, according to Bruno Jacquelin, of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Debate over surfing in German park gets gnarly after city removes wave-creating device
By Canadian Press on December 28th, 2025
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A debate over how to bring back surfing in Germany’s landmark English Garden escalated on Sunday after city workers removed a beam surreptitiously deployed over Christmas to restore a surfable wave in the river that runs through the park. For years, the site had been a hot spot for surfers and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hounded by photographers for years, Bardot identified with the animals she later set out to save
By Canadian Press on December 28th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot felt each pop of the flashbulb like the impact of a high-powered rifle bullet. And so it was, she said, that years of implacable hounding by the world’s paparazzi turned a woman idolized as a sultry sex kitten into a militant animal rights crusader. Bardot, who died Sunday at age ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photos remembering Brigitte Bardot, iconic French actor and activist
By Canadian Press on December 28th, 2025
Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist, has died. She was 91. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brigitte Bardot, 1960s sultry sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist dies at 91
By Canadian Press on December 28th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist, has died. She was 91. Bruno Jacquelin, of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the protection of animals, told The Associated Press that she died at her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How TV shows like ‘Mo’ and ‘Muslim Matchmaker’ allow Arab and Muslim Americans to tell their stories
By Canadian Press on December 27th, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Whether it’s stand-up comedy specials or a dramedy series, when Muslim American Mo Amer sets out to create, he writes what he knows. The comedian, writer and actor of Palestinian descent has received critical acclaim for it, too. The second season of Amer’s “Mo” documents Mo Najjar and his family’s tumultuous ... Read More »
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