December 12th, 2025
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King Charles III says his cancer treatment is being reduced as he promotes benefits of screening

By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III said Friday that early diagnosis and treatment will allow doctors to reduce his cancer treatment in the new year as he encouraged others to take advantage of screening programs that can detect the disease early when it is easiest to treat. Charles, 77, revealed the positive outlook in a ... Read More »

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Christine Choy, indie filmmaker who led seminal documentary on the killing of Vincent Chin, dies

By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025

Christine Choy, a trailblazer for Asian Americans in independent film and whose documentary on the fatal beating of Vincent Chin was nominated for an Academy Award, has died. She was 73. Choy died Sunday, according to a statement from JT Takagi, executive director of Third World Newsreel, a filmmaking collective Choy helped establish in the ... Read More »

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King Charles III speaks about his cancer treatment, recovery on TV show promoting early screening

By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III said Friday that his cancer treatment will be reduced in the new year because of early diagnosis, effective intervention and adherence to doctor’s orders. Charles, 77, revealed the information in a recorded message broadcast on British television as part of a campaign to encourage people to take advantage of ... Read More »

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King Charles III says his cancer treatment will be reduced in the new year

By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III said Friday that his cancer treatment will be reduced in the new year because of early diagnosis, effective intervention and adherence to doctor’s orders. Charles, 77, revealed the information in a recorded message broadcast on British television Friday as part of a campaign to encourage people to take advantage ... Read More »

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Man’s death on roller coaster at Universal Orlando Resort ruled accidental

By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The death of a 32-year-old man after riding a high-speed roller coaster at a Universal Epic Universe theme park was accidental and an investigation has been closed, according to a Florida sheriff’s office report released this week. Meanwhile, a medical examiner’s report released Friday showed that the left side of Kevin ... Read More »

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Oscar winner Morricone’s lost opera debuts in Naples after 30 years

By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — At long last, vindication has arrived for an Oscar-winning composer who sought to prove he was just as capable of breathing life into Italy’s grand theaters as into gritty Hollywood films. On Friday night, Naples’ Teatro San Carlo staged Ennio Morricone’s only opera, “Partenope,” three full decades after its composition. It ... Read More »

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Steamy Canadian hockey series ‘Heated Rivalry’ scores second season at Crave

By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025

TORONTO — Canada’s hot new hockey romance has scored a second season renewal. Bell Media says its breakout hit “Heated Rivalry,” about two male hockey players in a secret love affair, will return to Crave and its U.S. streaming service partner, HBO Max, for more episodes. The LGBTQ+ series from writer-director Jacob Tierney has exploded ... Read More »

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What we learned in the first two episodes of Taylor Swift’s Disney+ Eras Tour docuseries

By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — “The Eras Tour was a lifetime within my life,” Taylor Swift told the room at a screening of the first two episodes of her new Disney+ docuseries, “The End of an Era.” “It feels insane.” Swift spoke to the small New York crowd on Tuesday — a year and one day ... Read More »

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Man’s death on roller coaster at Universal Studios in Orlando ruled accidental

By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The death of a 32-year-old man after riding a high-speed roller coaster at a Universal Studios theme park was accidental and an investigation has been closed, a sheriff’s office in Florida said Friday. Security video showed Kevin Rodriguez Zavala “engaged and well” at the start of the ride but unresponsive and ... Read More »

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How Joyce DiDonato’s childhood inspired her role in ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’

By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — It seems all but unthinkable today: A major TV network hires a famous composer to write an original opera and broadcasts it live in prime time on Christmas Eve. But it was a different world in the early days of television back in 1951 when Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the ... Read More »

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Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Black Box Diaries’ has delayed premiere in Japan after legal issues

By Canadian Press on December 12th, 2025

TOKYO (AP) — “Black Box Diaries,” a documentary in which Japanese journalist Shiori Ito investigates her own sexual assault case and the barriers she faced in pursuing justice, has been screened widely abroad since its 2024 festival debut and earned an Oscar nomination early this year. It finally premiered in Japan on Friday, a long-delayed ... Read More »

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