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‘Home Alone 2’ nailed holiday travel chaos, but flight rules make movie’s plot less plausible today
By Canadian Press on December 21st, 2025
Panic erupts in the McCallister household as soon as the day begins. The parents’ alarm clock never rings, bags and coats spill across the floor, and the family barrels out the door to catch a flight to Florida. The pandemonium intensifies at the airport. There, the McCallisters must dodge fellow holiday travelers and luggage as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Actor James Ransone, known for his role in ‘The Wire,’ dead at 46
By Canadian Press on December 21st, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Ransone, the actor who played Ziggy Sobotka in the HBO series “The Wire” and appeared in many other TV shows and movies, has died. He was 46. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office said in online records that Ransone died by suicide on Friday. Ransone’s film credits include “It: ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Enter stage right: Shaw Festival to bring productions to Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre
By Canadian Press on December 21st, 2025
The Shaw Festival is hopping across the pond — just not the one you might be thinking of. The theatre festival based in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., will take up a three-year artistic residency at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre next year, marking Shaw’s first entry into the busy theatre scene on the other side of Lake Ontario. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nicki Minaj surprises conservatives with praise for Trump, Vance at Arizona event
By Canadian Press on December 21st, 2025
Female rapper Nicki Minaj on Sunday made a surprise appearance at a gathering of conservatives in Arizona that was memorializing late activist Charlie Kirk, and used her time on stage to praise President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, calling them “role models” for young men. The rap star was interviewed at Turning Point ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ launches with $88M domestically, $345M worldwide
By Canadian Press on December 21st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — “Avatar: Fire and Ash” opened with $345 million in worldwide sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, notching the second-best global debut of the year and potentially putting James Cameron on course to set yet more blockbuster records. Sixteen years into the “Avatar” saga, Pandora is still abundant in box-office riches. “Fire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tearful Bowen Yang departs ‘SNL’ after emotional Christmas episode hosted by Ariana Grande
By Canadian Press on December 20th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Bowen Yang bid an emotional farewell to “Saturday Night Live” with music, laughter and help from his “Wicked” buddy Ariana Grande. Yang starred in the night’s final sketch, playing a retiring airport lounge worker working his final shift on Christmas Eve, serving eggnog to travelers. He sang “Please Come Home for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bowen Yang will depart ‘SNL’ after Christmas episode hosted by Ariana Grande
By Canadian Press on December 20th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Bowen Yang, coming off a huge year or two of projects, is departing “SNL” mid-season after Saturday’s episode hosted by his “Wicked” buddy Ariana Grande. He joined the show as a writer in 2018, became a featured player the following season and was promoted to the main cast two seasons after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bowen Yang to depart SNL mid-season, last episode with buddy Ariana Grande
By Canadian Press on December 20th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Bowen Yang, coming off a huge year or two of projects, will depart “SNL” mid-season after Saturday’s episode hosted by his “Wicked” buddy Ariana Grande. He joined the show as a writer in 2018, became a featured player the following season and was promoted to the main cast two seasons after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Children’s author David Walliams denies inappropriate behavior after publisher drops him
By Canadian Press on December 20th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — British children’s author and comedian David Walliams has denied allegations of inappropriate behavior after publisher HarperCollins dropped him. Walliams, 54, is one of the U.K.’s bestselling children’s book authors and a former judge on the TV show “Britain’s Got Talent.” In a statement on Friday, HarperCollins said: “After careful consideration, and under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge nixes conviction of 1 of 2 men found guilty of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Friday voided the conviction of one of the two men found guilty of the 2002 killing of Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay, ruling that there wasn’t enough evidence that the man had a motive to kill the hip-hop luminary. The reversal, which came as the judge upheld the other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Life ring, lifeboat piece from Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck sell at auction for $150,000
By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship’s sinking in Lake Superior with 29 men aboard. The relics were discovered by a carpenter in 1975 along the shore in Michigan’s ... Read More »
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