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Park Chan-wook will lead the Cannes Film Festival jury, will be the 1st Korean in the role
By Canadian Press on February 25th, 2026
Park Chan-wook, the Korean filmmaker of “Oldboy” and “No Other Choice,” will head the jury at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, festival organizers announced Thursday. Chan-wook is the first Korean to preside over the jury that will award the prestigious Palme d’Or. He has been a regular in Cannes since “Old Boy” won the Grand ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they’re hoping to join it
By Canadian Press on February 25th, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Suno CEO Mikey Shulman pulls up a chair to the recording studio desk where a research scientist at his artificial intelligence company is creating a new song. The flute line sounds promising. The percussion needs work. Neither of them is playing an instrument. They type some descriptive words – Afrobeat, flute, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harvey Weinstein hires Luigi Mangione’s and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers as his 3rd NY trial looms
By Canadian Press on February 25th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione’s and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers to represent him at his third New York rape trial, reshaping his legal team after declining to end the case with a guilty plea. The lawyers, Jacob Kaplan, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, confirmed the move in court papers Tuesday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Singer D4vd is ‘target’ in investigation of killing of girl whose body was found in car in Hollywood
By Canadian Press on February 25th, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer D4vd is the target of a Los Angeles County grand jury investigation of the killing of a 14-year-old girl whose decomposed body was found last year in a Tesla that was towed from the Hollywood Hills, court documents showed. Prosecutors describe the 20-year-old Houston-born alt-pop singer whose legal name is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man gets 15 years in prison in Texas crash that killed a founding member of The Chicks
By Canadian Press on February 25th, 2026
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting his reckless driving caused a head-on collision in rural West Texas that killed Laura Lynch, a founding member of the country music group now known as The Chicks, prosecutors said. Domenick Chavez, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!To sit or stand: Trump’s challenge to Democrats a key moment in State of the Union address
By Canadian Press on February 25th, 2026
About halfway through his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump sprung the moment on Democrats like a trap: Stand up if they believed that protecting Americans, not “illegal aliens,” was the government’s first duty. It was blatant political theater — while also sealing the impression that he was giving a state of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harvey Weinstein hires Luigi Mangione and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers as his 3rd NY trial looms
By Canadian Press on February 25th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers to represent him at his third New York rape trial, reshaping his legal team after declining to end the matter with a guilty plea. The lawyers, Jacob Kaplan, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, confirmed the move in court papers Tuesday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Daniela Petroff, AP’s longtime fashion and Vatican reporter, dies at 80
By Canadian Press on February 25th, 2026
ROME (AP) — Daniela Petroff, who helped shape The Associated Press’ fashion and Vatican coverage for nearly four decades with style, authority and wit, has died in Rome. She was 80. Petroff died Tuesday at home, where she was recovering from a fall, said her husband, Victor Simpson, the retired AP Rome bureau chief. Petroff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Immigration, sex and power in erotic thriller ‘Dreams,’ with Jessica Chastain
By Canadian Press on February 25th, 2026
Jessica Chastain takes on one of her most daring roles in “Dreams,” a torrid erotic thriller about power, obsession, art and immigration. Re-teaming with filmmaker Michel Franco ( “Memory” ), she plays a San Francisco socialite entangled in a tempestuous affair with a talented Mexican ballet dancer, played by Isaac Hernández. Her character Jennifer, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The former Prince Andrew went from helicopter pilot to trade envoy to royal pariah
By Canadian Press on February 25th, 2026
LONDON (AP) — He was reportedly his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite, but the former Prince Andrew has long been a headache for Britain’s royal family. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested Thursday, his 66th birthday, on suspicion of misconduct in public office in an inquiry stemming from his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. He is the first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sondra Lee, a veteran Broadway dancer with roles in ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘Hello Dolly!’ dies at 97
By Canadian Press on February 25th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Sondra Lee, a dancer and actor discovered by the legendary choreographer-director Jerome Robbins and originated the role of Tiger Lily on Broadway in “Peter Pan” and played Minnie Fay in the original production of “Hello, Dolly!,” has died. She was 97. Lee died Monday of natural causes in her New York ... Read More »
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