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Italian prosecutors investigate luxury group Tod’s for labor abuses, seek ad ban
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors have placed luxury group Tod’s and three of its executives under investigation for suspected labor abuses and exploitation, judicial documents showed on Thursday. According to the documents, seen by The Associated Press, Milan prosecutor Paolo Storari has also requested a six-month ban on the company’s advertising, with a hearing on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Not everyone sees the new Cancon rules as a win. Five takeaways from CRTC’s decision
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
An overhaul by the federal regulator of how Canadian content is defined has been met with mixed reaction from some of the country’s biggest film and TV players this week. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued its long-awaited expansion of the range of creative roles that qualify a film or TV show as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!And… cut! Nevada lawmakers narrowly reject plan to lure movie projects to Vegas
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP) — That’s a wrap on a pitch to bring more movie productions to Nevada. A union-backed effort to offer millions in tax credits failed by one vote as the Nevada Legislature’s weeklong special session concluded Wednesday. The failure of the controversial film tax proposal is a loss for both Republican Gov. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gary Mounfield, former Stone Roses bassist, has died at 63
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Gary Mounfield, the former bass player of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, two of the most influential British rock bands of the past four decades, has died. He was 63. His former Stone Roses bandmate, Ian Brown, confirmed the death of Mounfield, who was better known by his fans as Mani, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sony, Warner and Universal sign AI music licensing deals with startup Klay
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — The world’s biggest music labels have struck AI licensing deals with a little-known startup named Klay Vision, the companies said Thursday, the latest in a series of deals that underlines how the technology is shaking up the music industry ’s business model. Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wax Diana in ‘revenge dress’ is unveiled in Paris decades after her death in the city
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Princess Diana returned to Paris in wax Thursday as one of Europe’s oldest wax museums unveiled a new figure of the British royal in the so-called “revenge dress,” decades after her tragic death in the city. The statue was ordered in Paris after the director of the Grevin Museum visited London and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Omar El Akkad wins U.S. National Book Award for ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — National Book Awards judges honored authors worldwide on Wednesday night, including Egyptian-Canadian novelist-journalist Omar El Akkad. The writer, who now lives in Oregon, received the non-fiction award for his fierce indictment of the contemporary West, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.” El Akkad told the gathering in New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Brendan Fraser is a middling actor with a winning heart in sweet drama ‘Rental Family’
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
It sounds rather like a mixed compliment to say of an actor that he’s persuasive at playing, well, a mediocre actor. But then, this is Brendan Fraser we’re talking about. The man seems to become more emphatically human with each role, each passing year, each new wrinkle. And what’s more human, or at least more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours ‘Til Dawn’ Tour grosses over $1 billion, Live Nation says
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The Weeknd’s After Hours ‘Til Dawn Tour has officially crossed the $1 billion mark, according to Live Nation. The lengthy tour, which launched in Philadelphia in July 2022 and runs through September 2026, has officially grossed $1.004 billion with approximately 7.55 million tickets sold across 153 tour dates, the live entertainment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!K-pop fans’ environmental activism comes to UN climate talks
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Fans of K-pop have an intensity that’s turned the music into a global phenomenon. Some are determined to channel that energy into action on climate change. Their push has been on display at United Nations climate talks in the city of Belem on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, including costumed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paris wax museum unveils new Diana figure in ‘revenge dress,’ decades after her death in the city
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — A wax museum in Paris on Thursday unveiled a new figure of the late Princess Diana depicted in a black dress that has come to be known as her “ revenge dress,” decades after her tragic death in the city. The Grevin Museum, one of Europe’s oldest wax museums, dressed the life-size ... Read More »
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