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France selects the Iranian drama ‘It Was Just An Accident’ as its Oscar submission
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — France announced Wednesday that it has selected the Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning drama “It Was Just an Accident” as its submission to the Academy Awards. The selection gives an Oscar pathway to a film that Iran was certain not to select itself. Panahi, who has spent much of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Screen Awards limit film and TV trophies to Canadians, permanent residents
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
TORONTO — Canada’s top film and television awards are now limited to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television says that starting with the 2026 edition, “all categories honouring certified Canadian productions will be restricted to Canadian citizens or permanent residents only.” The change follows a bash earlier this year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music Review: ‘Buckingham Nicks’ is an engaging blueprint for the classics to come
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — There are two ways to review “Buckingham Nicks,” the long-awaited digital reissue of the 1973, pre-Fleetwood Mac album by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, their only recording project as a duo. Imagine you had never heard of them, that they were an obscure 1970s act who made one album, broke up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: A suburban comedy of errors unspools in the darkly excellent ‘Adulthood’
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
Early on in “Adulthood,” siblings Meg and Noah Robles suddenly — and unhappily — learn why they never got to have a dog growing up. It’s not because their parents didn’t think they could handle the responsibility or because dogs can be messy. It’s because there was a body walled up in the basement. “How ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: The Polaris Music Prize gala
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
Yves Jarvis has won the Polaris Music Prize for his album “All Cylinders.” The fifth full-length record from the Montreal rock musician was selected for the $30,000 prize by an 11-member grand jury, which named it the best Canadian album of the year based on artistic merit. He took the stage at Toronto’s Massey Hall ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Broadway opposition brings the curtain down on a planned Times Square casino backed by Jay-Z
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square that’s backed by Jay-Z lost its bid for a gambling license Wednesday after running into fierce opposition from Broadway theater owners and producers who were worried about its potential impact on the theater district. A state-commissioned community advisory committee brought the curtain down ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Theater award created in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Adam Schlesinger turns 10
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Many times in his life, playwright David Bar Katz didn’t know how he was going to pay the bills. These days, he’s helping the next generation of artists facing that same dilemma. Katz oversees The Relentless Award, the largest annual cash prize in American theater to a playwright in recognition of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jaden Smith is moving to Paris as men’s creative director for Christian Louboutin
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
Fashion-forward Jaden Smith has been hired as men’s creative director by Christian Louboutin and is moving to Paris, according to a report. In a lengthy story with Louboutin and Smith confirming the news, Women’s Wear Daily said the founder of the red-sole shoe brand will continue to oversee his men’s division while the 27-year-old Smith ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Rogers v. Rogers’ shortlisted for National Business Book Award
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
TORONTO — Alexandra Posadzki’s behind-the-scenes look at the power struggle at Rogers Communications Inc. is one of three finalists for the National Business Book Award. The $30,000 prize is in its 40th year, and is due to be handed out on Oct. 21 at a ceremony in Toronto. “Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connect Four, lightsabers, Furbies … and snow: Which playthings belong in the Toy Hall of Fame?
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
Later this year, the National Toy Hall of Fame could induct snow — yes, the cold, white stuff that falls from the sky. But only if it ices out enough of the competition — a group that features hugely popular board games, outdoor favorites and giggling plushies. The Hall of Fame announced its 12 finalists ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ is an American masterpiece
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
In Paul Thomas Anderson ’s gloriously messy, madcap roller coaster ride through modern America, objects in the rear view may go out of sight, but they don’t disappear. Political struggles never die in “One Battle After Another,” they just repeat. Or maybe they grow older and become paranoid, pot-smoking, pajama-wearers like Bob Ferguson ( Leonardo ... Read More »
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