December 20th, 2025
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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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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The Kennedy Center has added Trump’s name to the memorial Congress created for John F. Kennedy

By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center on Friday quickly added Donald Trump’s name to the performing arts center Congress designated as a living memorial to John F. Kennedy, a day after the center’s board of trustees voted to make the change. Blue tarps were hung in front of the building to obscure workers on scaffolding ... Read More »

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Judge nixes conviction of one of two 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. Nearly two years after a jury delivered its verdict, the ... Read More »

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WildBrain sells its 41 per cent stake in Peanuts franchise to Sony for $630M

By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025

TORONTO — WildBrain Ltd. has signed a deal to sell its 41 per cent stake in Peanuts Holdings LLC to Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. for $630 million cash. The entertainment company says the net proceeds of the sale of its stake in the firm that holds the rights to ... Read More »

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The Kennedy Center starts work to add Trump’s name onto the building

By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center started the work of adding Donald Trump’s name to the building on Friday, a day after the president’s handpicked board voted to do so. Several blue tarps were hung in front of the institution early Friday to block views of the work underway. A large letter D was seen ... Read More »

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Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt welcome their ‘perfect angel girl’

By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025

Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt have announced the birth of their “perfect angel girl.” They took to Instagram on Thursday to herald the Dec. 12 birth of Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, accompanied by several photos of the couple cradling and caring for their newborn. Hewitt wrote under the photos: “my best work yet, i am ... Read More »

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Sony buys a majority stake in the ‘Peanuts’ comic for $457 million from Canada’s WildBrain

By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025

Happiness is taking control of a beloved comic strip. Sony is buying a 41% stake in the Charles M. Schulz comic “Peanuts” and its characters including Snoopy and Charlie Brown from Canada’s WildBrain in a $457 million deal, the two companies said Friday. The deal adds to Sony’s existing 39% stake, bringing its shareholding to ... Read More »

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‘6-7,’ Dubai chocolate, Labubu: You took 2025, now scat!

By Canadian Press on December 19th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — With Labubus hanging from our bags, Dubai chocolate in our bellies and “6-7” ringing in our ears, it’s almost time to bid farewell to a few things that went hard in 2025. Scat. Don’t follow us into the new year. You’ve had your 15 minutes. We’re over you. Deep six the ... Read More »

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