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London’s Poems on the Underground celebrates 40 years of bringing verses to commuters
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
LONDON (AP) — Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London who wondered whether posting poems inside subway cars might enlighten, amuse and inspire riders. The result was Poems on the Underground, a project that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBC, Bell and Corus will join forces to air Canadian Screen Awards
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
TORONTO — CBC, Bell and Corus will join forces to air the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards in a first-of-its-kind simulcast aimed at expanding the show’s reach and celebrating homegrown stories. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced Friday that the awards will air on CBC, CBC Gem, Crave, CTV, Global and STACKTV on May ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. TOP 20 GLOBAL CONCERT TOURS 1 Bad Bunny $8,095,908 56,498 $143.30 2 Lady ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, officials said. Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he had been covering the Grammy Awards, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sundance Film Festival to name 2026 award winners
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The juries of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival will be announcing this year’s award winners Friday morning in Park City, Utah. Filmmakers Janicza Bravo, Nisha Ganatra and Azazel Jacobs are the jury for the U.S. Dramatic Competition, where titles include Beth De Araújo’s “Josephine,” starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service in an incident that increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, his lawyer said Friday. It was not immediately clear what charge or charges Lemon was facing in the Jan. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Westminster dog show is turning 150. Here’s what has – and hasn’t – changed over time
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — When some Gilded Age gentleman hunters organized a New York event to compare their dogs, could they have imagined that people would someday call it the World Series of dogdom or the Super Bowl of dog shows? Of course they couldn’t. The World Series and the Super Bowl didn’t exist. Nor, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pharrell calls for empathy from US leaders after being honored at Black Music Collective event
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not for himself, but for U.S. leaders. “I want to pray for the leaders of this nation and the powers that be,” Williams said Thursday night at the Recording Academy’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SummaryBrief-Entertainment
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
— Melania Trump’s documentary premières at the Kennedy Center ahead of global release WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump is capping her first year after becoming first lady again with the global release of a documentary about the 20 days before she and President Donald Trump returned to the White House. The Kennedy Center in Washington ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Katseye, Addison Rae, Lola Young and more light up pre-Grammy Spotify showcase
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leon Thomas and Olivia Dean brought soul, global girl group Katseye and Addison Rae performed electric pop and Lola Young made a triumphant return to the stage. Those acts, alongside The Marías, sombr and Alex Warren, make up the 2026 Grammys’ best new artist nominees and were the headliners of Spotify’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Detroit Opera orchestra to set George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic hits to classical music
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2026
DETROIT (AP) — “I was strung out on Bach, and Beethoven was my thing. I dug jazz, I dug rock, anything with a swing” — or so goes Funkadelic’s 1978 groove “Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll!).” Now Parliament-Funkadelic is going orchestral. The Detroit Opera will showcase some of funk maestro George Clinton ‘s and ... Read More »
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