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CBC executive Barbara Williams to retire after 40-year career in Canadian media
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
TORONTO — Longtime broadcasting executive Barb Williams is retiring. CBC says Williams will wrap a four-decade career in Canadian media next year when she ends her run as executive vice-president of English Services. Williams joined the public broadcaster in 2019, just before a global pandemic upended the TV industry and as new technologies forced a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Daniel Day-Lewis, pulled out of retirement by his son, finds his acting fire still burns
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been eight years since Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting and said he wanted to “explore the world in a different way.” But the big-screen absence of the actor many would peg as the greatest one alive ends with “Anemone,” a new film directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: In ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,’ a powerful portrait of the author and his still relevant writings
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
Filmmaker Raoul Peck uses George Orwell’s writings to weave together a biographical portrait of the author and a dispiriting picture of power and truth in the modern world in “Orwell: 2+2=5.” He’s hardly the first to connect the dots between Orwell’s prophetic writings and the current state of things — remember, sales for “Nineteen Eighty-Four” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chantal Kreviazuk reimagines songs she wrote for Drake and others with upcoming album
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
TORONTO — Chantal Kreviazuk is putting her own spin on the hits she made with pop superstars. The Winnipeg-born singer-songwriter is mapping out plans for a new album that will feature her performing versions of songs she’s co-written over the years with the likes of Drake, Kelly Clarkson and Kendrick Lamar. Representatives for Kreviazuk tell ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New York rapper who joined Trump at campaign rally sentenced to 5 years for attempted murder
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City rapper who joined then-former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has been sentenced to five years behind bars after he admitted he used earnings from his music career to fuel gang violence in Brooklyn. Sheff G, whose legal name is Michael Williams, also must ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After accomplishments in politics, media, former CNN chief Tom Johnson makes mental health his cause
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Johnson’s career took him from the White House to newspaper publisher jobs in Dallas and Los Angeles to president of CNN. While that left him able to swap stories about two influential figures — Lyndon B. Johnson and Ted Turner — that’s not the real reason he wrote his memoir. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anderson’s Dior womenswear debut is a montage of ideas, but not a ‘New Look’
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
PARIS (AP) — No other show so far at Paris Fashion Week has drawn such a feverish crush of celebrities, designers and press. All eyes were on Jonathan Anderson — the Northern Irish designer who has already transformed Loewe into a global powerhouse of wit and craft — as he unveiled his first Dior womenswear ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Investigators to review the 2005 shooting death of Hunter S. Thompson, which was ruled a suicide
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Investigators in Colorado are reviewing the 2005 shooting death of journalist Hunter S. Thompson, which was ruled a suicide, authorities said. There’s no new evidence suggesting foul play Thompson’s death, but the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office requested the review at the behest of Thompson’s widow, Anita Thompson, the sheriff’s office and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Apple TV+ extends its deal to be the exclusive streaming home for ‘Peanuts’ until 2030
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the “Peanuts” gang are staying put. Apple TV+ is announcing a five-year extension as the exclusive streaming home for all things “Peanuts,” The Associated Press has learned. The new deal will run until 2030. The new extension — building on a partnership between WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Morgan Wallen denied throwing chair off bar roof to police in 2024, footage shows
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star Morgan Wallen denied to police that he threw a chair off a Nashville honky-tonk bar roof before and after he was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment in 2024, police video obtained by The Associated Press shows. Roughly two weeks after his April 2024 arrest, Wallen commented on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is almost here. Here’s what to know
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Lights, camera, action. Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” arrives Friday. Are you ready for it? Swift announced her latest era back in August, when she began teasing the release. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of its drop date: how to stream, which variants exist, ... Read More »
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