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Malcolm-Jamal Warner, ‘Cosby Show’ actor, dies at 54 in Costa Rica drowning
By Canadian Press on July 21st, 2025
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Malcolm-Jamal Warner the actor who played teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said. Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department said Monday that Warner drowned Sunday afternoon on a beach on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: ’The Tilting House’ is a novel about coming of age in Communist Cuba
By Canadian Press on July 21st, 2025
Yuri is a 16-year-old orphan who lives simply with her religious aunt in a big, old house in Communist Cuba in the years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Yuri’s parents had named her after the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin, hoping that one day she would grow up to be a famous female astronaut. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charli XCX and The 1975 drummer George Daniel are married
By Canadian Press on July 21st, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Charli XCX and The 1975 drummer George Daniel have tied the knot. A representative for Daniel confirmed to The Associated Press that the pair married over the weekend. The couple were seen posing in front of London’s Hackney Town Hall on Saturday. Daniel wore a suit, and Charli XCX wore a Vivienne ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music Review: Elton John’s ‘Live From the Rainbow Theatre With Ray Cooper’ spotlights a rich catalog
By Canadian Press on July 21st, 2025
On Elton John’s new concert album, the songs steal the show. Deep cuts from John’s rich catalog are given the spotlight on “Live From the Rainbow Theatre With Ray Cooper.” The 13-song set was culled from a six-show residency in London in May 1977, with John at the piano and his longtime percussionist, Cooper, joining ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What to know about the CEO caught embracing an employee on the jumbtron at a Coldplay concert
By Canadian Press on July 21st, 2025
LONDON (AP) — A routine moment of crowdwork at a Coldplay concert went viral last week when a couple tried to avoid the spotlight after they were caught hugging on the jumbotron. Internet sleuths quickly figured out that they were the CEO and chief people officer of a little-known tech company called Astronomer. The snippet ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Star-studded TIFF lineup includes Scarlett Johansson’s feature directorial debut, Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”
By Canadian Press on July 21st, 2025
TORONTO — Scarlett Johansson’s feature directorial debut “Eleanor the Great,” Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” and Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” are among the marquee titles headed to the Toronto International Film Festival. Festival organizers touted big directors with star-studded projects on Monday for the fest’s 50th edition, including Johansson’s Cannes sensation in which June Squibb ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Star-studded TIFF lineup includes Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”
By Canadian Press on July 21st, 2025
TORONTO — Scarlett Johansson’s feature directorial debut “Eleanor the Great,” Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” and Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” are among the marquee titles headed to the Toronto International Film Festival. The 50th edition of 11-day movie marathon will feature galas and special presentations from star directors including Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Gus Van ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto International Film Festival sets lineup with Sydney Sweeney, Aziz Ansari and ‘Knives Out 3’
By Canadian Press on July 21st, 2025
Films starring Sydney Sweeney, Angelina Jolie and Aziz Ansari will premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, festival organizers announced Monday. TIFF laid out the selections to its galas and special presentations programs, which make up the bulk of the red carpet premieres to North America’s largest film festival. Films making their world premieres ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: Grief is profound, painful and personal in this debut novel from J.B. Hwang
By Canadian Press on July 21st, 2025
“Mendell Station” is Korean American writer J.B. Hwang’s first novel. And it is all about death — its horror, finality and mystery, and, most of all, how those who knew and loved that person must cope. Miriam, the main character, who is a Korean American postal worker living in San Francisco, learns that her best ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 27-Aug. 2
By Canadian Press on July 21st, 2025
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 27-Aug. 2: July 27: Actor John Pleshette (“Knots Landing”) is 83. Actor-director Betty Thomas (“Hill Street Blues”) is 78. Singer Maureen McGovern is 76. Actor Roxanne Hart (“The Good Girl,” ″Chicago Hope”) is 71. Guitarist Duncan Cameron (Sawyer Brown) is 69. Comedian Carol Leifer is 69. Comedian Bill ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A concert in Italy by Russian conductor Gergiev is canceled after protests
By Canadian Press on July 21st, 2025
ROME (AP) — A concert by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been canceled, organizers in Italy announced Monday, following protests against giving the stage to the conductor who has been largely barred from European venues for failing to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Gergiev had been invited to conduct during a summer festival at the ... Read More »
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